Singapore Announces Economic Relief for Maritime

Singapore adopts economic relief measures for maritime. MPA will extend 50% port dues concession to passenger vessels for another 4 months. MPA’s 35%...

Bunker Only Port Calls As COVID19 Deepens

Cruise ships make bunker only calls at Honolulu. The passengerless cruise ship Regatta is anchored offshore to enter the port for bunkering. Honolulu...

Jet fuel Demand Expected To Tumble as COVID-19 Restricts Travel

Demand for Middle East jet fuel is forecast to tumble by a record amount this year as COVID-19 restricts travel. Regional demand to...

Maersk Makes Service Cuts Owing To Plummeting Demand

Maersk to cut services as demand falls, writes James Baker for Llyod's List. Box volumes are expected to shrink this year. After blanking sailings already,...

Singapore Eases Up on Crew Change Restrictions for Cargo Ships

MPA Singapore has launched a circular providing circumstances where crew will need to disembark or embark the ship. Singapore has adopted many precautionary...

COVID19 Impact on Global Energy Markets Are Here To Stay!

In a recently published report, Rystad Energy notes that the coronavirus pandemic should be expected to last for the entirety of 2020 and provides...

Shippers Keep It Going With COVID19 Restrictions Mapping Tool!

During the pandemic, it is vital to know which ports are allowing crew changes, while regulators need to assess the pandemic risk of vessels...

Bunker Credit Problems Escalate Due To COVID19 Pandemic!

Bunker suppliers likely to favor cash in advance Shipowners in Singapore considering longer term bunker contracts COVID-19 prompts some Singapore bunker players to...

Can a COVID19 Trial of Tuberculosis Vaccine Save Us?

Researchers in four countries will soon start a clinical trial of an unorthodox approach to the new coronavirus, writes Jop de Vrieze in an article...

[Watch] Coronavirus Unlikely To Disappear, Says WHO Expert!

As the coronavirus global disease burden exceeds 600,000 cases, the world without COVID19 seems quite impossible. A WHO expert recently answered whether we will...

Coronavirus Pandemic Sparks Contactless Port Calls

Consort Shipping Exercises ‘Contactless’ Port Calls to reduce human interaction between crew and the workers ashore to the minimum. Final crew changes for...

Technology Group Begins Combustion Trials Using Ammonia

Using ammonia as a fuel can contribute to reducing both the shipping’s and energy sectors’ greenhouse gas emissions. First tests yielded promising results...

Protect Workers from COVID-19 Risks! ITF Urges Danish Shipping Giant!

ITF has called on Maersk to show responsibility for all its workers in its extended supply chain at sea and ashore. Maersk asked...

Shipping Company Fined $1.65 Million for Concealing Oily Water Discharge

A Singapore-based shipping company was fined $1,650,000. Unix Line PTE Ltd pleaded guilty to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from...

Chinese LNG Demand To Rebound! US, Europe Demand Outlook Unclear!

Chinese LNG demand is expected to be back strongly while the demand outlook for Europe and the US remains unclear. Woodside's trading team...

Soo Locks Reopen for 2020, 700-foot Freighter Passes Through!

The Soo Locks reopened to Great Lakes freighter traffic after winter maintenance. H. Lee White is the first freighter to go through the...

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Initiates Strong Actions To Tackle COVID-19

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has withdrawn the proposed dividend for 2019. It has placed up to 10 vessels in cold lay-up in order to address...

Cargo Ship Attacked by Pirates in Gulf of Guinea

According to an article published in GNN Liberia, a cargo ship was attacked in the Gulf of Guinea. What happened? On March 27, a cargo 'LANA'...

Latest Bombshell from Britain! Regulations To Remain on Papers?

Viswa Lab in its latest technical update has quoted the report published in GCaptain, regarding the British government stating reasons including the COVID‐19 problems...

[Infographic] Jet Fuel Causes Oil Demand To Tumble

Air flight cancellations continue to ramp up across Europe and the US, while India is in lockdown. Flights flown are now down 40% from before...