‘Unmanned Vessels’ To Take Over Shipping Sector By 2025

Project with NTT and Nippon Yusen on board eyes 2021 test for remote navigation. The Nippon Foundation aims to have unmanned vessels account...

Ningbo Containerised Freight Index

Baltic Exchange publishes the weekly Ningbo Containerised Freight Index, compiled by the Ningbo Shipping Exchange. The index is reported every Friday (except Chinese holidays) at...

Automated Mooring Systems The New Future of The Shipping Industry

Ports to optimize operational efficiency by employing automated mooring systems.  Infragravity waves can cause decoupling, triggering damaging unplanned downtime of ships.  Automated mooring...

Hempel Launches ROV Powered Underground Hull Inspection

Hempel launched an underwater Hull Inspection service using Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs). This will provide complete hull coating inspections while a vessel is...

Cruise Giant To Lay Off More Than 100 Crew Members

Carnival Corp.’s (CCL) Carnival Cruise Line said that it’s cutting more than 100 ship officers as it retires 18 ships across its brands. ...

Weekly Bulk Report – Week 38, 2020

The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 38th week of shipping activities of this year. The report...

How Container Liners Turn Losses To Profits & Manage Capacity

In an article published in the Maritime Executive, Luke Robert postulates and elaborates on the profit making strategy undertaken by the largest container liners...

Investigations Reveal Captain Had No Clue How Vessel Capsized

Capt. Jonathan Tennant, the pilot who steered the ship out of the port at 1 a.m. on Sept. 8, 2019, recalled calm winds...

Dr. Fauci’s COVID19 Prevention Advice on Vitamins

The pandemic is making us weary and we aren't sure what to do. Well, let's hear it from the expert. Here's how Dr. Anthony...

Cold Chain Infrastructural Hurdle in COVID19 Vaccine Delivery

According to a Reuters report, Getting a coronavirus vaccine from manufacturing sites to some parts of the world with rural populations and unreliable electricity...