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...