Government of Ukraine Releases Guidelines for Laying Up Vessels

  The Government of Ukraine provides guidelines designed to help Members in preparing vessels for lay-up. It also deals with the maintenance of vessels...

Escalating Ship Queues Along The East Coast

There were 63 container ships waiting off East and Gulf Coast ports on Friday morning. Another eight off the transshipment hub in Freeport,...

How China’s Lockdowns Are Helping Lower Gas Prices?

Gas prices are still really high compared to a year ago, but they’ve dropped a little bit in the past few days. The current...

Shanghai Disney To Close Starting Monday Citing New Outbreak

The Shanghai Disney Resort said on Sunday it will temporarily close until further notice starting Monday, citing the new coronavirus outbreak in China. ...

Exports up 10% Vs 19% Gain in Imports To Flag Trade...

South Korea’s exports in the first 20 days in March slowed in growth, while imports kept up strong expansion due to jump in fuel...

Freight Volumes Dip Amid Rising Costs & Seasonal Expectations

This week’s FreightWaves Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 65 (Carriers) Last week’s FreightWaves Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers) Three-month FreightWaves Supply...

Off-specification Sediment Fuels Reported at Port Klang

Lloyd’s Register Fuel Oil Bunkering Analysis and Advisory Service (FOBAS) released a bulletin warning shipowners of off-spec bunker fuels from Port Klang, reports Manifold...

SCA To Implement New Penalty Fines

The Suez Canal Authority announced the imposition of new penalty fine up to $10.000 in certain cases, starting from April, reports Safety4sea quoting the...

MSC Joins New Initiative To Improve Maritime Data-sharing

MSC joined Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW), the new initiative led by the US Department of Transportation to improve information-sharing between key stakeholders, reports...

MOL Offsets CO2 Emissions By Repositioning World’s First Electric Tanker

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. will be offsetting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the reposition operation of the world’s first zero emission electric bunker tanker...