US Presidential Results To Reduce China Trade Tensions
Joe Biden will be the next U.S. president but for the $6.6 trillion-a-day currency trading world, the undisputed victor is China's yuan.
As investors bet trade tensions with Washington will recede and Beijing...
Bunker Sales in Singapore Steady Despite Tough Market
Singapore's bunker sales are expected to remain steady to slightly higher throughout 2020 on a year-on-year basis.
This is despite expectations of dwindling global demand for bunker fuels as the coronavirus pandemic continues...
Laden Cargo Ship Stuck in Port Since June
India’s merchant ship remains stuck at China’s northern ‘Jingtank’ port since June, reports TheHitavada.
What is the reason?
Indian Merchant ship ‘Jag Anand’, belonging to a Mumbai-based company Great Eastern Shipping Limited, is stuck in ‘Jingtank’...
Painful Crude Tanker Market Collapse Awaits As COVID Hangover Continues
Chinese water torture is defined as “a painful process in which cold water is slowly dripped onto the scalp, forehead or face for a prolonged period of time, allegedly making the restrained victim insane", writes...
First of Its Kind Crew Care Initiative To Combat COVID Scare
At a time when a raging pandemic is making life hell for everyone, the healthcare of seafarers working for months in ships without any leave is becoming a critical issue, yet nobody is concerned...
MSC Set To Transform Its Global Communications System
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has selected 8×8 to transform its global communications onto a single cloud platform, says a press release published on their website.
MSC deploying the 8×8 platform
MSC has selected 8×8 to transform...
Methanol To Be the Ultimate ‘Bridge’ Marine Fuel After IMO Approval
According to a Ship Insight article, the long-awaited formal adoption of interim guidelines on ethyl/methyl alcohol fuels by IMO Maritime Safety Committee provides genuine alternative for 2030 compliance and beyond has finally happened.
IMO Decision...
How Robots Are Assisting Human-To-Human Contact in the Pandemic
With the pandemic cutting off people, coronavirus patients are having a hard time living alone in the hospital battling the virus which is draining them both mentally and physically. Now, an ingenious solution of...
Yangzijiang Secures Newbuild Orders Worth $1.03bn
Yangzijiang seals 10 boxship shipbuilding contracts with an unnamed Japanese owner for the construction, reports Splash 247.
Vessel contracts
Singapore-listed Chinese private shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has sealed shipbuilding contracts with an unnamed Japanese owner for the...
[Watch] Typhoon Wrecks Havoc, Leaves 39 Dead, 22 Missing
A week and a half after the Philippines suffered a deadly hit from a super typhoon, another storm battered the country overnight into Thursday, cutting power to millions and leaving at least 39 dead...