With global companies going for e-commerce in a pandemic hit world, the shipping industry is suddenly finding favor with an upsurge of investments. One such case is CMA CGM which has received logistical solution...

A Japanese ship that ran aground on a coral reef off Mauritius may have changed course to get a mobile data signal for a birthday celebration on board. The M.V. Wakashio crashed into...

Environmental Notations for ships are extremely important to make shippers follow environmental regulations. Keeping that in mind, the ABS group has published an environment notation guidelines. Let's take a look at it. ENVIRO and NOx Tier...

Often we think of frail, elderly people as being vulnerable to the deadly complications of the flu. While that's true, perfectly healthy children, teens, and young adults can also die from the disease, reports...

In a major development, researchers have found out that people who contract coronavirus might not become as sick if they wear masks, that is, the mask appears to give them immunity, reports NewsHub. Evidence of...

The CO2-emissions associated using an Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (EGCS, or scrubber) vary between 1.5% and 3% for a number of representative ships. The emissions caused by producing low-sulphur fuels for these ships...

Global groups to collaborate on container safety improvements. Collaboration aims to promote awareness and wider use of the CTU Code. Changes in regulatory requirements to improve their clarity, implementation and enforcement and the...

General cargo ship suffered mechanical failure in southern Bosphorus in the Kurucesme, during northbound transit, reports Maritime Bulletin.  What happened? General cargo ship I SENGUL suffered undefined mechanical failure in southern Bosphorus in the Kurucesme area,...

Launch of an artificial intelligence and solar-powered marine research vessel by ProMare and IBM. The vessel is named as Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS). The is to traverse oceans gathering environmental data. Mayflower launch gets...

Reuters launches a new global initiative to track the state of the pandemic worldwide. It features the latest global data and trends along with dedicated pages for 240 countries and territories. The site...