Knife Weilding Fugitive Discovered Hiding in AC Vent Onboard Cargo Ship
A suspect in an Australian sexual assault case has been apprehended with a weapon.
He tried to flee the country by hiding in the air-conditioning vent of a ship.
Officers searched the cargo...
FDA Warns People Against Using 9 Sanitizers Containing Methanol
The U.S. FDA has warned people not to use certain hand sanitizer products.
The sanitizers contain high levels of methanol.
Methanol is a toxic substance when absorbed through the skin or ingested.
It...
Inadequately Rigged Pilot Ladders Leading To Deaths Onboard
Pilot ladders are the most effective way for most marine pilots to embark and disembark at sea, provided the regulations are complied with and risks are properly assessed. Unfortunately there continue to be tragic...
Big COVID-19 Cluster Emerges in Cargo Ship
South Korea says it’s testing 176 workers at the southern port of Busan following a coronavirus outbreak among crew members of a Russian cargo ship that has so far sickened 16.
All 21...
Blank Sailings & Rate Discipline Can Boost Billions of Profit
According to a LoadStar article written by Mike Wackett, notwithstanding a significant decline in container liftings as a consequence of the global pandemic, ocean carriers have confounded the dire predictions of analysts with their...
COVID19 Readiness Tracker Getting Businesses Back on Track
A covid19 readiness tracker has been launched to provide insights on organizations covid preparations
This software scores your business based on various pandemic parameters such as shifts, employee benefits, safety cleanliness, social distancing,...
No Long Lasting Immunity To COVID19 Shows Studies on Recovered People
Although the corona relapse studies in the recovered patients are found to be faulty yet it may still be the case.
Scientists have now discovered that the coronavirus antibodies decline sharply over time.
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[Answer] How To Settle Containers Lost at Sea Claims?
Worldwide seafarers are troubled by stacked containers that keep falling and injuring them. Moreover, much of these overstacked containers collapse at sea giving rise to loss of containers insurance claims. However there's a way...
Hapag-Lloyd Ends Baltic Feeder Co-operation With ONE
The much-hyped feeder cooperation agreement between THE Alliance members Hapag-Lloyd and ONE has fallen victim to Covid-19.
Since October 2018, a “bilateral strategic feeder network cooperation agreement” has seen the two carriers sharing...
Weekly Bulk Report – Week 25, 2020
The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market of the 25th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated 19th June highlights the plight of the dry bulk...