17 Million Worth COVID19 Package for Freight Routes!
UK Government announces £17m package to protect freight routes between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
New scheme will support ferry operators on 5 routes between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
UK government continues...
IMO’s World Maritime University Embraces Virtual Classes Amid COVID-19
While travel is seriously curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic, eager students and academic institutions are finding new ways to ensure learning continues, says a press release issued by IMO.
Virtual classes
IMO's World Maritime University (WMU)...
[Watch] Pentagon Releases UFO Videos Captured by Navy Pilots
The Pentagon formally released three unclassified videos taken by Navy pilots.
The grainy videos, which the Pentagon says depict 'unexplained aerial phenomena'.
The videos became public after unauthorized leaks in 2007 and 2017.
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First Fossil Frog Unearthed Offers Insights Into Early Antarctica!
Paleontologists discover a fossilized frog dating to roughly 40 million years ago in Antarctica.
The ancient frog’s anatomy bears a close resemblance to a living family of frogs called helmeted frogs (Calyptocephalellidae) which...
ABB and HDF Sign MoU To Develop Hydrogen Fuel Cell System
ABB and HDF signed an MoU to manufacture megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel cell systems.
Plan to optimize fuel cell manufacturing capabilities to build a megawatt-scale power plant.
The fuel cell power system is designed...
Global Maritime Industry Braces for Regulatory Sanctions
OFAC has brought close to 800 actions against maritime vessels.
Shipping industry has been thrown into chaos by an unprecedented escalation of sanctions activity.
Freight rates soared on the blacklisting of Chinese shipper...
Major Shipping Organizations Team Up To Support Maritime Digitization
Under IMO’s FAL Convention1, public authorities are now required to set up systems so that this information transfer occurs digitally.
A new partnership between IMO, WCO, UNECE and ISO has been signed to...
Shipping Line Charged for Dispute Over Vessel Call Agreement!
Global Container Terminals (GCT) has confirmed it will take legal action against A.P. Moeller-Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping line.
The trial is over the decision to move vessel calls to from GCT...
IMO and UN Join Hands To Minimize Marine Plastic Litter in Oceans
United Nations and IMO have joined hands to tackle marine plastic litter issues.
They have formally signed an agreement to implement the GloLitter Partnerships Project.
It will help to prevent and reduce marine...
Floating Storage Clauses – What Is Covered & What Isn’t?
The practice of charterers using oil tankers for floating storage is certainly not a new concept. What’s different with the current demand for storage is the huge number of ships being time chartered for...