2 Light Vessels Sink At Sea, Crew Rescued Alive
According to an article published in Maritime Bulletin, two ships sank off Bangladesh waters.
What happened?
On August 15, two lighter ships sank in Cre waters near Hatiya island. The ships MV AKHTER BANU-1 and MV...
How To Convince 50% Americans To Get the COVID-19 Vaccine
Antivaccine activists were already hinting on Twitter that the virus was a scam.
10% of the Facebook pages run by people asking questions about vaccines have already switched to antivaccine views.
CDC is...
MSC Launches New Service To Update Their ‘Intra-Asian’ Network
MSC announced its Golden Horn service, complementing its existing intra-Asia network and linking China, Korea and the east Russia coast, effective from week 34.
The Golden Horn is a weekly service that will...
Chinese Ports Shut Down As Cargo Crews Test COVID19 Positive
Chinese authorities have tightened screening of crew members on vessels arriving at ports after several cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on a single vessel.
Authorities in Zhoushan have shut parts of the port...
Fuel Oil Stocks Tumble Amid ‘Six-Month High’ Exports
Singapore’s residual fuel oil inventories fell 2% in the week as export volumes jumped to a near six-month high.
Residual fuel stocks were up 21% from a year earlier.
Singapore’s residual fuel oil inventories...
USCG Makes Changes To BWM Reporting Form
On 20 July 2020, the United States Coast Guard adopted revisions to its Ballast Water Management (BWM) Reporting Form.
The new reporting form replaces all previous versions and the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse...
How Air Cargo Is Preparing for Vaccine Delivery?
As the air cargo industry prepares for a Covid-19 vaccine, some experts are warning of logistical challenges for worldwide distribution, writes Sam Whelan in an article published in the LoadStar.
Optimal Transport of the Vaccine
This...
Containerships Beating Tankers on Scrubber Retrofits
As the 2020 debate shifted from scrubbers to covid19, a steady uptick in scrubber retrofit is seen
Containerships seem to have opened up to it and is quite surpassing tanker retrofits
despite longer...
A Look Inside the World’s Biggest Container Ship
HMM St Petersburg has been completed at the Samsung Heavy Industries' shipyard.
It has some interior work, including the installation of automation systems and facilities to be installed.
The container vessel is one...
What Lies Behind the Russian Vaccine Press Release
In a startling and confusing move, Russia has claimed that it has approved the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine, as the nation’s Ministry of Health issued what’s called a registration certificate for a vaccine candidate...