A Career in Shipping Industry Helps To Recover from Burnout
Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress.
It occurs when you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to meet constant demands.
As the stress continues, you begin...
Water Repellent Ocean Insects Could Lead To Slipperier Ships!
Scientists are now working on a hull coating that would allow ships to more easily slide through the water, while also preventing the colonization of drag-producing organisms, says an article published in New Atlas.
Hydrodynamic...
Risk-based Inspection of BWT for Tanker Ships Crucial for Ensuring Safety
The integrity of the ship's steel construction is through proper maintenance.
This is a key factor in the safe transportation of cargo on a worldwide scale.
TMSA 3 guidelines encourage shipowners to develop...
DHL’s Free of Charge Customer Window To Make Ocean Freights Easy
DHL Global Forwarding launched its myDHLi online customer platform.
The platform gives users completely transparent real-time shipment management including quoting, booking, emissions and tracking.
All shipment information can be followed and shared and...
Hyundai Heavy Industries Clinches Deal for Building Two VLCCs
Hyundai Heavy Industries secured an order to build two VLCCs.
The value of the orders for two 300,000-ton VLCCs.
They will be equipped with scrubbers to meet IMO emission regulations.
The VLCCs will...
COVID-19 Travel Restrictions: Entire Workforce at Port Dismissed To Cut Costs!
Port of Helsinki has come up with some drastic cost-savings measures.
The measures include the temporary dismissal of the port’s personnel.
They are dismissed for 30 days between August and year-end and for...
Liners Reinsert Services To Restore Capacity During COVID-19 Crisis
Liners reinserting sailings on the transpacific which had previously been cancelled, reports Splash 247.
Increase in demand
Transpacific
THE Alliance, which features Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, ONE and Yang Ming, is now reinserting two sailings on the transpacific which...
Oil Market Responding Well After OPEC+ Production Cuts!
OPEC is encouraged by a rally in oil prices and fueled by production cuts.
OPEC+ alliance slashed production cuts by a record 9.7 million barrels per day.
Oil prices have more than doubled...
Yang Ming’s 2,800TEU Newbuilds To Get Smart Ship Notations
Yang Ming to receive Smart Ship notations from international classification societies for ten of its 2,800TEU container vessels, says an article published in Container News.
Smart Ship notations
Yang Ming announced that its ten 2,800TEU container...
[Watch] Four-alarm Blaze Rips Through San Francisco’s Historic Pier 45
A four-alarm blaze at San Francisco's historic Pier 45.
It also threatened a historic World War II ship docked there.
The firefighters saved the SS Jeremiah O’Brien during the fire as flames progressed.
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