COVID19 Uncertainty Pushing Carriers To Put Fleet Expansion on Hold!
According to a LoadStar article written by Mike Wackett, Ocean carrier fleet expansion is on hold as the liner industry fights for survival amid Covid-19 lockdowns around the world.
Fleet Expansion on Hold
According to BIMCO...
COVID19 Threatens Indigenous Communities After an Amazonian’s Death!
According to a CNN report, a teenager from an isolated Amazonian tribe who tested positive for Covid-19 has died, raising concerns about the coronavirus' impact on the region's indigenous people.
What happened?
The 15-year-old boy, a...
[Watch] How Shipping Containers Can Be Turned Into COVID-19 ICUs
In the ongoing fight against COVID-19, the Italian architects Carlo Ratti and Italo Rota have designed an intensive-care pod within a shipping container that could be added to hospitals.
Disclaimer: This video is intended for informational...
Lack of Effective Communication Results in Tank Over-Pressurization
The NTSB investigation report briefs about the over-pressurization of the number 3 port and starboard cargo tanks that occurred on the Marshall Islands-flagged chemical tanker Fairchem Filly in May 2019.
Here we are chronicling that...
Idled Containership Capacity Set To Reach a Record High of 3m teu
Inactive containership fleet will breach the 3m teu mark for the first time making 13% of the entire global box fleet out of work.
The inactive containership fleet dropped last month having hit...
The Real Intensity of Seafarers’ COVID19 Struggle!
A series of news reports in various sources like Human Rights at Sea, Seatrade Maritime News and Port to Port highlight the plight of seafarers in sea.
In the wake of coronavirus, shipping industry has...
Tanker Grounds on Rocks! Develops Aft Tilt!
Product tanker ran aground, 11 nm SE of Zhoushan, China, East China sea, while en route to Ningbo, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
Product tanker NINGDA10 ran aground in vicinity 29 50N 122 20E, some 11...
COVID-19: Ports in China All Set To Enhance Supply Chain
Safety4Sea in an article, reports that China's coastal terminals have turned busy again. Large vessels, heavy cranes and container trucks have started their operation. This sounds encouraging for the rest of the world...
Supertanker Damaged After Breaching Port Side Area
Maritimebulletin reports that on Apr 11, a crude oil tanker NEW ASSURANCE contacted Petroterminal oil pier at Charco Azul, Charco Azul Bay, Panama Pacific coast.
Condition of the Tanker
As the tanker hull was breached in...
MSC Faces Internal Data Outage, Possible Cyberattack Suspected
A network outage continues to plague MSC's headquarters in Geneva.
The outage has affected internal data processes such as MSC.com and MyMSC.
It consists of a portal for booking, managing and tracking shipments.
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