Transpacific Lane Witnesses Port Congestion and Blanked Sailings

Container lines are making determined efforts to get boxes back into position and to return to some schedule integrity – but it is unclear how likely they are to succeed. The spectre of...

Crude Oil Futures Ease Off Multi-year Highs As Rally Cools

Crude oil futures were lower in mid-morning Asian trade Feb. 8, easing off multi-year highs as a seven-week long bull-run appeared to lose steam, though market watchers were in consensus that the rally still...

Energy Giant Sees Profit Reach 8-year High

BP’s profits hit their highest in eight years in 2021, lifted by soaring gas and oil prices, as the company boosted share repurchases and accelerated plans to cut emissions with increased spending on low...

Low Cushing Inventories Could Point Upside for Oil Prices

Crude oil inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma—the designated delivery point for WTI Crude oil futures contracts—have been falling for the past four weeks, reaching what could be uncomfortably low levels and pointing to a potential...

EU Carbon Tax Will Address Shipping Emissions

The European Union is trying to clean up one of the world’s dirtiest industries by taxing ships’ carbon emissions, reports China Dialogue. Addressing maritime emissions  Ships emit around one billion tonnes of greenhouse gases every year,...

Need for ‘Clean Fuels’ Lift Scrubber Prospects Amid Pricing Economics

Dorian LPG's scrubber program pays back 48% of capex Hi-5 spread set to support scrubbers' uptake in near future HSFO share in global bunker fuel mix to rise to 28% by 2030: Platts...

Tanker Struck Oil Berth

Product tanker struck oil berth at San Lorenzo, Parana river, Argentina, early Feb 5, while leaving the port after completing cargo operations, reports Maritime Bulletin. Damages reported Pier constructions were damaged, extent of damages unknown. Tanker...

[Watch] Do We Need A Booster Shot After COVID?

Guardian Australia's medical editor Melissa Davey looks at the difference between the immunity to Covid-19 that comes from vaccinations and boosters and that which comes naturally after recovering from infection.  Overall, viewing Omicron infection...

Why Scientists Are Racing To Develop More COVID Antivirals?

the approval of two oral antiviral treatments  that promise to reduce the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.  the pills are in short supply. Drug makers are still scaling up production of the...

What Is The Role Of Vitamin D in Covid?

Low levels of the supplement have been associated with a range of autoimmune, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases. The study is among the first to analyze vitamin D levels prior to infection. Strikingly, mortality...