Is The World Not Ready For The Emerging New Global Order?

“Are we ready for the new world order?” The provocative title of the panel that lead off the ambitiously named World Government Summit here last week was framed to suggest that new global order is...

Mysterious COVID Toes Symptom Has Left Scientists In Confusion

Puffy, red-purple, and sometimes painful toes were one of the odder symptoms seen early in the pandemic. But experts are debating their cause—and whether COVID-19 is even to blame. Lisa Arkin saw more swollen, discolored...

[FAQs] Feeling Unwell, How To Recover Without Infecting Others?

Any one of us can fall sick with a viral infection. What do we do? We take prescribed medicines and try to stay away from our family and friends until we have recovered. This...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 13, 2022

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 13th week of this year. The report dated 01st April 2022 provides valuable insight into this week’s tanker market dealings, freight rates, and charter...

Why Is Your Company’s Automation Technology Failing?

Integration with your forwarding system is easy. Everybody talks about agile, but in real life, this means finding solutions that are testable in bite-size chunks. And even though operators are super busy, they...

[Watch] Disney’s New Cruise Ship

Disney Cruise Line’s new cruise ship, the approximately 144,000 gross ton Disney Wish, completed a key step in its construction on March 31 traveling from the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, Germany to Eemshaven in the...

Presence Of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons In Bunkers Supplied

According to t There has been several incidents where vessels suffer main engine damage due to off-specification bunkers supplied in Singapore during the months of February and March 2022, says a NewsInsight published in Standard-Club...

Stocks Appear To Be The Least-Bad Option In A Risky World

Even in Europe, the epicentre of the geopolitical crisis, the Stoxx 600 has recouped the initial losses suffered after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Among the reasons that investors discount the idea of a...

Container Rates Remain Above Par Despite Global Challenges

Covid lockdowns in China, war in Ukraine and the threat of hyper-inflation are a toxic mix of unpredictability for liner trades. But they have so far not had an impact on container freight...

Demand for Russian Crude Rises In Asia and Why?

Much of that demand is expected to come from Asia. India’s purchases of Russian oil, in particular, has jumped more than 700 percent in the five weeks. This has been since the start...