Global Bunker Fuel Availability Outlook
According to port agent MH Bland, inbound vessel traffic and all bunkering in Gibraltar was suspended on Thursday amid gale and swells pushing 2 metres today, reports Engine. The bunker queue grew to 16...
11 Largest & Worst Oil Spills In World History
Oil spills put our seas and oceans into trouble in a short period of time.
Oil spill disasters have been one of the major concerns of the marine world for a long time...
BIMCO COVID19 Weekly Report – 17 December 2021
This BIMCO COVID 19 weekly report for the week ending 10 December covers the World Health Organization (WHO), Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong SAR, Germany, Greece, India, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Ukraine, USA and the latest...
Mate’s Misjudgment Of The Tow’s Speed Led Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board issued Marine Accident Brief 21/23 for its investigation of the Nov. 14, 2020, accident involving the towing vessel and the Centerville Turnpike Bridge near Chesapeake, Virginia.
Incident
On November 14, 2020,...
Weekly Tanker Report – Week 50, 2021
The Baltic Exchange has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 50th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated 17th December highlights the dry bulk market conditions at...
How Has The J&J Vaccine Turned Into A Debacle?
Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine was going to be a shot for the world.
Those kinds of moments took on a different colour, though, as the one-dose form of the J&J vaccine turned...
Omicron Spread Surges, Crude Retreats
Global infections surge amid omicron spread.
Prompt Brent structure weakest since March.
Forward demand outlooks remain intact.
A recent news article published in the Platts states that crude retreats as market eyes omicron surge,...
Trial Run Starts for Giant Kites That Drag Cargo Ships Across Oceans
In January 2022, the Ville de Bordeaux, a 154-meter-long ship that moves aircraft components for Airbus SE, will unfurl a 500 square meter kite on journeys across the Atlantic Ocean.
It will undergo...
Influx of Smaller Ships To Fight Port Congestion in US Twin Ports
Container imports at the largest U.S. gateway for seaborne goods trade fell sharply in November.
It is despite as backups of ships waiting to unload cargo at the Southern California ports have been...
2022 Is Not A Smooth Sail for Shippers, Carriers To Roll Out GRIs
The capacity remains extremely tight ahead of Chinese New Year.
Shippers are bracing for a further wave of rate increases on container trades out of Asia.The spot rate indices this week were virtually...