WHO Warns Europe As COVID Death Toll Surpasses 1.5m
A further 700,000 people could die of Covid by March in Europe and parts of Asia, the World Health Organization has warned, reports BBC.
Soaring cases in Europe
The death toll already exceeds 1.5 million in...
Will This Tech Help Conserve Wildlife Better?
Drones, satellites and laser sensors. It sounds like the tech of an action-packed spy thriller. Not things you might typically associate with protecting animals, reports BBC.
Animal conservation
According to a report by the World Wildlife...
One MOL Safety Campaign For 2021 Underway Online
MOL today announced that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the "One MOL Safety Campaign" for 2021 is being held online from July 2021 to March 2022.
In April 2021, MOL updated its group...
GMF Partners With Mærsk To Decarbonize The Maritime Industry
GMF and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have signed a partnership agreement to decarbonize the global maritime industry.
Mærsk established the centre in an effort to develop new fuel types...
LA/Long Beach Ports Delay Excess Container Dwell Fees
Implementation postponed until at least Nov. 29
Cargo dwelling on terminals fall 33%
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have again delayed their implementation of fines against shipping lines for containers that...
Early Arctic Sea Freeze Traps 18 Ships in Ice
At least 18 ships are stuck in Arctic sea ice off the coast of Russia after an unexpected early freeze took shipping companies by surprise, reports the Independent.
Some could be stranded for months as...
Dead Crew Stuck Aboard Cargo Ships Amid COVID Restrictions
Unable to be offloaded, various corpses have been kept in onboard freezers for months, reports M.Net
The downside of COVID restrictions
COVID-19 has forced everyone in the supply chain to take all sorts of precautionary measures...
New Laws To Prevent Mass Scale Marine Pollution
The need to develop legal infrastructure in line with international conventions identified.
A Committee appointed to identify legal provisions related to Maritime Law in line with International and Domestic requirements
The government has taken...
Oil Prices See Dull Rise Amid Biden’s “Inadequate” SPR Release
With U.S. president Joe Biden's much-feared release of inventory from that country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve proving to be smaller than expected, crude prices on Tuesday continued their upward trajectory – this time by 2.3...
Shipping Companies Look For New Technology To Reduce Emissions
Hundreds of environmental activists have gathered in Glasgow Park to call on the government to step up its actions against global warming at the nearby United Nations Climate Change Conference.
A major shipping...