Maersk To Link Ports With New Asia/US East Coast String
Maersk Inc. North America has announced the start of a new service linking ports in Vietnam and China with the US East Coast via the Panama Canal, starting in May 2021, says an article...
Dry Bulk Sector Hit By “Vaccination Lottery”
According to a media release published by INTERCARGO, INTERCARGO, the organisation representing the world’s quality dry bulk shipowners has lashed out at the "vaccination lottery" facing seafarers, something that could hit the sector hard.Vaccination...
Rosneft Doubles Volume of Low Sulphur Bunker Fuel Sales in 2020
Russian oil major Rosneft on Friday (26 March) said RN-Bunker, the operator of the bunkering business of NK Rosneft, by the end of 2020 supplied up to 1.3 million tons of low sulphur bunker...
2M and Zim Set to Increase Asia-US East Coast Capacity With New Service
The 2M partners Maersk and MSC, and their transpacific partner Zim are set to increase Asia-US east coast capacity with a new service in May, reports The Loadstar.Dubbed the TP23/Palmetto service, it will deploy...
Biggest Lesson To Learn from Suez Canal Incident
Watching the travails of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal, it was hard to avoid the conclusion that its biggest problem was size. When a vessel that tall and wide passes through a...
Inmarsat Signs Representation Agreement With SRH Marine Electronics
According to a press release published by Inmarsat, Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has signed an agreement with SRH Marine Electronics for SRH to provide formal representation for support to...
Crude Oil Futures Rise on Inventory Draws
Crude oil futures rose during Asian mid-morning trade April 1 after data from the US Energy Information Administration showed a draw in crude and gasoline inventories, with the market gleaning further support from expectations...
Suez Backlog Moves, But Port Congestion Expected To Follow
Almost 400 ships poised to transit key commodity chokepoint
Freight rates start to dip after brief Suez boost
Maersk warns of port congestion and lengthy delaysSouthbound and northbound traffic on the Suez Canal...
Enquiry Launched for Suez Canal Incident
Experts have boarded the container ship Ever Given, which was dislodged on Monday six days after it got stuck in the Suez Canal, seeking to investigate what caused the grounding that shook the global...
Grindrod Shipping Announces Sale of Tanker Trio
Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd, a global provider of maritime transportation services predominantly in the drybulk sector, announced two separate transactions with respect to its fleet, reports Yahoo Finance.
Sale of tanker trioOn March 11,...