Pfizer Inks A Deal in Order To End The Pandemic

Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of...

This Organization Converts Seawater Microplastics To Energy

  MOL, Team Eco Trinity Successfully Convert Microplastics Collected from Seawater into Energy- Initiative on Marine Environmental Protection and Circular Economy, reports an article published on their website. Carbon products-a potential source of energy Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,...

Review of Maritime Transport 2021 On Far-reaching Knock-on Effects

The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on maritime trade volumes in 2020 was less severe than initially expected. But its knock-on effects will be far-reaching and could transform maritime transport, according to UNCTAD’s Review of...

How Effective Is This COVID Antibody Cocktail?

AstraZeneca on Thursday cemented its lead in bringing a preventative COVID-19 shot to market, saying its antibody cocktail offered 83% protection over six months, providing another possible weapon in the fight against the pandemic,...

What Is The Underlying Reason behind Supply Chain Crisis?

To truly understand the supply chain logjam, you have to start at the docks, where dock workers say there is a major lack of space to store containers coming off the cargo ships, reports...

Energy Trio Publish A Report On GHG-neutral LNG Cargoes Method

A team of representatives from all three companies developed the statement of greenhouse gas emissions (SGE) methodology. Also, the global sustainability consultancy Environmental Resources Management (ERM) supported the team. A recent news source states...

Logjam Cure for Shipping Containers Arrives

Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply ructions around the world are presenting an opportunity to test that incumbency. A recent Loadstar...

Why Are New Charters Fixed At Hugely Increased Rates?

Containership non-operating owners (NOOs) have locked-in ocean carriers for long-period charters at vastly inflated daily hire rates, with the longest reported contract extending to 2039. Shipping lines are taking on millions of dollars...

Extreme Weather Disrupts Port of Vancouver Operations

The Port of Vancouver said marine terminals remained operational despite the severe flooding metropolitan Vancouver. However there were heightened vessel delays and anchorage demand due to disrupted terminal operations. Both CN and CP...

Oil Prices Slip Amid Supply Rise Expectations

Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as a rebound in COVID-19 cases in Europe raised concerns over demand amid expectation that supply will rise, while some in the market still fear the United States may...