While the pandemic is not over, experts say the US may be in for, at the very least, a "near normal" spring and summer, based on new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

A news article published in the BBC states that Fitbit has recalled one of its fitness-tracking smartwatches due to the risk of it overheating and burning people. Voluntary recall by Google The company, now owned by...

Putin’s war against Ukraine will exacerbate the logistics sector’s labour shortage, as sanctions impede recruitment for seafarers and drivers, reports the Loadstar. Labour shortage International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) data notes that Russians account for 10.5%...

Russian invasion propels price of ship fuel to historic high, reports FreightWaves. Ship fuel costs have “gone parabolic" The price of ship fuel was flirting with a new record even before Russia invaded Ukraine. Then war...

Global marine fuel supplier Peninsula and Engineering company Wärtsilä has suspended business with Russian vessels, ports, companies (owned or majority-owned), suppliers and financial institutions, reports Ship&Bunker. Peninsula suspends Russian business The company said: ‘Peninsula is shocked...

A recent news article published in the Pique News Magazine states that debris from cargo ship spill last fall spreading along B.C. coast: beach cleaners. Cargo ship loses 109 containers off the B.C. coast A volunteer...

EuroDry an owner and operator of drybulk vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk cargoes, announced a new charter for its drybulk vessel M/V “Molyvos Luck”. New time charter M/V “Molyvos Luck”, a 57,924 dwt...

Traders, refiners shunning Russian oil over Ukraine Shell lifts cargo at record low level in Platts MOC Shell promises to commit profits from Urals to humanitarian fund Shell's recent controversial purchase of Russian crude...

Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX) has entered into a time charter contract with Cargill International S.A., Geneva, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the m/v Santa Barbara,...

The global supply chain could face disruption owing to a looming officer shortage in the merchant navy caused by Russia’s invasion, reports The National. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest suppliers of trained officers...