Safe Bulkers Expands Its Capacity To 40
Safe Bulkers, based in Monaco, has added a 2014-built Japanese Capesize to its fleet, bringing the total number of vessels in its fleet to 40 as reported by Splash247.
Capitalizing Capesize market
Safe Bulkers is paying...
Has The Lockdown Party Ended for Dry Bulk?
The BDI has followed exactly the seasonal pattern of the last several years by peaking in October and bottoming out around Lunar New Year, before going on a nine-month bull run. There is hope...
Data Is The New Crude Oil?
Doing business in the maritime sector looks to be getting more complex and more expensive thanks to climate change inflicting the need to cut emissions.
MARITIME is steaming towards a 50% reduction in...
Government Establishes An Expert Council On International Data Transfer
The Council will provide advice on cross-border data flows now that the country has left the EU.
The International Data Transfer Expert Council met for the first time yesterday to discuss international data...
Legal Implications Of Defective Towage Route Planning
Simon Tatham explains the law and implications of a towage grounding due to flawed passage planning.
Passage planning is an important aspect of any commercial voyage by sea.
Under the towage forms, the...
Bunker One Gears Up To Test Bio-bunker B7 Blend
An Argus Media news source reveals about Bunker One to test bio-bunker B7 blend.
Test biodiesel blends in marine fuels in Brazil
Global bunker fuel trading company Bunker One is gearing up to test biodiesel blends...
PIL Orders 2 Containerships from China
Singapore’s Pacific International Lines (PIL) has placed newbuilding orders for the first time in seven years.
This is followed after seeing its fortunes revived amid the soaring freight market.
A Loadstar news article published...
Experts Warn Against Benadryl And Milk COVID Treatment
Several questionable methods have been suggested as treatments for COVID-19, from a medication that fights malaria to the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin.
Rep. Jeff McNeely, R-Iredell, said on Facebook that milk “may be the...
Omicron Vs Zero-Covid: How Will China Exit Zero-Covid?
China’s stringent zero-COVID strategy is likely to face its toughest test yet in the next few weeks, as millions of people travel around the country for Chinese New Year, and the Winter Olympics begin...
Carriers Focus On Big Bucks, Secondary Trade Hit Badly
The cellular fleet grew by 4.5% last year, to 24.97m teu.
But capacity was cut on some routes as carriers re-deployed as much tonnage as they could on the more lucrative east-west tradelanes.
A...