Container Line Reliability To Take 8 – 9 Months To Recover

An improved container line schedule reliability is a key element in reducing supply chain disruption. Recovery would take at least 8 – 9 months and is yet to start. Overall container line schedule reliability...

Experts Raise Alarm About Plastic Lost in Cargo Ship Disasters

Container ship accidents at sea should be considered the “oil spills of our time”, reports the Guardian quoting environmental organisations that found a toxic mix of metals, carcinogenic and other harmful chemicals on plastic...

Shipping News Makes Grim Reading for Central Banks

Denmark’s shipping magnates are on a different wavelength to central bankers, reports Reuters. Bumper year of profits A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) read more and DSV (DSV.CO), two of the biggest names in global logistics, on Wednesday predicted...

Johnson & Johnson Faces Cancer Lawsuits Over Baby Talc

The healthcare company Johnson & Johnson is facing an attempt to force a shareholder vote to halt its sales of talc-based baby powder across the world, including the UK, amid concerns over alleged...

The Number Of COVID-19 Cases Drops By 17% Globally

The World Health Organization says coronavirus case counts fell 17% worldwide over the last week. the omicron variant is increasingly dominant — making up nearly 97% of all cases tallied by the international...

[Watch] ASV Gearing Up for Wave Energy Monitoring Mission

The ITSASDRONE, an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) developed by Spanish research institute AZTI, has completed the first sea trials ahead of deployment at BiMEP to monitor Wello’s Penguin wave energy device. Did you subscribe to...

[FAQ] How To Avoid Coupling Failure?

The function of a coupling is to connect two rotating shafts, for the transfer of rotary motion and torque as reported by Acron. Coupling failure For a coupling to work at its optimum efficiency, it must...

Global Stocks Rally On Tech Sector Gains

U.S. stocks rally on tech sector gains European shares gain on strong earnings Benchmark 10-year U.S. treasury yield slips from multi-year highs World stocks rallied on Wednesday, with Wall Street rising again on a...

Queen ‘Not Displaying Symptoms’, Prince Charles Tested Positive

Prince Charles, who has tested positive for Covid for the second time, met recently with the Queen but the monarch not displaying symptoms, says an article published in The Guardian. Mild symptoms “The Prince of Wales...

All About Coronavirus Right Now

Reuters, in its later article lists out what we need to know about the coronavirus right now: Hong Kong COVID infections surge Hong Kong reported 986 new coronavirus infections on Thursday as authorities scramble to contain...