Weekly Tanker Report – Week 8, 2022

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 8th week of this year. The report dated 25th February 2022 provides valuable insight into this week’s tanker market dealings, freight rates, and charter activities. VLCC An...

Singapore To Witness Shell’s ‘Electric Dream’ Ferries

  A recent news article published in the Riviera states that Shell’s ‘Electric Dream’ ferries move closer to reality in Singapore. All-electric ferries Contracted last year, the first of a series of new zero-emissions, all-electric ferries will...

Is Deltacron Worse Than The Stealth Variant?

An even more infectious version of Omicron is now dominant in England, health chiefs revealed today. BA.2 was behind 52 per cent of all Covid infections in the seven days to February 20, up...

Inclusion Of New Module Of Ships At Berth By IAPH

IAPH is pleased to announce that the process to build a new module for the IAPH Environmental Ship Index (ESI) has commenced. The new module will focus on the environmental performance of ships at berth...

Shore To Ship Parcel Delivery Through Drones, Says Singapore Consortium

Singapore-based ST Engineering, Sumitomo Corporation, and Skyports are joining forces for a nine-month drone delivery pilot. Wherein drones will be used for shore-to-ship parcel delivery of maritime essentials. A recent news article published in...

Soaring Stealth Variant Amidst Dropping Covid Cases

The coronavirus mutant widely known as “stealth omicron” is now causing more than a third of new omicron cases around the world, but scientists still don’t know how it could affect the future of...

Maritime Chaos In Black Sea, Ships Shelled

The shipping news suggests insurers have reason to be careful, with at least two merchant vessels hit. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought turmoil to commodities markets as the conflict ensnares merchant shipping. ...

Anonymous Is Officially In Cyber War Against Russia

The famous collective of cyberactivists, Anonymous, has entered the geopolitical conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of war and subsequent invasion of Ukraine, Anonymous has declared war against Putin’s government. The announcement came...

Energy Trade Risks Grow As West Commits To Russia SWIFT Ban

Russian oil exports to see steeper discounts: McNally More traders will 'back away' as sanctions risks expand West on 'conveyor belt to Iran-style sanctions': analyst The US, Canada and European allies Feb. 26 announced...

FB & YouTube Bans Russia From Running Ads Amid Ukraine Crisis

Facebook has banned all Russian state media from advertising on its platform, reports Fox Business. Facebook prohibits ads Nathaniel Gleicher, head of security policy at Facebook, said that Russian state media is now prohibited from running...