From Improved Storage To New Variant Efficacy – Pfizer COVID Vaccine Shines
New research and lab studies are providing more hope for the Pfizer vaccine.
While Pfizer's own study has shown that the vaccine can be stored in warmer temperatures now, a lab study has...
Americans Could Be Wearing Masks Unto 2022
The United States will within hours record its unfathomable 500,000th death from Covid-19 paradoxically at a moment of rare hope in the pandemic. Yet the tragic landmark will occur with the White House loath...
Piracy and Its Ugly Side, Seafarers Targeted
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has its roots in Nigeria's Niger Delta where oil wealth has failed to reach local populations and deep poverty has stoked militancy and armed unrest.
Gangs speed...
MSC All Set To Overtake Maersk in Operating Capacity
For the first time in more than a quarter of a century Maersk is on track to lose its mantle as the world’s largest containerline.
In a report from last November Copenhagen-based Sea-Intelligence...
Panamax Rates Aggressive and Record High in the Pacific
Panamax rates in the Pacific soared to multi-year highs on the back of icy sea conditions in the Atlantic.
This is attributed to the spike in grain loading out of east coast South...
Weekly Bulk Report – Week 7, 2021
The Baltic Briefing has released a report about the dry bulk market for the 7th week of shipping activities of this year. The report dated 19th February highlights the dry bulk market conditions at...
Samsung Heavy Wins A $1b Order
Samsung Heavy won a close to $1 billion LNG-powered ship order this week, reports PulseNews.
Winning streak
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co. extends its winning streak in the order book on LNG power, landing near...
Ningbo Containarised Freight Index
Baltic Exchange publishes the weekly Ningbo Containerised Freight Index, compiled by the Ningbo Shipping Exchange.The index is reported every Friday (except Chinese holidays) at 1600 (Beijing).Weekly composite index covering 20ft, 40ft and Hi Cube...
9 Ships Under Scanner Over Devastating Oil Spill
1000s of oil tar washed ashore in Israel as an oil spill rocked the Mediterranean sea.
The military has been deployed for cleanup and people warned not to come near the shore.
Already...
Zhonggu Logistics Finalizes 18-ship Newbuilding Plan
Chinese feeder boxship operator Zhonggu Logistics has finalised orders for its recently announced newbuilding program of eighteen 4,600 teu boxships by ordering the last eight ships at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard, reports Lloyd's List.
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