LNG, The Right Way To Fight Carbon Footprint

Adopting a policy of waiting until a future fuel is proven and available, as some appear to prefer, will exacerbate the greenhouse gas (GHG) challenge the world is confronting. Shipping’s current public decarbonisation...

Maersk Takes A Big Decision on Fuels for Propulsion

A century after the global shipping fleet ran largely on coal, the world’s largest shipping line is taking a historic step toward not using fossil fuels for propulsion. All newly constructed vessels owned...

VLGC Rates Plunge To The Lowest Level

Low activity, closed Western arbitrage dampen rates to 7-month low. Shipowners need to accept bearish market and get vessels going, or wait for better times. Drydocking remains in full force, recovery in trade...

Companies That Enjoyed High Dry Bulk Shipping Prices

Prices for dry bulk shipping keep inching higher, but not everyone's benefiting. Author Rich Smith shares his view on why safe Bulkers and Golden Ocean Group stocks are up, but Castor Maritime and Diana...

UN Calls for G20 COVID Task Force After 10 Nations Hoard 75% Vaccines

The UN calls out an uneven and unfair vaccination plan where 75% of vaccines are used by 10 Nations. 130 countries haven't received a single dose yet while the rich hoard. The UN...

Britain Starts ‘Robust Border Regime’ COVID Protocol  

UK Government's robust border regime quarantine program starts for people traveling from red list countries Prebooking quarantine package mandatory if traveling from 33 hotspots Entry only through designated ports and quarantine hotel stay...

COVID19 Spike Protein Mutation Making New Variants 8 Times More Infectious

Scientists identify a mutation in the coronavirus spike protein making new variants more infectious. The D614G mutation appears in all the 3 new variants, the UK, Brazil and South African Strain. This mutation...

Small UK Distillers Struggle In Shipping Gin And Whisky To EU

According to an article published in Make Xpress, many small UK gin and whisky distillers and suppliers are struggling to ship their merchandise to EU clients seven weeks after the introduction of post-Brexit buying...

First Quantified View on The Current Market Strength

Ocean carriers and containership owners are in the midst of the richest vein for the liner sector in over a decade, says an article published in the loadstar. Predicting Record Earnings The shipping lines are confidently...

Classification Society’s Maritime CEO Dismayed For Seafarers Crisis

Speaking at the launch of a DNV GL white paper on ship safety in the context of digitalisation and decarbonisation, the classification society’s maritime CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen expressed shock that nearly 70% of IMO...