What Ended The Past Pandemics? Can This One End Too?
The Omicron variant is spreading rapidly. The world’s reaction has been an unpleasant mixture of dread, fatigue, and déjà vu. There have been various other instances when the world has faced the pandemic situation...
Asia Light Ends: Key Market Indicators For Jan 3-7
Asia's light ends were mixed at the start of 2022, as lower crude futures soured sentiment, though gasoline could see some support from Indonesia as driving activity picks up in the new year, while...
Asia Residual Fuels: Key Market Indicators For Jan. 3-7
Trading activity in the Asian fuel oil market in the week of Jan. 3-7 is expected to gain pace as participants return from the year-end holidays, says an article published in Platts.
ICE Brent
The Asian...
Shortening The Lanyard On MOB Beacon
IMCA Safety Flashes summarise key safety matters and incidents, allowing lessons to be more easily learnt for the benefit of all.
Incident
The practice of shortening the lanyards on MOB beacons was discovered by someone visiting...
The Dynamics Of LNG Trade Flow Change
Inter-basin spreads returned to positive territory, signalling better economics for delivering LNG to Asia, as European prices came off faster amid mild weather forecast through January.
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Scrubber Tonnage Now Accounts for 30% of Boxship Capacity
According to the latest Alphaliner data, scrubber-equipped tonnage currently accounts for over a third of global box ship capacity as reported by Ship & Bunker.
EGCS
This year, 150 containerships were fitted with exhaust gas cleaning...
Experts Warn That Things Are Going To Get Worse
The US is ringing in the new year amid Covid-19 surge experts warn is exploding at unprecedented speed and could alter daily life for many Americans during the first month of 2022.
The...
[Watch] Hollywood Actress Names MSC Cruises’ New Eco-friendly Ship
Swiss-based cruise line MSC Cruises has held the naming ceremony for its new eco-friendly cruise ship MSC Virtuosa at Port Rashid in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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[FAQ] What Is The Difference Between Freight And Logistics?
To the uninitiated (which included me at one stage), these industries are same or similar and it might come across that there is no difference between Freight and Logistics.
Unpack the difference between Freight and...
A Rewind of The 2021 Tech That Amazed Us
The internet, which had held up remarkably well over a series of lockdowns, experienced a few wobbles. And we learned that those chips in all our devices, which we take for granted, weren't infinite....