Omicron Cautions Tanker Spot Rates Amidst Container Shipping Boom
The new global threat from the omicron variant is being layered on top of existing fallout from delta-variant outbreaks in Europe and Asia, reports American Shipper.
Tanker spot rates
The immediate effect of omicron is a...
Container Ship From China Rerouted In Seoul
Sinokor Merchant Marine, a South Korean intra-Asian carrier, has diverted a containership to Ulsan in order to expedite the arrival of much-needed urea from China as reported by The Loadstar.
Urea crisis
In South Korea, diesel-fueled...
SHI & Microsoft Joins Hands To Digitalize SHI’s Shipyards
SHI and software pioneer Microsoft have joined hands to digitalize SHI’s shipyards.
Smart Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), a digital transformation strategy was established by SHI back in 2019.
SHI’s shipyard productivity will be...
Wärtsilä Voyage In China’s Intelligent Vessel Standards and Next-gen Tug Technology
Wärtsilä Voyage has signed a strategically significant MoU with China Classification Society and Tianjin Port Group.
It aims to co-develop China’s next-generation intelligent tug in line with CCS intelligent ship standards.
The project’s...
Høglund’s Hybrid Solution To Asphalt Carriers Built In China
Høglund is commissioned to supply advanced, fully integrated hybrid, automation, and digital solution to two asphalt carriers to be built in Wuhu shipyard, China.
The owner, Continental Bitumen, is an integrated procurement, logistics...
A Major Step by Shipping Lines Could Be A Threat To Air Cargo
Maersk is reportedly in the market for a top five forwarder as huge shipping line profits.
A combined Q3 ebit of $37.24bn are expected to disrupt the logistics industry, with air cargo taking...
IMO Meet Focuses On Using Clean Energy In Arctic
At the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting, countries urged ship operators to switch to cleaner fuels in Arctic waters.
Ship operators have been urged to switch to cleaner fuels in the Arctic.
It...
CMA CGM’s New Strategy To Control Port Congestion In US Ports
A unique initiative to improve the fluidity of the supply chain, in line with the objectives of the Biden-Harris Supply Chain Task Force.
An incentive up to 200 USD per container to help...
Here Is Why Your Airline Bookings Are Delayed?
Airlines counting cost of Omicron virus variant
Some travelers cancelling or delaying bookings
Shares rebound after sharp Friday drop
Airlines are scrambling to limit the impact of the latest coronavirus variant on their networks,...
This Company’s First LNG Fueled Carrier Starts Maiden Voyage
Hyundai Steel said it started to reduce its CO2 footprint through eco-friendly operation by chartering LNG ships for overseas raw material transportation, Offshore Energy.
The maiden voyage
On 24 November, the company announced that it took...