Strengthening the Shipping Industry from Within

According to an India Seatrade News article India's scope at Seatrade is ever increasing because of its geographical advantage of lying close to the sea but the competition from other Seatrade hubs dampens its...

HMM Deploys 9th Extra Loader Amid Demand Surge

HMM recently deployed an extra loader to transport export products from South Korea to the United States amid surging vessel demand, says HMM’s LinkedIn post. Extra loader The 4,600-TEU container ship HMM Forward scheduled to depart...

Bunker Sales Volumes At Rotterdam Jumped By 5.7% Last Year

Bunker sales volumes at Rotterdam jumped by 5.7% last year, boosted by a strong fourth quarter and a general flight of marine fuel buyers to the largest hubs, says an article published in ship...

Panama Canal Signs MoUs To Optimize Supply Routes for COVID-19 Vaccine

The Panama Canal has signed memorandums of Understanding with Panama Ports Company (PPC) and PSA Panama International Terminal (PSA Panama) to help optimize supply routes for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine and supplies...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 3, 2021

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 3rd week of this year. The report dated 22nd January 2021 provides a valuable insight into this week’s tanker market dealings, freight rates, and...

UK Lockdown Longer Than People Had Expected

People in the United Kingdom have been living under lockdown for the past three weeks. They hope their sacrifice would bring the country's latest coronavirus surge -- caused by the new, more contagious variant of...

The Puzzling Plot Hole Of The Famous Jurassic Park Sequel

Jurassic Park 2 has a confusing plot hole in how the T-Rex killed the ship’s crew while trapped in the cargo hold—but this query does have a solution, says an article published on Screen...

A Hindsight Into The Bunker Price Outlook For 2021

 VLSFO priced at a premium to Brent of 5-10% in the latter part of 2020.  Ongoing Coronavirus pandemic clouding crude outlook more than usual. Recent Brent forecasts in wide range from $51/bbl for...

Top 5 Checks To Maintain Hatch Cover

Cargo holds are fitted with hatch covers to prevent the contact of cargo with air, moisture, weather and water and to avoid cargo from getting wet.Hatch covers of cargo hold generally made from lightweight...

Refiners Go For Carbon Capture Renewables

Refiners using offsets from renewable fuels. The switch to renewables using carbon capture programs comes from companies like Valero, ExxonMobil, Chevron Emissions per barrel of crude processed to drop further Increased use of...