Bunker Owners Anticipate A Year Of Elevated Costs

Shipowners have been told that they will need to rethink their fleet deployment plans for the coming year, as the sector expects to pay significantly more in bunker expenses as reported by Splash247. Merchant fleet Bunker...

[Podcast] What May Cause Unseaworthiness

Recent TTClub podcast discusses on clarifying that acts or defaults in exercising due diligence may give rise to ‘unseaworthiness’ and the consequences of falling on the wrong side of the boundary, including in relation...

UP World LNG Shipping Index Lost 8.71% Last Week

The UP World LNG Shipping Index, the world’s only stock index focused on LNG shipping companies, lost 8.71% last week. US stocks represented by the S&P 500 Index lost 5.68%. Two rising stocks  Only two companies...

Oil Product Stocks Rose To 8-Week High

Gasoline exports slow this year  Wind, rain disrupt operations in mid-Jan  Fujairah premium widens over Singapore Oil product stockpiles at the UAE's Port of Fujairah rose to an eight-week high after signs of a...

$203m Floating Desalination Project Operation Started

A Saudi-based provider of logistics and transportation services, Bahri, has started trial commissioning of the first floating desalination plant under its SR760 million ($203 million) deal with Saline Water Conversion Corp.(SWCC), says an article...

How A Russian-Ukraine Conflict Might Hit Global Markets?

A potential invasion of Ukraine by neighboring Russia would be felt across a number of markets, from wheat and energy prices and the region's sovereign dollar bonds to safe-haven assets and stock markets, reports...

4 Factors That Increase Chances of Long COVID

Clinicians may be able to determine which patients are at risk of developing prolonged COVID-19 symptoms based on four clinical factors measured at the time of diagnosis, according to a study published Jan. 24...

How Victorian Sexism Influenced Darwin’s Theories?

Sex is an expensive business, biologically speaking. Finding a suitable mate takes time and energy. Darwin realised that many animal species therefore carefully select their mates, reports The Conversation. Reproductive systems  There is an innate biological...

Can A Compound Derived from Marijuana Cure Covid?

Early research suggesting that a popular non-psychoactive compound derived from marijuana might help prevent or treat COVID-19 warrants further investigation in rigorous clinical trials, reports Reuters. Potential Covid treatments  However, many other potential COVID treatments that...

[Answer] Are Batteries The Next Big Trend For Maritime Sector?

As shipping is exploring its potentials to meet ongoing environmental requirements, battery technologies are seen as an attractive opportunity for the short sea sector to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. The decarbonization landscape in shipping Maritime...