BIMCO Covid 19 Weekly Report

The BIMCO Maritime Information department informs members on a weekly basis, updates about the COVID-19 in relation to implementation measures imposed by governments for sea transport including for crew change as well as from...

Emergence of Immune Escape COVID Strain is Certain, Say UK Scientists

  Scientists write that because eradication of the virus is “unlikely”, they “have great confidence” that variants will continue to emerge. It is “almost certain” that there will be “a gradual or punctuated accumulation...

$32,000 Container Move From China To LA

shipping rates have begun reaching record highs for months $32,000 container move from China to LA Container rates have hit the stratosphere this year. It's a function of too many shipments says an article...

[Watch] NYK Takes Delivery of New Dual-fuel LNG Carrier

Japan's NYK Line, as part of Diamond LNG Shipping 6 consortium, took delivery of the Diamond Gas Victoria LNG gas carrier, says a press release published on their website. Time charter contract The LNG carrier will...

Air Cargo Peak To Get Intense

Air cargo peak looms, Flexport warns – or here already and getting intense a lot of shippers are waiting to replenish their inventories, consumers have saved $3trn in the US alone, and they...

DCT Gdansk Gets Green Signal For a Third Deepwater Terminal

DCT Gdansk gets the go-ahead for the third terminal – 'something to sell' to carriers through the expansion of the DCT terminal the port will maintain its leading position in the Baltic Sea DCT...

Grounded LNG Tanker Refloated

  An LNG tanker ran aground in Rio de la Plata fairway, 0100 UTC Jul 30, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened? LNG tanker ran aground in Rio de la Plata fairway approaching Buenos Aires at around 0100...

Cargo Ship Runs Aground

General cargo ship ran aground Greece, Ionian sea, at around 1600 UTC Jul 29, with cargo of bauxite, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened? General cargo ship ran aground in Gulf of Patras, Greece, Ionian sea, at...

Nightclubs Ask for NHS Covid Pass in England

A leading club night organizer has dropped a requirement for customers to show an NHS Covid pass on the door, says an article published in BBC. Ultimate Power initially told people they needed an...

3 Vessels for Security and 2 for Cargo Launched by CSL

The Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) launched five vessels at one go from its building dock at Kochi. The new vessels are three Floating Border Outpost (FBOP) vessels for the BSF which will act...