Severe Snow Storm Causes Closure of NY/NJ Ports
Container terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey remained closed on February 2 amid a severe winter storm that brought heavy snow and 40-45 mph winds, reports Platts.
Ports closed
New Jersey's Port...
[Watch] High-speed Bullet Train for Extremely Cold Temperatures
A new type of Fuxing high-speed bullet train that can operate under temperatures as low as -40 C made its debut in Beijing on January 7, 2021, says an article published in China Daily.
Train...
Anglo American and Pacbulk Into Charter Agreements
Greek capesize owner Seanergy Maritime Holdings has announced that it has entered into a new time charter contract with miner Anglo American, as well as entering into a new charter and extending an existing...
DSME Built Giant Oil Tanker Launched
The Oman Shipping Company launched the giant oil tanker (Dhalkot), which was built at the DSME shipyard in South Korea and is the last ship out of 3 other tankers that were recently launched...
Trans-Pacific Trade Hits Blank Sailings Due to Port Congestion
Container volumes in the Asia-U.S. trans-Pacific trade have hit their limit which made massive port congestion in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is forcing ocean carriers to take extreme measures and,...
BIMCO To Publish Charter Party Clause Protecting Vessel’s AIS
BIMCO is working on a charter party clause that will help the shipping industry deal with potential abuse by sanctions busters of the Automatic Identification System (AIS) which is mandatory for all ships to...
The End of The EU Vessel Owner Recycling Conundrum?
Taking part in the ship recycling in the EU discussion, sponsored by Wirana Shipping, was the company’s vice president - Middle East & green recycling co-ordinator, Hitesh Vyas.
He was joined by ADS Insight Scandinavia...
Practical Obstacles With Just-in-time Operations for Bulkers
International Taskforce Port Call Optimization (ITPCO) chairman Ben van Scherpenzeel discussed the practical obstacles facing JIT operations including charterparty contractual clauses, says an article published in riviera.
Communicating JIT Operations
The clauses stipulate that masters are...
PIL’s Retail Investors Voting for Reconstruction Plan
Creditors of distressed Singapore shipping firm Pacific International Lines (PIL) were to have voted on Feb. 1 on a restructuring deal that involved a capital injection from a unit of Temasek, says an article...
Icebergs Towing for Water-Scarce Cities
WHOI publishes an article on towing of massive icebergs to cities, with various researches and studies conducted from WHOI Independent Research and Development (IR&D) based on it.
The massive Behemoth Discharge
The 1.5-million-ton behemoth was on the...