Exemption To Self-Isolation for New Crew Puts Sailors’ Lives at Risk
In St.John's, sailors aboard an offshore supply vessel are panicked about their safety following the approval to four American technicians to join the ship with no self-isolation.
Crew members actively resisted the joining...
A New ECU Research Untangles the ‘Blackbeard Lore’
It’s been speculated that Blackbeard intentionally ran his flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, aground near Beaufort in 1718.
Now, more than 300 years later, new research from East Carolina University in Greenville shows...
‘Black Fish’ That Blends In Sea – A ‘Deep Sea’ Mystery
Some species of deep-sea fish have evolved blacker-than-black skin to protect them from being eaten – or to help them sneak up on fish they want to eat.
A study, published last week...
Scrubber Retrofit Installations Plunge Amid Low Fuel Price Spread
The fuel spread between HFO and LSFO is so low that the retrofitting order intake in scrubbers is pretty much almost zero.
All carriers have benefited from the plunge in oil prices since...
DP World Negotiating To Acquire An Indian Flag Carrier
Global port operator DP World Ltd in advanced talks with Dubai-based Transworld Group to buy Shreyas Shipping and Logistics Ltd and Avana Global Logistek Ltd.
Mumbai-listed Shreyas Shipping is the Indian flagged vessel...
Integrating Hydrogen Fuel Cell Projects for Carbon Free Shipping
Maritime sector is a large contributor of CO2 emissions mostly due to cruise-boat tourism, freight shipping and ferry transport.
The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH2 JU) promotes the research to develop...
Coronavirus Pandemic Defers Construction of World’s Largest Cruise Ship
Coronavirus pandemic delays construction of world's largest cruise ship, says an article published in FoxNews.
Construction paused
Royal Caribbean International has delayed the construction efforts of the world’s largest cruise ship as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
According...
Increased COVID19 Uncertainty Leads To Second Hand Tonnage Boom
The familiar theme of the year so far, repeated itself for yet another week. Shipowners opted for more dry bulk second-hand tonnage, as the current conditions of increased uncertainty, certainly don’t favor any kind...
Scientists Put To Rest the ‘COVID19 Origin’ Conspiracy Theories
According to a Science Alert article written by Polly Hayes, a Medical Microbiology Lecturer at the University of Westminster, scientists have now highlighted evidence that novel coronavirus is a natural phenomenon and not a...
Reefer Containers Pile up in China Due To COVID-19 Restrictions
February’s coronavirus shutdown in Wuhan, China hit American food exports hard.
Reefer plugs at China ports filled up after the Wuhan outbreak.
Reefer-plug capacity maxed out in February because China severely restricted trucking.
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