Dry Bulk Market Challenges and Its Future Amidst Covid 19: Podcast
Dry bulk market experts Shriram Sivaramakrishnan, Carina Li, and Isaac Eio take part in a lively discussion.
The examine how the Capesize, Panamax and Supramax markets fare in this pandemic-stricken trading environment.
They also talk...
‘Missing Ship Crew’ Search For The Gulf Livestock Resumes
The Gulf Livestock 1 left New Zealand carrying 5,800 cows to Tangshan, when it sent a distress signal while it was sailing in stormy conditions in the East China Sea as a typhoon...
Merchant Ship Attacked, Crew Perhaps Kidnapped
Merchant ship attacked, identity of the ship not clear.
Crew members probably kidnapped.
Reports say, it is Dutch reefer WATER PHOENIX.
Ship attacked south of Lagos, writes Erofey Schkvakin for the Maritime Bulletin.
Merchant ship...
DB Schenker Targets Customers With New ‘Stability Package’
Leading global logistics service provider DB Schenker approved a Stability Package for customers of its competitor Damco.
Intended for affected companies, the package includes an offer to take over short-term service agreements of...
World’s First LNG Conversion Begins Operation
China’s Huarun Dadong yard has started retrofitting Hapag-Lloyd’s ultra-large containership Sajir to use LNG as fuel.
With a price tag of about $30 million, this is claimed to be the world’s first such...
ICS and Partners Urge To End Humanitarian Crisis Onboard Ship
ICS, UNHCR, and IOM are calling for the immediate disembarkation of 27 rescued people trapped onboard a cargo ship.
The distraught group, including one child and a pregnant woman, have now been onboard...
First Unmanned ‘Robot’ Ship Set To Sail for Transatlantic Voyage
Britain’s boldest foray into robot shipping is taking shape and says autonomous vessels may offer solutions to pandemic struggles, says an article published in The Telegraph.
At the mercy of the weather
"We are at the...
Singapore Bunker Fuel Sector Makes Successful Recovery
Manifold Times reports Singapore's successful recovery from the exit of major player Hin Leong Trading.
"This is something only few ports can pull off," believes the CEO and Board Member of international bunkering firm Fratelli...
COVID-19 Reminds Of The Woman Scientist Who Discovered Antivirals
Gertrude Elion developed the drug acyclovir, a potent inhibitor of herpes viruses with remarkably low toxicity, which her team unveiled in 1978.
Elion and Hitchings invented new medicines for a long list of...
Fresh Demand Worries Keep the Oil Indexes in Turmoil
According to a MABUX press release, MABUX World Bunker Index (consists of a range of prices for 380 HSFO, VLSFO and MGO (Gasoil) in the main world hubs) declined on September 07, 2020.
380 HSFO:...