[Watch] Armed Pirates Attack Supply Ship! Hostages Used As Human Shields!
Offshore supply ship was attacked and boarded by armed pirates on Apr 9 in the Gulf of Mexico, some 70 nm N of Puerto Dos Bocas, Mexico, reports Maritime Bulletin.
What happened?
Armed pirates attacked and...
Seafarers Put Health & Safety As Priority! Demands Access To PPE!
Seafarers ask for the access to PPE.
HRAS says that at present, high quality PPE may not be widely available.
The Master of ship refuses off-loading alongside the port of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
The...
Carriers File Emergency Cooperative Working Agreement! Can Containers Sail Ashore?
Coronavirus outbreak forces container shipping carriers to file an Emergency Cooperative Working Agreement with the Federal Maritime Commission.
The Loadstar in a recent article cited Alphaliner stating that three of the largest US container shipping...
Save Seafarers Lives! A Plea for ‘Zero Contact Policy’ in Ports!
Seafarers and their families appeal for zero contact policy in ports.
This is for tackling the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Crews on a ship fear the people coming from ashore could carry the virus...
UK Navy Ship To Support Caribbean for Hurricane and COVID-19 Management
RFA Argus has been dispatched to the Caribbean to support the British Overseas Territories.
For assistance during the hurricane season and to assist with the response to the COVID-19.
Royal Navy sailors and...
A Place Where Time Zones Collide To Create A Timeless Bubble!
At the North Pole, 24 time zones collide at a single point, rendering them meaningless.
Simultaneously all of Earth’s time zones collided and none of them.
There are no boundaries of any kind...
Asian Marine Fuel Market Experiences A Lull As Trade Picks Up
Singapore Marine Fuel 0.5%S May/June swaps spread, assessed at minus $8.25/mt.
Stockpiles of low sulfur material in Singapore remained at approximately 10 million mt.
Singapore-delivered marine fuel 0.5%S bunker fuel premium touched an...
Ocean Carriers Idle a Record 13% Capacity Due To Falling Demand
More than 10% of the global boxship fleet is anchored as Western markets due to lockdown.
Container ship operators have idled a record 13% of their capacity over the past month.
Alphaliner canceled...
Containership Faces a Premeditated Pirate Attack
GISIS reported an unusual piracy attack on container ship Fouma in Ecuador waters, when the ship was under way, en route from Manta Ecuador to Guayaquil.
The attack looked like a well planned...
US Launches Largest Serological Testing for COVID-19 Antibodies
Beaumont Health’s Research Institute is launching America’s largest serological testing study to help answer many questions surrounding the spread of COVID-19 and potentially help treat patients battling the virus.
The Beaumont Research Institute...