The International Chamber of Shipping is leading calls for governments to put seafarers and frontline maritime shore workers at the head of the vaccine queue  and to designate seafarers as keyworkers, to avoid a...

One year ago — which seems like an eternity ago — no one in ocean shipping was talking about COVID. They were talking, ad nauseum, about fuel. About a massive spike in fuel prices...

China’s Ministry for Commerce is again looking to step in to stabilise the container shipping market. Media speculation indicates that shipping lines could be called to a series of meetings to discuss the...

The UK travel company Saga Cruises has become the first cruise line to announce that it is requiring all passengers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 to sail on its cruise ships, says an article...

Logistics giant AP Moller-Maersk, the owner of the largest shipping company in the world, expects to order its first carbon-neutral ship as soon as 2023. Maersk CEO Soren Skou Comments The company is likely to order...

A recent article published on BIMCO website says transparency and dialogue between owners & charterers is the key to crew change challenge. Freedom of contract Shipping is essentially a marriage between the commercial interests of charterers...

The volume of Asian fuel oil trades recorded through the S&P Global Platts market-on-close (MOC) price assessment system almost halved last year as the shipping industry shifted its fuel type, says an article published...

Container cargo rollovers at the world’s top 20 ports in jumped 75% in December 2020 compared to the previous month as lines struggle with a huge surge in volumes and equipment shortages, according to...

In an outstanding show of support thousands of seafarers emailed IMO to help stranded Indian seafarers in China and after 7 months of it the 23 seafarers finally returned to India via Japan.  Check the...

Since the start of the pandemic, crew wellness has topped the industry agenda with international shipping bodies, unions and associations vowing for a fairer treatment of seafarers, reports Safety4Sea. What actions has the industry taken...