Singapore Eases Up on Crew Change Restrictions for Cargo Ships

MPA Singapore has launched a circular providing circumstances where crew will need to disembark or embark the ship. Singapore has adopted many precautionary...

COVID19 Impact on Global Energy Markets Are Here To Stay!

In a recently published report, Rystad Energy notes that the coronavirus pandemic should be expected to last for the entirety of 2020 and provides...

Shippers Keep It Going With COVID19 Restrictions Mapping Tool!

During the pandemic, it is vital to know which ports are allowing crew changes, while regulators need to assess the pandemic risk of vessels...

Bunker Credit Problems Escalate Due To COVID19 Pandemic!

Bunker suppliers likely to favor cash in advance Shipowners in Singapore considering longer term bunker contracts COVID-19 prompts some Singapore bunker players to...

Can a COVID19 Trial of Tuberculosis Vaccine Save Us?

Researchers in four countries will soon start a clinical trial of an unorthodox approach to the new coronavirus, writes Jop de Vrieze in an article...

[Watch] Coronavirus Unlikely To Disappear, Says WHO Expert!

As the coronavirus global disease burden exceeds 600,000 cases, the world without COVID19 seems quite impossible. A WHO expert recently answered whether we will...

Coronavirus Pandemic Sparks Contactless Port Calls

Consort Shipping Exercises ‘Contactless’ Port Calls to reduce human interaction between crew and the workers ashore to the minimum. Final crew changes for...

Technology Group Begins Combustion Trials Using Ammonia

Using ammonia as a fuel can contribute to reducing both the shipping’s and energy sectors’ greenhouse gas emissions. First tests yielded promising results...

Protect Workers from COVID-19 Risks! ITF Urges Danish Shipping Giant!

ITF has called on Maersk to show responsibility for all its workers in its extended supply chain at sea and ashore. Maersk asked...

Shipping Company Fined $1.65 Million for Concealing Oily Water Discharge

A Singapore-based shipping company was fined $1,650,000. Unix Line PTE Ltd pleaded guilty to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from...