General Cargo Carrier Runs Ashore
Panama flagged freighter Shaman runs aground en route from Rostov to Koper.
Even when the vessel seemed to be aground still, media reports...
End of Long-term Freight Contracts Nearing As COVID19 Effect Soars?
Shippers and BCOs are being advised against signing long-term contracts with ocean carriers.
Carriers are being obliged to spend millions of dollars in...
Cruise Lines Need To Get Experts Onboard To Combat Diseases!
As always cruise ships are at the centre of global situation again and lawmakers across the globe can't take any action against them. Yes,...
Practical Information on The Coronavirus Situation
From a young researcher who had been transferred from Shenzhen to Wuhan to collaborate with the task force that is fighting the coronavirus epidemic,...
Inadequate Passage Planning Will Render a Vessel Unseaworthy!
The judgment maintains and highlights the need for shipowners to ensure that charts are kept fully up to date.
Urges careful accurate passage...
CoVid19 Economic Shock Scenarios
What Coronavirus could mean for the Global Economy, discusses an article in Harvard Business Review Home.
Economic shock
Indirect hit to confidence (wealth effect): A classic...
China Back To Normal As Ship Calls Returns To Previous Levels
As Europe and the US bring in increasingly restrictive measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, figures f.rom Lloyd’s List Intelligence show ship calls...
Ship Banned for Violating Carriage Ban!
According to a Turkish Maritime News report, the Federal Transport Authority of the United Arab Emirates (FTA) has banned the Panama-flagged containership MSC Joanna...
Hazardous Cargo Carrying Ships Need To Sign Clean-Up Contract!
China has issued a circular regarding the Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution coming from ships which mandate forging a clean-up contract with the...
Sluggish Panamax Demand Pulls Baltic Index Down By 1.3%
Baltic index fell 8 points, or 1.3%, to 623 on sluggish panamax demand.
The panamax index shed 37 points, or 3.7%, to 970.
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