Seafarers Hassled Trying to Curb COVID-19 Spread And Pirate Attacks

Seafaring ranks as one of the toughest, most emotionally taxing jobs in global transportation. Saturday’s deadly pirate attack off Africa’s west coast is just...

Maersk Sells Product Tanker Equipped With Rotor Sails

Maersk Tankers sold its 2008-built product tanker, the world’s first product tanker to test the use of wind propulsion technology, reports Splash 247. About the...

Shipping Executives Reveal Why They Signed the Neptune Declaration

Shipping industry is abuzz with the Neptune Declaration signed by more than 300 firm's to help stranded seafarers and now shipping executives have voiced...

Container Shortage Madness Drives Breakbulk, MPVs Uptake

According to a LoadStar report, the “madness” of ex-Asia container rates is driving more un-boxing of containerised cargo.  And the resulting bounceback for breakbulk is...

The Rising Issue of Pirates In The Gulf of Guinea

The latest report by the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has shown that piracy in the Gulf of Guinea recorded the...

WHO Team Starts Probing Wuhan COVID Origin

The search for the origin of the novel coronavirus  finally began in China yesterday as the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the matter...

Top 3 Reasons for A Drastic Decline in Oil Spills

It is important for Christian to make one thing clear in the beginning: as long as we need oil for heat and power, we...

Top 3 Reasons Why EC Renewed BER

The EC renewed the BER, which allows container shipping lines to coordinate their networks and utilise space on their vessels, last April for a...

Covid-19 Death Rate

The UK now has the highest death rate from Covid-19 of any country in the world, the latest data has revealed. Check the full article for more

ClassNK Updates “Guidelines for Remote Surveys”

Leading Classification Society ClassNK has released “Guidelines for Remote Surveys Ver. 2.0” including a class notation requirement for the ship with advance preparation for...