[Watch] COVID19 Antibiotic Overuse Sparks Drug Resistant Superbug Fear

Scientists fear a wave of drug-resistant diseases in the post covid19 world COVID19 patients are getting secondary bacterial infections as they spend more...

US Dry Bulk Firms That Lost $11.33bn Over the Past 10 Years

Nine US-listed dry bulk firms lost $11.33bn over the past decade, reports Splash 247. US-listed dry bulk companies  Alphabulk, part of AXS Marine, launched a withering...

Weekly Tanker Report – Week 25, 2020

The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 25th week of this year. The report dated 19th June 2020 provides a valuable...

[Watch] Double Decker Seat Airplane for Flying Post COVID

Designers were trying to develop unique ways to reconfigure commercial airline seats to make them more comfortable for passengers. Now, the focus is on...

Wärtsilä To Design and Power Two Zero-emission Ships

The technology group Wärtsilä to design and equip two zero-emissions battery powered ferries, says a press release published on their website. About the contract Wärtsilä’s experience...

Not Enough IMO 2020 Support for Shipowners, Says Shipping Committee

A recent article published in  Seatrade Maritime News, the London-based Greek Shipping Cooperation Committee (GSCC) says that the world’s shipowners are not getting enough...

COVID19 Forces Shipping To Tighten Credit for Risky Carriers

Ocean carriers are tightening up their credit terms with thousands of smaller NVOCCs . This is due to mounting fears that many could...

A Six-year Project To Develop Ships with “Degree-Three” Autonomous Features

  South Korea reveals that its eventual goal is to develop a fully autonomous ship. The IMO defines as vessels that are able to...

Rush for Cheap Crude Overwhelms Ports With Cargo Influx

The cluster of oil tankers off China’s coast is growing and the vessels are waiting longer to offload their cargoes amid a lack...

Battery Technology To Get a Facelift by Elon Musk

Elon Musk has perhaps the most exciting portfolio of businesses on the planet. There's SpaceX with its mission to Mars, and Tesla with...