Crew Change Crisis & Abandonment On Top of IMO’s Legal Committee Agenda

    In virtual meeting on 27 November and 1-2 December, the Legal Committee reiterated concerns about the abandonment of seafarers, says an article published in...

Container lines Increase Cancellation Fees, Traders Feel the Heat

container lines have not only continued to raise freight rates but have also introduced additional difficult measures for companies involved in shipping commodities...

World’s Leading Minor Bulks Operator Goes Carbon Neutral

Hong Kong’s Pacific Basin, a world leading minor bulks operator, has pledged to offset all carbon emissions from its global shoreside operations. This...

60,000 Reefer Containers To Be Taken Up for Vaccine Distribution

According to a Hindu Business Line report,  a surge in reefer containers is expected as covid19 vaccine distribution takes center stage. What is it? Experts anticipate...

Hungary Will Participate In Clinical Trials of Sputnik V Vaccine

According to a Reuters report, some 3,000 to 5,000 Hungarians could participate in clinical trials of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19. Ignoring EU Rules Hungary’s...

Deal for AI-Powered Analytics Between METIS And Neptune Lines

METIS Cyberspace Technology has secured a fleet-wide contract from Neptune Lines to implement its data acquisition and advanced analytics platform in a first commitment...

Centuries Old Mariners’ Superstitions Present Even Today

For centuries, there have been many superstitions in the Maritime Industry. The reporter researched from where these superstitions came from and was even puzzled...

Australia & Japan To Work on a $13b Plan To Cut Carbon Emission

Australian company lined up the country’s national science agency and Japanese firms to work on a plan to capture carbon dioxide. Liquefy and...

ABS Ventures in Environment Friendly Water Ballast Tank Coatings

ABS, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI Group) and the Marshall Islands Registry (MIR) have completed a joint development project (JDP). The project aims to...

MSC Building Its Fleet at a Rapid Pace

According to the latest Shipping Intelligence Weekly by Clarksons Research, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) continues to build its fleet at a rapid pace, reports...