COVID19 Causes ‘Biggest Emissions Fall’ Since Second World War

The economic fallout from the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 resulted in a sharper emissions drop than the 2009 recession, when emissions slid 6.3%. Reuters...

UK Funds Project To Track Maritime Shipping Emissions

An initiative aiming to help track and reduce shipping's carbon emissions is among five projects recently awarded U.K. government funding through the country's Space...

Aon Launches Fuel Price Insurance To Help Shipping Risks

Insurance broker Aon has launched a new policy aimed at sectors for which fuel purchasing constitutes a significant cost, with major interest expected...

Recent Key COVID Research & Findings

As new strains of covid wreak havoc, Nature looks back at the key findings of the disease and the nature of infection.  Let's take a...

COVID19 Virus To Infection – What Lies in the Genes

In a research paper published in Nature, Scientists chronicle the journey of the covid virus from genome to infectome, that's how its genes became...

Hapag Lloyd Makes A Switch To LNG

The Hapag-Lloyd-owned 15,000 TEU container ship, Sajir, is currently being upgraded to run on LNG (liquefied natural gas) instead of fuel oil. It is...

Fierce Bidding Wars In Order To Secure Equipment & Space

Major forwarders are engaged in fierce bidding wars in China, in order to secure equipment and space to North Europe, says an article published...

New Challenges for Shippers In 2021

Scheduling ‘slidings’, ad-hoc port omissions and short-notice network structural changes are replacing blankings as the new challenges for shippers in 2021, says an article...

Active Shipping Companies Working On the NSR

There are few Asian shipping companies and operators working on the Northern Sea Route compared to the number of European companies. Much more frequent...

WHO Team To Reach China on Jan 14 To Investigate COVID Origin 

According to a Business Standard report, China said on Monday that a group of experts from the WHO will arrive in the country on...