Armed Sea Robbery and Piracy A Continuing Threat To Seafarers! Warns IMB

The International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) warns of continuing threats seafarers face from pirates and armed robbers on the world’s...

Wärtsilä Wins Contract To Equip Additional 50 Ships STM-Enabled

Already more than 400 ships have the capability to share routes through their ECDIS.  Wärtsilä Voyage won a contract to update the ECDIS...

[Watch] Armed Pirates Attack Supply Ship! Hostages Used As Human Shields!

Offshore supply ship was attacked and boarded by armed pirates on Apr 9 in the Gulf of Mexico, some 70 nm N of Puerto...

Seafarers Put Health & Safety As Priority! Demands Access To PPE!

  Seafarers ask for the access to PPE.  HRAS says that at present, high quality PPE may not be widely available.  The Master of...

Carriers File Emergency Cooperative Working Agreement! Can Containers Sail Ashore?

Coronavirus outbreak forces container shipping carriers to file  an Emergency Cooperative Working Agreement with the Federal Maritime Commission.   The Loadstar in a recent article cited...

Save Seafarers Lives! A Plea for ‘Zero Contact Policy’ in Ports!

Seafarers and their families appeal for zero contact policy in ports. This is for tackling the COVID-19 global pandemic. Crews on a ship...

UK Navy Ship To Support Caribbean for Hurricane and COVID-19 Management

RFA Argus has been dispatched to the Caribbean to support the British Overseas Territories. For assistance during the hurricane season and to assist...

A Place Where Time Zones Collide To Create A Timeless Bubble!

At the North Pole, 24 time zones collide at a single point, rendering them meaningless. Simultaneously all of Earth’s time zones collided and...

Asian Marine Fuel Market Experiences A Lull As Trade Picks Up

Singapore Marine Fuel 0.5%S May/June swaps spread, assessed at minus $8.25/mt. Stockpiles of low sulfur material in Singapore remained at approximately 10 million...

Ocean Carriers Idle a Record 13% Capacity Due To Falling Demand

More than 10% of the global boxship fleet is anchored as Western markets due to lockdown. Container ship operators have idled a record...