GP Global Kick Starts Jebel Ali Bunkering Operation
Energy company GP Global has launched a new bunker supply operation at the port of Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates.
The...
Coronavirus Measures: Cruise Passengers in Limbo As Ports Turn Them Away
New measures to seal off borders to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus have left cruise ships stranded in the Caribbean, South...
COVID19 Pandemic: Aviation Closure May Lower VLSFO Prices
Aviation shutdown may narrow VLSFO crack spreads.
International Airlines Group plans to reduce its capacity by 75% in April and May.
Demand for...
General Cargo Carrier Runs Ashore
Panama flagged freighter Shaman runs aground en route from Rostov to Koper.
Even when the vessel seemed to be aground still, media reports...
End of Long-term Freight Contracts Nearing As COVID19 Effect Soars?
Shippers and BCOs are being advised against signing long-term contracts with ocean carriers.
Carriers are being obliged to spend millions of dollars in...
Cruise Lines Need To Get Experts Onboard To Combat Diseases!
As always cruise ships are at the centre of global situation again and lawmakers across the globe can't take any action against them. Yes,...
Practical Information on The Coronavirus Situation
From a young researcher who had been transferred from Shenzhen to Wuhan to collaborate with the task force that is fighting the coronavirus epidemic,...
Inadequate Passage Planning Will Render a Vessel Unseaworthy!
The judgment maintains and highlights the need for shipowners to ensure that charts are kept fully up to date.
Urges careful accurate passage...
CoVid19 Economic Shock Scenarios
What Coronavirus could mean for the Global Economy, discusses an article in Harvard Business Review Home.
Economic shock
Indirect hit to confidence (wealth effect): A classic...
China Back To Normal As Ship Calls Returns To Previous Levels
As Europe and the US bring in increasingly restrictive measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, figures f.rom Lloyd’s List Intelligence show ship calls...