This Captain Makes You Feel at Home in the Sparkling Mega Cruise Ship!

Celebrity Edge and Captain Kate make an interesting news in Forbes.  Some of the special features about Kate, her experience as a captain, inspiration...

Seafarers in COVID19 Limbo As Shipping Prepares for ‘A Decade of Difficulty’ in Shipping!

According to a BBC report, seafarers are facing the burnt with the world in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the shipping industry is...

ICS, Shipping Alliance Ask for Government Measures for Crew Changes!

In a major development, an alliance of leading maritime companies desperately concerned about seafarer welfare and the viability of ocean supply chains in the...

Advance Storage at Ports As ‘Storage in Transit’ Products Expand!

According to a LoadStar article written by Mike Wackett, MSC has announced four additional container wayport storage hubs as part of its Covid-19 suspension...

IMO 2020 Regulations Boosted Bunker Fuel Sales by 14% in Q1 2020! Says Monjasa

Danish bunker supplier Monjasa increased marine fuel sales by 14pc on the year in the first quarter, writes Erik Hoffmann in Argus Media.  This...

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...