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...
Containership Faces a Premeditated Pirate Attack
GISIS reported an unusual piracy attack on container ship Fouma in Ecuador waters, when the ship was under way, en route from Manta...
US Launches Largest Serological Testing for COVID-19 Antibodies
Beaumont Health’s Research Institute is launching America’s largest serological testing study to help answer many questions surrounding the spread of COVID-19 and potentially...
Armed Pirates Aboard Offshore Supply Tug!
Offshore tug, supply ship Maersk Transporter was attacked and boarded by armed pirates in Gulf of Mexico.
The incident occurred in the same...
Carriers Struggling To Keep Cashflow As COVID19 Disruptions Continue!
Cash-strapped carriers are set to struggle because of the coronavirus outbreak. Unless they receive governmental aid, many will be forced to sell ships, or...