Tag: COVID-19
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...
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...
Importers Face Unprecedented Container Congestion Due To Lockdowns
Global container supply chains are facing a congestion crisis.
Boxes pile up at ports, and container freight stations expand and spread.
Social lockdowns...
COVID-19 Ten Times Deadlier Than Swine Flu! Confirms WHO
WHO has confirmed that coronavirus is ten times deadlier than the swine flu.
Coronavirus outstripped the fatalities caused by the H1N1 strain tenfold.
...
Can Containerships Be Converted To Floating COVID-19 Hospitals?
Container ships to be converted into giant hospitals.
These hospitals could sail to cities most impacted by a coronavirus.
It is under a...
Global Newbuild Orders Take a Hit!
Based on BIMCO data, newbuild orders in the first quarter of the year slumped 55% year-on-year.
Only 6.6m dwt ordered across the three...
Singapore Readies ‘Floating Accommodations’ for Workers To Tackle COVID-19
MPA Singapore and partners launch floating accommodations to tackle COVID-19. Specifically, the joint initiative will be used to house healthy foreign workers.
The...