Tag: COVID-19
Global Leaders Warned Off ‘Key Workers’ & Supply Chain Disruption
The fate of more than 200,000 seafarers who play a crucial role in keeping global trade flowing is being labelled a "humanitarian crisis...
Why Covid-19 Infection Rates Remain Stubbornly High?
A virologist, a psychologist and a public health expert share their views on some of the Covid-19 mistakes that we are all still making...
Maritime Organizations Push Governments To Ensure The Safety Of Seafarers
The COVID-19 pandemic has trapped hundreds of thousands of seafarers aboard cargo ships, unable to get off or switch crews due to fears of...
Wartsila’s Marine Businesses Heavily Hit, New Orders Declined
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and a slump in shipbuilding contracting resulted in Wartsila’s marine businesses.
As a result, there is a...
The Disheartening Situation Of Seafarers On Board
The latest benchmark Seafarers' Happiness Index from Mission to Seafarers sounds a dark note as the COVID-19 pandemic and the crew change crisis drag...
Rising Shipping Costs Spurs Stress on China-Europe Trade
The cost of shipping goods from China to Europe increases by up to 600 percent in recent weeks.
The rise in cost of...
Panama Canal Signs MoUs To Optimize Supply Routes for COVID-19 Vaccine
The Panama Canal has signed memorandums of Understanding with Panama Ports Company (PPC) and PSA Panama International Terminal (PSA Panama) to help optimize supply...
77% of Crew Change Through Charter Flights During Covid 19
As Covid-19 border and travel restrictions decimated commercial aviation flight schedules some 77% of shipping businesses turned to charter flights for crew change.
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IMO 2020 And Its Impact On The Oil And Gas Industry...
The "International Maritime Organization (IMO) 2020 and its impact on Oil and Gas Industry - Thematic Research" report has been added to Research And...
COVID’s Silent Spread, A Special Report
In early February, 57 people arrived at a Nebraska military base, among the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the new...