Tag: Pandemic crisis
What’s Up With the Supply Chain Shortage?
The pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of the global supply chain — that’s the usually invisible pathway of manufacturing, transportation and logistics that...
Tokyo MoU Releases Interim Guidance Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Tokyo MoU has adopted the interim guidance relating to COVID-19 circumstances, in order to protect PSCOs and prevent spread of COVID-19 and for facilitating...
Surging Ocean Cargo Demand Fuels $10b Spree for New Vessels
Trend to continue as carriers eye replacing older vessels.
Order book rebounds from a more than 30-year low in 2020.
Few of the world’s...
Crew Mental Health & Wellbeing ‘Take Centre Stage’ Amid Pandemic Crisis
The mental health of seafarers have taken the 'centre stage' with respect to the coronavirus pandemic, reports safety4sea.
Key worker status
The COVID-19 crisis has posed...
COVID Vaccine, A Success Story
Bloomberg reports the historic rise of the pharma industry ever since the pandemic broke out and is now the world's most loathed industry.
In a...
Oil Refiners Close Plants Over Lost Demand Worries
Oil refiners shut plants as demand losses may never return.
The pandemic initially cut global fuel demand 30% and refiners temporarily idled plants.
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Panama Canal Shipping Out From Pandemic Lows
Panama Canal Shipping rebounds in hopeful sign for global trade.
Total transits through the waterway was 845 in June and rose to 933...
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Day-To-Day Life
Around half of the world's population is on lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19, a public health emergency.
The...