Monday, December 6, 2021
Waymon L Boyd Dredge Fire
Accidents

NTSB Board Meeting to Consider Report Into Deadly Waymon Boyd Pipeline Strike

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a virtual public board meeting on Tuesday to consider the draft final report on hazardous liquid pipeline

December 6, 2021
Total Views: 1228

Omicron Case Suspected on Norwegian Cruise Ship with Outbreak in New Orleans
Shipping

Omicron Case Suspected on Norwegian Cruise Ship with Outbreak in New Orleans

By Maria Caspani Dec 6 (Reuters) – At least 17 COVID-19 cases, including a probable case of the Omicron variant, have been detected among passengers and

December 6, 2021
Total Views: 1545

Port of savannah ship loading at berth
Ports

Port of Savannah Reports Busiest Month on Record in October

The Port of Savannah handled all-time record cargo in October as it works to expedite its terminal capacity expansion. The Port of Savannah faces some of the

December 6, 2021
Total Views: 1857

New Counting Method Suggests U.S. Ship Logjam Is Longer Than Ever
Ports

New Counting Method Suggests U.S. Ship Logjam Is Longer Than Ever

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — The number of container ships headed for the busiest U.S. port complex has risen to close to 100 under a new

December 6, 2021
Total Views: 6104

PHOTOS: Fire Burns on Timber Ship M/V Almirante Storni Off Sweden
Accidents

PHOTOS: Fire Burns on Timber Ship M/V Almirante Storni Off Sweden

The Swedish Coast Guard is continuing to douse water on the burning M/V Almirante Storni off of Swedish island of Vinga, near Gothenburg. The fire broke out in

December 6, 2021
Total Views: 8041

Inchcape Shipping Services partners with Horizon Air Freight to ease Americas deliveries
Press Releases

Inchcape Shipping Services partners with Horizon Air Freight to ease Americas deliveries

Press Release – Inchcape Shipping Services and Horizon Air Freight have jointly announced a new partnership that will streamline Inchcape’s last-mile

December 6, 2021
Total Views: 244

Sunday, December 5, 2021
Fire Rages On Cargo Ship Carrying Timber Off Sweden
Ship Fires

Fire Rages On Cargo Ship Carrying Timber Off Sweden

STOCKHOLM, Dec 5 (Reuters) – A fire on a cargo ship carrying timber off Gothenburg on Sweden’s west coast was still not under control on Sunday

December 5, 2021
Total Views: 5765

Turkey Will Block Foreign Hydrocarbon Exploration Activities In Its Maritime Jurisdictions
Offshore

Turkey Will Block Foreign Hydrocarbon Exploration Activities In Its Maritime Jurisdictions

By Selcan Hacaoglu (Bloomberg) –Turkey threatened to block any unauthorized search for gas and oil in its economic exclusive zone in the eastern

December 5, 2021
Total Views: 2393

COVID Found Among Crew And Passengers On Norwegian Cruise Ship
Cruise Ships

COVID Found Among Crew And Passengers On Norwegian Cruise Ship

Dec 5 (Reuters) – A cruise ship set to dock in New Orleans with over 3,000 passengers has detected 10 cases of COVID-19 among its crew and guests, the

December 5, 2021
Total Views: 3373

South Africans Protest Against Shell Oil Exploration In Pristine Wild Coast
Environment

South Africans Protest Against Shell Oil Exploration In Pristine Wild Coast

By Siyabonga Sishi PORT EDWARD, South Africa, Dec 5 (Reuters) – South Africans took to their beaches on Sunday to protest against plans by Royal Dutch

December 5, 2021
Total Views: 1568

Saturday, December 4, 2021
Truck Traffic on a bridge
Interesting

Is Lowering The Age Limit For Truckers In Order To Address The Supply-Chain Crunch Worth The Safety Risks?

By Keith Laing (Bloomberg) –Dezjion Henson has wanted to be a truck driver his whole life. When he turned 18 last year he jumped at the chance and

December 4, 2021
Total Views: 3824

Cargo ship Guangdong Port
Maritime Security Incidents

Lithuania’s Goods Barred From Entering Chinese Ports

By Milda Seputyte (Bloomberg) –Lithuania’s dispute with China escalated after local media reported that goods from some of its companies were

December 4, 2021
Total Views: 3052

RFS Admiral panteleyev (BPK 548) rimpac
Maritime Security

Russia, Southeast Asia Conclude First Joint Naval Exercise

AKARTA, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have concluded their first joint naval exercise,

December 4, 2021
Total Views: 2023

Decarbonization of the Shipping Industry
Sponsored

Decarbonization of the Shipping Industry

By Thomas Klenum, Senior Vice President, Maritime Operations and Dallas Smith, Vice  President LNG & Alternative Fuels Decarbonization is an issue

December 4, 2021
Total Views: 3200

Friday, December 3, 2021
DP World Pulls Out of Haifa Port Privatization Bid
Ports

DP World Pulls Out of Haifa Port Privatization Bid

JERUSALEM, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Dubai’s DP World has pulled out of a joint bid with an Israeli company to privatise Israel’s Haifa port,

December 3, 2021
Total Views: 1369

Maersk Family Buys COVID-19 Test Maker Unilabs
Shipping

Maersk Family Buys COVID-19 Test Maker Unilabs

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — AP Moller Holding A/S, which invests the wealth of the billionaire Maersk family, has agreed to buy Covid-19 test

December 3, 2021
Total Views: 1634

Hapag-Lloyd Container-ship BOSTON EXPRESS
Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd Agrees to ‘Eye-Watering’ $130,000 a Day for Panamax Charter

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers face ‘Hobson’s choice’ on the containership charter market: agreeing to owners’ hugely inflated

December 3, 2021
Total Views: 3399

seafarer on deck with a mask
Shipping

Transport Groups Warn That ‘Knee-Jerk’ Reactions to Omicron Variant Could Spark Worse Supply Chain Disruptions

Organizations and unions from across the transportation sector are warning that world leaders’ knee-jerk reactions to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 are

December 3, 2021
Total Views: 773

ZIM Kingston Underway to Port Nanaimo to Discharge Damaged Cargo
Accidents

ZIM Kingston Underway to Port Nanaimo to Discharge Damaged Cargo

The ZIM Kingston is underway today to British Columbia’s Port of Nanaimo to unload damaged containers following October’s cargo fire. Today’s

December 3, 2021
Total Views: 2741

Suiso Frontier hydrogen ship
Shipping

Kawasaki Heavy Says First Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier May Leave Japan This Month

TOKYO, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier could leave Japan for Australia to pick up its first cargo of hydrogen late

December 3, 2021
Total Views: 2019