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Explore the latest developments in the shipping industry, including market trends, fleet management, and the impact of global trade on maritime logistics.


Friday, October 16, 2020
AIDA Cruises to Return to Sailing This Weekend in Italy
Cruise Ships

AIDA Cruises to Return to Sailing This Weekend in Italy

Germany-based AIDA Cruises, part of the Carnival Corporation, will resume cruises in Italy this weekend, marking the second Carnival Corporation brand to

October 16, 2020
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Maersk Kicks Off Air Freight Services with Chartered Plane from Thailand to Japan
Shipping News

Maersk Kicks Off Air Freight Services with Chartered Plane from Thailand to Japan

A.P. Moller – Maersk, owner of the world’s number one ocean carrier, has kicked off its new air freight service with a chartered airplane from

October 16, 2020
Total Views: 276

U.S. Awards $220 Million in Port Grants
Shipping News

U.S. Awards $220 Million in Port Grants

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $220 million in grants to ports in sixteen states and territories. The discretionary grant funding was

October 16, 2020
Total Views: 142

Singapore’s Cruises to Nowhere to Set Sail in November
Cruise Ships

Singapore’s Cruises to Nowhere to Set Sail in November

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) –Two cruise ships will start sailing from Singapore from next month into the open seas and back as the city-state aims to

October 16, 2020
Total Views: 86

bunkering tanker
Shipping News

BP To Cut Caribbean Oil Due To Low Demand For VLSO Bunkers

By Laura Sanicola Oct 16 (Reuters) – The problem-plagued Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, may lose its main supplier of crude, oil

October 16, 2020
Total Views: 232

Thursday, October 15, 2020
Oil Tanker Bridge
Shipping News

Captain Livingstone: Into the Breach

By Captain George Livingstone – I have written much over the years regarding the collective uniqueness professional mariners almost universally display.

October 15, 2020
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tanker loading
Shipping

U.S. Crude, Fuel Stockpiles Drop Sharply Amid Hurricane -EIA

By David Gaffen Oct 15 (Reuters) – U.S. crude stockpiles fell sharply last week, as offshore oil production was shut due to Hurricane Delta, while

October 15, 2020
Total Views: 54

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Turbine
Environment

Skyscraper-Sized Offshore Wind Turbines Coming From MHI Vestas

By Ronan Martin and William Mathis (Bloomberg) –MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S is set to join the giants of the offshore-wind world by building a

October 15, 2020
Total Views: 339

shipping container
Shipping

Trade Imbalance Hits American Crop Exports With Lack of Containers

By Michael Hirtzer (Bloomberg) — With the U.S. importing more goods than it’s exporting, shipments of American cotton, grain and hay are getting

October 15, 2020
Total Views: 153

msc ship in port
Shipping

Shipping Heavyweights Join TradeLens Platform as ‘Foundation Carriers’

Two of the world’s leading global container carriers MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company and CMA CGM are now fully plugged in to the TradeLens

October 15, 2020
Total Views: 95

Medium-Range Tanker Tests Biofuel Bunkers to Reduce GHG Emissions
Shipping News

Medium-Range Tanker Tests Biofuel Bunkers to Reduce GHG Emissions

Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has teamed biofuel supplier GoodFuels to test biofuel bunkers on board the 2010-built MR tanker M/T Pacific

October 15, 2020
Total Views: 95

Wednesday, October 14, 2020
U.S. Navy Unveils Plans for New National Museum in Washington
Defense

U.S. Navy Unveils Plans for New National Museum in Washington

The U.S. Navy announced today plans to bring new museum to the U.S. Capital. The announcement was made Tuesday by the Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J.

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 254

Ships Wait to Unload at Port of Los Angeles as China Imports Boom
Shipping News

Ships Wait to Unload at Port of Los Angeles as China Imports Boom

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Incoming cargo to the Port of Los Angeles is surging as businesses restock depleted inventories and

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 413

Russian Tall Ship Completes Historic Northern Sea Route Passage
Shipping News

Russian Tall Ship Completes Historic Northern Sea Route Passage

A 100-year-old tall ship has successful transited the full length of the fabled Northern Sea Route. After departing from Vladivostok, Russia in mid-August, the

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 533

Bankrupt Hermitage Offshore Auctions Off Fleet
Shipping News

Bankrupt Hermitage Offshore Auctions Off Fleet

Bermuda-based Hermitage Offshore Services has announced the results of the auctioning off of its fleet of platform supply vessels and crew boats as part of its

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 845

somali piracy
Shipping News

IMB Piracy Report: Crew Kidnappings Surge in Gulf of Guinea

The number of seafarers kidnapped by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea has surged so far this as pirates abduct bigger groups of seafarers further offshore, the

October 14, 2020
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containership ship bunkering
Shipping News

Bunker Sales From China’s Zhoushan Rise 18%

by Chen Aizhu (Reuters) – Sales of marine fuel from the Chinese port of Zhoushan, the country’s top supplier of shipping fuel, in first nine months of

October 14, 2020
Total Views: 140

Tuesday, October 13, 2020
container loading onto ship
Shipping News

China’s Rebound Bolsters Its Global Trade Dominance

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China is cementing its status as the world’s dominant trading nation, confounding warnings that a once in a century

October 13, 2020
Total Views: 137

NTSB: Incomplete Safety Procedures Led to Barge Explosion
Accidents

NTSB: Incomplete Safety Procedures Led to Barge Explosion

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board today issued Marine Accident Report 20-34 detailing its investigation of the November 4, 2019, explosion of a

October 13, 2020
Total Views: 246

Biggest World War Two Bomb Found in Poland Explodes
Shipping News

Biggest World War Two Bomb Found in Poland Explodes

WARSAW, Oct 13 (Reuters) – The biggest World War Two bomb ever found in Poland exploded under water on Tuesday as navy divers tried to defuse it. More

October 13, 2020
Total Views: 135