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A zero-tolerance approach to bullying should be in place on all vessels, with abusive crew members removed from the ship if they repeatedly harass a colleague,

(Holland & Knight) – While the United States continues to assess the full scope of the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Ida on the U.S. Gulf Coast,

(Bloomberg) — Shipping costs and lag times are wreaking havoc on profit margins at Dollar Tree Inc., which relies on a steady volume of cheap goods to

By Ann KohAug (Bloomberg) — Somewhere in the world’s busiest port of Shanghai, a container of fertilizer sits among tens of thousands of boxes,

By Mai Ngoc Chau (Bloomberg)–World coffee supplies are suffering a fresh setback from stringent travel curbs imposed in second-biggest grower

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has identified two pilots’ insufficient radio communication and inaccurate AIS info related to tow size as

By Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — Operations at China’s Meishan terminal in the world’s third-busiest container port will take at least a week to

By Martina Li in Taiwan (The Loadstar) – More than half HMM’s 600-strong seafarer workforce have quit following management refusal to meet

The operator of the Bahamas-flagged products tanker MT Strovolos is denying ‘inaccurate’ reports that the vessel was illegally transporting

By Nandita Bose HANOI, Aug 25 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met Vietnam’s top leaders on Wednesday, offering support in several key

Port Houston eked out its busiest month ever for containers in July, handling 297,621 twenty-foot equivalent units. The figure marks an increase of 27%

Aug 25 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main dry bulk sea freight index fell on Wednesday, halting a 11-session rally that saw it scale its

By Clara Hernanz Lizarraga and Ivan Levingston (Bloomberg) — The New York Shipping Exchange, founded in 2015 by a former industry executive to make

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — The Meishan terminal at China’s second-busiest port reopened Wednesday following a two-week shutdown that further

Aug 24 (Reuters) – Solid demand across dry bulk vessels segments propelled the Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index to its highest level in

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – More than 90% of HMM’s seafaring union members voted to strike on Sunday and, if a resolution is not reached, the

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Exports from the top ten US container ports slumped by 8.3% in July, compared with the same month of 2020, to 763,619

By Damian Shepherd and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — For a glimpse at how fast demand for commodities has rebounded in the wake of the coronavirus, look no

WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) – The Pentagon is preparing to issue updated guidance to require all U.S. service personnel to be vaccinated after

By Arnold & Itkin – No one would dispute the fact that maritime work is dangerous. Conditions on any offshore rig, barge, dredge, and other vessels