COVID-19

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, June 30 (Reuters) – CMA CGM, the world’s fourth-largest container shipping line, will impose emergency congestion

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – 2M partners Maersk and MSC have extended the suspension of their TA4/NEUATL4 transatlantic loop through to September.

Mariners onboard the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Idaho have tested positive for COVID-19 in what is thought to be the first reported outbreak of the virus on an

June 25 (Reuters) – The Belgian port of Antwerp has quarantined a Maltese-flagged oil tanker until at least July 4 after more than half of its crew

By Isis Almeida, Michael Hirtzer, Tatiana Freitas and Mike Dorning (Bloomberg) –The U.S.-China trade deal has just suffered a new setback. China wants

WELLINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – New Zealand on Monday extended a ban on cruise ships arriving in the country and tightened measures for visitors to exit

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Notwithstanding a significant decline in container liftings as a consequence of the global pandemic, ocean carriers have

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) – In a reversal, the Navy on Friday scrapped its recommendation to reinstate Captain Brett

International cruise lines have extended their self-imposed sailing suspension from U.S. ports until September 15 amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The Cruise

By Emily Chow and Chen Aizhu SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE, June 19 (Reuters) – China’s marine fuel futures contract that debuts on Monday on the Shanghai

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, June 18 (Reuters) – Ship fuelling activity in Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, a bunkering and fuel storage hub in

By Uday Sampath Kumar June 18 (Reuters) – Carnival Corp reported a record $4.4 billion in quarterly losses on Thursday, as the COVID-19 pandemic crippled

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, June 17 (Reuters) – Pope Francis paid tribute on Wednesday to hundreds of thousands of seafarers stuck on ships due to

COPENHAGEN, June 17 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller-Maersk , the world’s top container shipping firm, said on Wednesday that market demand was developing

(Bloomberg) — Ravi Nagar hasn’t seen his wife and 3-year-old son in eight months. That’s because he was stuck on a tanker shuttling between the

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of weary seafarers stuck on ships for many months and unable to go home due to the

By Laura Hurst and Amanda Jordan (Bloomberg) –BP Plc will make the biggest writedown on the value of its business since the Deepwater Horizon disaster a

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) – U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called on all countries on Friday to designate seafarers and other marine

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) – Ship owners are postponing or canceling the installation of “scrubbers” that extract harmful

The trade and maritime bodies of the United Nations are reiterating calls for governments to facilitate crew changes in order to keep trade flowing unimpeded.