Tag: shipping industry

The Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka issued an update concerning the guidelines for people getting onboard vessels, focusing on three specific elements that have to be followed, keeping in mind that COVID-19 is ongoing.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic situation along with the vaccine delivery phase, World Economic Forum and UNICEF inked an agreement with 18 shipping, airlines and logistics companies to deliver COVID-19 vaccines.

RINA expands its services, opening its Fleet Operating Centre (FOC) in Piraeus, with the aim to manage RINA classed vessels more accurately and efficiently all over the world.

In response to the Maersk's Etienne incident, where 27 refugees jumped overboard the vessel, the company highlighted how it acted amid this unusual crisis.

As Brexit entered into force, the EU and the UK will need to deal with border controls by January 1st 2020, ESPO reports. Border controls will used to ensure that both countries are in line with the formalities needed concerning trade.

North Club's correspondents, McLeans SA, reported that New Caledonia is experiencing tensions due to dispute over the sale of a nickel mine, urging vessels that are to call ports in the area to contact their agents prior to arriving there.

The Baltic Exchange, the world's independent source of maritime market data, has issued its reports for the last week, 14-18 December 2020, to provide information of the tanker and bulk market performance.

The global BWMS manufacturer, Techcross issued a report to provide insights in terms of saving costs, which is a major consideration for the ballast water management system.

Amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic and the quarantine requirements for ship crews prior to Chinese New Year (CNY 2021), CMA CGM suspends cargo bound for South China ports in early 2021.

Following COVID-19 pandemic and the crew change crisis that has presented within shipping industry, Sailors' Society delivered Christmas cheer to hundreds of cruise staff locked down off the UK coast.