150,000 seafarers in need of crew change (4 MAY 2020)
This number is up by 50% from 100,000 when ICS first highlighted the problem with...
Japanese Company to Build World’s First All-Electric Bunker Tankers (31 MAR 2020)
As informed, the newbuilds are planned to be delivered sequentially from March 2022 to March...
Port of Antwerp fighting corona infections with a smart bracelet (20 APR 2020)
The digital solution is being revealed as the port remains fully operational during the pandemic,...
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard hands over 1st of four new bulkers to Bahri (15 MAY 2020)
The bulk carrier, named Sara, increases the company’s fleet of dry-bulk carriers to six ships...
DSME delivers 2nd 24,000 TEU behemoth, featuring smart ship technology, to HMM (22 MAY 2020)
The newbuilding joins its sister ship HMM Algeciras in taking the title of the world’s...
Germany, other EU countries provide COVID-19 liquidity relief to cruise lines (17 APR 2020)
The move comes as the governments in Germany, Finland, France, Italy, and Norway want to...
Two crew members on board Hapag-Lloyd’s boxship test positive for COVID-19 (21 MAY 2020)
The 2,824 TEU containership MV Montpellier, sailing on the company’s Middle East India Africa Express...
South Korea to give $1 billion to ailing shipping firms during COVID-19 (23 APR 2020)
The measure was prepared by Minister Moon Seong-hyeok, the country’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries...
Nigerian forces board attacked boxship, rescue 11 crew from citadel (21 APR 2020)
Based on the report, the boarding of the vessel by the special forces, which took...
Unions, employers give govts one month to sort out crew changes (18 MAY 2020)
The deadline was revealed last week following the latest round of talks between the Joint...