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Port Congestion Drifts From West To East Coast, Houston, New York Badly Hit
Fresh indications have emerged that the eastern seaports in the United States have been badly hit with congestion.
The congestion in the US has shifted eastwards with more vessels now waiting at New York and Houston ports than Los…
Global Figure Of Female Seafarers Remain Static In 40 Years
The percentage of female seafarers serving in the global shipping fleet has remained unchanged at 2% for the last 40 years.
Outgoing Nautical Institute President Jillian Carson-Jackson highlighted the lack of progress on diversity in…
Financial Instability, Longer Working Hours , Isolation Top UK’s Research On Seafarers Suicide
The UK Government has released its Wellbeing at Sea Tool alongside a report into seafarer suicide and mental health.
The report Suicide and Seafarers is the result of 20 interviews carried by Ipsos on behalf of the Maritime and…
China Reduces Quarantine Period For Vessels Sailing From International To Domestic Trades
Authorities in China has disclosed moves to reducing the quarantine time for foreign-going vessels which will be deployed on domestic routes after arriving at Chinese seaports.
According to a document released by China’s Ministry of…
CMA CGM Teams Up With Alibaba’s Cainiao Smart Logistics
French shipping giant CMA CGM has announced it is teaming up with Cainiao Smart Logistics, the logistics arm of Ailbaba Group, to provide cleaner LNG-fuelled smart container services.
Twenty smart containers, transported on board a CMA…
Iran Confirms Greek Release Of Seized Tanker
Authorities in Greece appears to have backed down over the seizure of a tanker off its shores bearing Iranian crude on US instructions earlier this year, after a local court ordered the release of the detained vessel, Iranian news reports…
Indonesian Navy Officers Request $375,000 To Release Detained Tanker
IIndonesian naval officers have asked for $375,000 to release a fuel tanker they detained last week, accusing it of anchoring illegally in Indonesian waters off Singapore, two people involved in negotiations over the unofficial payment…
UN Security Council Calls For Renewed Focus On Gulf Of Guinea Piracy
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday, unanimously adopted a new security resolution on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea.
The resolution is meant to renew attention to the evolving piracy threat in the…
Oil Tankers Make Rare Mid-Atlantic Switch Of Russian Crude Oil
Russian crude are turning to unusual methods to move cargoes displaced from Europe over much longer distances to new customers. The most recent example is a ship-to-ship transfer in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
According…
Iran Clarifies Seizure Of Two Greek Oil Tankers
Iran's supreme leader has confirmed that Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) forces seized two Greek oil tankers in retaliation for the U.S. confiscation of the Iranian crude aboard a tanker detained off Greece over a month ago,…