By Isis Almeida (Bloomberg) — The pandemic-driven shopping spree is having at least one unintended consequence: emissions from shipping are on the rise again.  Bored at… Weiterlesen »Pandemic Shopping Spree Fuels Rebound in Shipping Emissions

The Georgia Ports Authority Board approved more than $34 million to help expedite an additional 1.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in capacity that will… Weiterlesen »Port of Savannah to Expedite Capacity Expansion as Congestion Builds

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) We have built billion-dollar ships, we have shared two world records with shipmates, we wrote a bestselling book, and we… Weiterlesen »OPED – El Capitan Quixote And An Impossible Dream

by Debby Wu (Bloomberg) China’s energy crisis is shaping up as the latest shock to global supply chains as factories in the world’s biggest exporter are forced… Weiterlesen »China’s Electric Grid Stumbles Under Shipping Shortage

Press Release – Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has secured a contract for its new Fleet LTE service, covering the connectivity needs… Weiterlesen »Inmarsat makes Fleet LTE Offshore agreement with Solstad Offshore

Press Release – FPSO owner and operator BW Offshore has selected VIKING Norsafe Free-fall Lifeboats, Daughter Craft and Davits for a large FPSO project which… Weiterlesen »VIKING boat and davit solutions meet BW Offshore requirements for large FPSO bound for Australia

Press Release – Marlink, the leading provider of smart network solutions, has partnered with Ocean Technologies Group to add the Ocean Learning Platform to its… Weiterlesen »Ocean Technologies Group joins Marlink’s Partner Programme

By Martina Li in Taiwan (The Loadstar) – Factories in at least ten Chinese provinces have either cut output or closed temporarily this month, after government-imposed power… Weiterlesen »Container Shipping’s Latest Shock: Blackouts in China

Nearly two years after cutting operations began, only a single section remains of what used to be the Golden Ray car carrier. St. Simons Sound… Weiterlesen »Golden Ray Wreck Down to Just One Section Remaining

China’s October Golden Week, Christmas and Chinese New Year will bolster strong demand for container shipping for the last quarter of 2021. But port congestion,… Weiterlesen »Maersk Says Port Congestion and Supply Chain Bottlenecks to Persist Through Year-End