By Liz Hampton (Reuters) – Top oilfield services firm Schlumberger NV on Thursday said it had withdrawn staff from next week’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), which typically… Weiterlesen »Schlumberger Withdraws From OTC As Houston ICUs Near Capacity

By Abdul Rahman Muchtar (Reuters) – A vehicle with a flashing siren and “Makassar COVID Hunter” written on the side pulls up to a ship docked at… Weiterlesen »Indonesia Turns Ferry Into COVID-19 Isolation Center

A Carnival Cruise Line ship arrived in Belize this week reporting 27 cases of COVID-19, almost all among vaccinated crew members, Belize officials have said.… Weiterlesen »Carnival Vista Arrives in Belize with 27 Cases of COVID-19, Mostly Among Crew

A total of 275 ships were sold for scrap in the first half 2021 with the tanker sector leading the charge, according to a half-year… Weiterlesen »Tanker Sector Leads Demolition Surge in First 6 Month of 2021 -VesselsValue

New Zealand’s maritime authority announced charges against the Ports of Auckland and an individual stemming from the death of port worker at a container terminal… Weiterlesen »New Zealand Files Charges Over Port Worker’s Death

By Joe Deaux and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — A Covid outbreak that has partially shut one of the world’s busiest container ports is heightening concerns that the rapid… Weiterlesen »China’s Partial Port Shutdown Raises Fears of Closures Worldwide

Aug 13 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rallied to its highest in… Weiterlesen »Higher Vessel Rates Lift Baltic Dry Index to 11-Year High

New Zealand health officials have confirmed at least 11 cases of COVID-19 on board a Hamburg Sud containership off the coast of Tauranga, putting dozens… Weiterlesen »COVID-19 Scare on Containership in New Zealand

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – HMM posted a net profit of $310m for the first six months of the year, but its bottom-line result would have… Weiterlesen »Derivatives Losses Punch Massive Hole in HMM Bottom Line

By Sam Potter (Bloomberg) — An expensive ETF riding both the commodity boom and the supply-chain chaos is shedding millions in assets, a sign of investor… Weiterlesen »Surging Bulk Shipping ETF Struggles to Get New Cash