Now one year since the Wakashio ran aground in Mauritius, the International Transport Workers’ Federation is calling for the immediate release and repatriation of its… Weiterlesen »ITF Calls Out the Criminalization of Seafarers on One-Year Anniversary of Wakashio Grounding

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Shares of Navios Maritime Partners $NMM fell 7.5% this morning after the company announced a six-ship order for mid-sized containerships. Angeliki… Weiterlesen »Navios Stock Crashes After Newbuild Announcement

By Syed Raza Hassan (Reuters) – Pakistani port authorities plan to remove fuel from a merchant ship that ran aground in rough seas last week… Weiterlesen »Pakistan Starts Heng Tong 77 Salvage

By Adriana Barrera (Reuters) – A diesel cargo sent by Mexico’s state-run Pemex is due to arrive in Cuba’s Havana port on Monday, according to… Weiterlesen »Mexico Dispatches Sealift Tanker To Cuba

The Italian classification society RINA has signed an agreement with China’s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) to class the largest cruise ship ever built in China. SeaTrade reports… Weiterlesen »China Announces Largest Home-Built Cruise Ship

South Africa’s state-owned ports and freight-rail company, Transnet, has declared force majeure after disruptions caused by a cyberattack last week. The measure was imposed because… Weiterlesen »Crippled South African Port Network Declares Force Majeure

By Adrian Challinor, CEO, Osiris Consultants Ltd Demurrage is an issue that is necessary, but nobody likes. Simply put, it is a cost levied by the vessel… Weiterlesen »The Problem With Demurrage

The government of Belgium has expanded its seafarer vaccination campaign to include all seafarers visiting Belgian ports, regardless of nationality. Starting today, mobile medical teams… Weiterlesen »Belgium Launches Vaccination Campaign for All Visiting Seafarers

The Port of Savannah surpassed 5 million twenty-foot equivalent containers (TEU) for the first time in its history in FY2021 as the U.S. economy bounced… Weiterlesen »Port of Savannah Moves Over 5 Million TEU in FY2021

The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has passed the second of three scheduled “shock trials”. The latest Full Ship… Weiterlesen »USS Gerald R. Ford Completes Latest Round of Explosive Shock Trials