By Isis Almeida, Rachel Graham and Annie Lee (Bloomberg) — For a glimpse of how quickly and unevenly economies are recovering from the pandemic, look no… Weiterlesen »Dry Bulk Shipping Rates Are Surging and the Rally Isn’t Over

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers enjoyed their best quarter in container shipping history in the final three months of 2020, but are expected to… Weiterlesen »Container Shipping Had Its Best Quarter in History Last Year. 2021 Could Be Even Better

Salvors plans to board an abandoned heavy lift vessel off the west coast of Norway has been postponed until Thursday due weather, the Norwegian Coastal… Weiterlesen »Rescue of Yacht Transport Ship Postponed Due to Weather; Grounding Risk ‘Low’

By Olivia Rockeman (Bloomberg) — The U.S. trade deficit widened in February to a record high as solid household and business demand kept imports running ahead… Weiterlesen »U.S. Trade Deficit Widened to Record in February

By Gwladys Fouche and Nikolaj Skydsgaard OSLO, April 7 (Reuters) – Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund has made its first direct investment in a… Weiterlesen »Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Pushes into Renewables with $1.6 Billion Orsted Deal

By Jonathan Levin and Molly Smith (Bloomberg) — Carnival Corp.’s bookings are accelerating, reflecting pent-up demand for cruising even as the industry remains essentially on hold.… Weiterlesen »Carnival Corporation Reports Cruise Bookings are Surging

by Jeffrey Heller (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday an Iranian ship, the Saviz, had been attacked in the Red Sea, a day after… Weiterlesen »Iran Claims Its Ship Was Attacked Near Djibouti

By Chen Lin (Reuters) – Singapore currently accounts for a third of the world’s cruises its tourism body said on Wednesday, owing to the roaring… Weiterlesen »Singapore Is The World’s Busiest Cruise Port (For Now)

In the United States, we have a problem that’s so BIG and obvious that even Elon Musk can’t see it. Our highways are broken, our… Weiterlesen »Watch: This Is Why Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Will Fail

A Dutch-registered containership was doing circles in the North Sea off the Wadden Islands after the ship’s rudder apparently got stuck. The Netherlands Coastguard says… Weiterlesen »Dutch Containership with Stuck Rudder Does Circles in North Sea -AIS