A few weeks ago the Port of Long Beach reported its busiest April on record as dockworkers and terminal operators moved 746,188 twenty-foot equivalent units… Weiterlesen »Watch Wendover Explain The Container Crisis

MOSCOW, June 3 (Reuters) – The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea is almost complete with just 100 kilometers (62 miles) left… Weiterlesen »Russia Nearing Completion of Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

Shipping consultancy Drewry says the shipping industry should brace for a shortage of officers to crew the world’s commercial fleet in the coming years, with… Weiterlesen »Drewry Sees Ship Officer Shortfall Hitting Decade-High by 2026

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has issued its report into last year’s grounding of the general cargo vessel Kaami on the west coast of… Weiterlesen »MAIB Report Reveals Holes in Cargo Ship’s Voyage Planning Process Before Grounding

By Barry Parker Shipping’s relationship with the general news media has never been a good one. Secrecy of individual companies, based on tradition, and perhaps-… Weiterlesen »A Club for Old Sailors? New York Times Article Blasts IMO’s Secrecy

CAIRO, June 3 (Reuters) – The speed of a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March was controlled by the Egyptian waterway’s operator… Weiterlesen »Ever Given Insurer: Suez Canal Controlled Ship’s Speed Before Grounding

A 316-meter-long containership took out two cranes at the Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan. The port reported that the OOCL Durban was being moved from… Weiterlesen »Watch: Containership Takes Out Cranes at Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan

BEIJING, June 3 (Reuters) – Major shipping companies have warned clients of worsening congestion at Shenzen’s Yantian port in southern China following the discovery of several asymptomatic… Weiterlesen »Major Shipping Lines Warn of Worsening Congestion at China’s Yantian Port

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Do you like very long voyages and eating steak tartare while getting battered about in the Roaring 40s, Furious 50s, and… Weiterlesen »Now You Can Sail Pole To Pole For Just $64,581

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) – The European Union will push for tougher standards to cut the CO2 emissions intensity of ships at… Weiterlesen »EU Presses IMO for Tougher Carbon Emissions Standards