By John Miller ROMANSHORN, Switzerland, Feb 2 (Reuters) – An 89-year-old passenger ship, out of commission due to the coronavirus pandemic, was re-purposed on Tuesday… Weiterlesen »Lake Constance Excursion Boat Repurposed as Vaccine ‘Shot Ship’

Press Release – The Liberian Registry has become the very first ship registry to sign onto the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change.… Weiterlesen »Liberia Becomes the First Ship Registry to Join Neptune Declaration

DUBAI, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Iran has agreed to allow the crew members of a South Korean ship it seized for alleged environmental pollution to… Weiterlesen »Iran Says Crew of Detained South Korean Tanker Can Leave

By Isis Almeida, Ann Koh and Michael Hirtzer (Bloomberg) — Food is piling up in all the wrong places, thanks to carriers hauling empty shipping containers. Global… Weiterlesen »Global Food Trade Upended by Container Crisis

In a 86-13 vote, the U.S. Senate has confirmed Pete Buttigieg to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation as Transportation Secretary in the Biden Administration.… Weiterlesen »Jones Act Supporter Pete Buttigieg Confirmed as U.S. Transportation Secretary

An MSC containership has become the latest giant boxship to lose containers overboard in the Pacific Ocean. Cargo casualty firm WK Webster reports that the… Weiterlesen »MSC Boxship Loses Containers in the Pacific

by Bharat Govind Gautam (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, on Monday was down… Weiterlesen »Baltic Index Down Near Four-Week Low

“British gold and promises of personal freedom served as futile incentives among the Negroes of the American Navy; for them, the proud consciousness of duty… Weiterlesen »America’s First Black Sailors

Press release – A new agreement with Hyundai Global Services (HGS) is set to dramatically expand the number of vessels deploying Tekomar XPERT, the leading… Weiterlesen »Hyundai Global Services selects ABB Ability™ Tekomar XPERT as engine optimization partner

Press Release – Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) and Ship Data Center Co., Ltd. (ShipDC) have agreed to share operation data of all “K”… Weiterlesen »“K” LINE to expand sharing of ship operation data to enhance utilization of big data in the maritime industry