Container Crisis Upends Global Food Trade
By Isis Almeida , Ann Koh , and Michael Hirtzer (Bloomberg) Food is piling up in all the wrong places, due to struggles facing ships… Weiterlesen »Container Crisis Upends Global Food Trade
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Expressly Applies Jones Act to Offshore Wind Projects in U.S. Waters
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has for the first time expressly found that the Jones Act applies to offshore wind projects on the… Weiterlesen »U.S. Customs and Border Protection Expressly Applies Jones Act to Offshore Wind Projects in U.S. Waters
Lake Constance Excursion Boat Repurposed as Vaccine ‘Shot Ship’
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’
Liberia Becomes the First Ship Registry to Join Neptune Declaration
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
Iran Says Crew of Detained South Korean Tanker Can Leave
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
Global Food Trade Upended by Container Crisis
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
Jones Act Supporter Pete Buttigieg Confirmed as U.S. Transportation Secretary
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
MSC Boxship Loses Containers in the Pacific
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
Baltic Index Down Near Four-Week Low
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
America’s First Black Sailors
“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