17th February 2021

The European Maritime Safety Agency (ESMA) recently published a report on the impact of COVID-19 on maritime traffic. The focus is primarily on EU ports and EU...

8th December 2020

According to the WHO, there are currently more than 100 COVID-19 vaccine candidates under development, with a number of these in the clinical trial phase.

26th November 2020

China has increased its checks on refrigerated shipments, which has led to considerable delays at a number of ports. Chinese health officials said last week that two cold-chain storage workers in the port city of Tianjin were infected with Covid-19. 

3rd August 2020

In response to queries from maritime stakeholders regarding the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on survey and certification matters, IACS issued a letter describing actions that have been taken by IACS and its members to help the shipping industry maintain business continuity through these challenging times.

2nd August 2020

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has issued a number of circular letters to advise Member States, seafarers and shipping during the corona crisis.

30th July 2020

As governments worldwide continue to implement restrictions with the aim to minimise the spread of the coronavirus, the major shipping organisations are equally focused on the publication of useful advice, information and analyses related to the outbreak which help the industry to better cope with the consequences of the virus.

7th July 2020

Clarksons Research have updated their review of the impact of COVID-19 on the shipping markets. With mid-year data points now available, the aim of this updated briefing is to continue to provide a framework to help understand and monitor the huge impacts of COVID-19 in the shipping market context. The review also includes analysis of a range of newly developed high frequency and near time data, including a new Summary Tracker that will be updated each week.

13th May 2020

COVID-19 has led to unprecedented developments in the energy markets: a rapidly developing surplus; a 20m bpd drop in oil demand expected over Q2; OPEC supply cuts / G20 policies; implied 1.4bn bbl stock build in Q2; generational lows in oil prices; storage needs onshore and afloat. Clarksons Research have produced a research briefing focussed on the impact of COVID-19 on the offshore and energy markets.

22nd April 2020

As the economic impact of Covid-19 deepens globally, Clarksons Research have updated their briefing series monitoring the shipping impact. Summarising the briefing, Stephen Gordon, Managing Director of Clarksons Research, provided selected extracts from the analysis.

9th April 2020

The International Group has launched a new online digital tool to assist shipowners, charterers, operators and other parties in the maritime sector to track country and port specific advice, detailing the measures being put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.