13th January 2021

At its 102nd session, the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee approved amendments to the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing (CSS Code) related to weather-dependent lashing, heavy cargo items and semi-standardised cargoes such as vehicles on ro-ro ships.

6th January 2021

Container shipping consultancy Sea-Intelligence has warned that the significant shortage of empty containers in certain geographies, particularly in Asia, could last until at least February and possibly into March.

31st December 2020

On 01.01.2021, Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/2188 will enter into force, which will extend the mandate of the European Union Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta for another two years, until 31 December 2022.

23rd December 2020

The fourth edition of the industry cyber risk management guidelines, Guidelines on Cyber Security Onboard Ships is now available and lays the foundation for further improvements and refinement of companies’ cyber security risk assessments.

14th December 2020

The removal of the dislodged and damaged containers from ultra-large container ship ONE Apus (IMO 9806079) began late last week, but was expected to take more than a month.

11th December 2020

There were a record number of trips this year that sailed on the Northern Sea Route along the Siberian coast. Analysis by the Centre for...

10th December 2020

There are still about 400,000 seafarers stranded around the world, unable to go home or obtain proper medical care, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).

9th December 2020

Issues with misdeclaration of cargo, the increasing size of containerships, and a lack of resources continue to be the main themes of the industry when it comes to attempting to find a way to reduce the number of fires on containerships, a panel at the first day of Marine Insurance London said yesterday.

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.

3rd December 2020

Ultra-large containership ONE Apus (IMO 9806079) has suffered either the loss of or damage to some 1,900 container units while operating on Ocean Network Express’s Far East Pacific 2 (FP2) service in the North Pacific 1,600 nautical miles Northwest of Hawaii late on November 30th local time.