The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index fell for a fifth straight session on Wednesday to its lowest in more than five months, as rates slipped across all vessel …
container shipping
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Ships in Chinese waters are disappearing from tracking systems following the introduction of a new data law in China, frustrating efforts to ease bottlenecks that are snarling the global economy, …
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Cargo
Maiden Voyage For World’s First Electric & Autonomous Container Ship – Yara Birkeland
by adminby adminYara Birkeland, the world’s first electric and self-propelled container ship has set off for its maiden voyage in the Oslo fjord in Norway. No Friday, today, the Norwegian Prime Minister …
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Despite transporting roughly 90% of the world’s cargo, the shipping industry has so far been underrepresented in the global decarbonization discussion. This rhetoric is however changing. For the first time …
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National economies are blooming – what difficulties does this create for sea freight carriers?
It is no secret that the rapid rise in demand and the closure of ports due to COVID-19 in the early stages of the pandemic developed cargo ship congestion in …
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UK shipbuilder Alicat has been selected to build the world’s first hybrid powered daughter craft fleet. Great Yarmouth-based Alicat has been awarded North Star Renewables’ initial multi-million-pound contract to bring …
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Are you ready for the peak shipping season? To take full advantage of the increased sales opportunities during the holiday retail season (representing a significant portion of annual sales for …
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Lloyd’s Register and Inmarsat have announced an industry-first collaboration that will address challenges experienced during remote surveys. The new solution uses LR Remote, a specifically engineered application for remote inspection …
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A year ago an innovative new system called ScaffFloat was launched into the market, combining custom plastic floats with standard scaffold components. The modular and cost-effective structural system can make …