17 April 2020 Nearly 5,000 people signed a petition started by the wife of a seafarer to demand a zero-contact policy in ports around the world. In her introduction to the petition, Mukta Kumar voiced the...
17 April 2020 The Port of Virginia announced that as from 4 May its 287 acres Portsmouth Marine Terminal will be closed. In a statement published on its website, the U.S. East Coast port referred to...
Results show COVID19 crisis has resulted in 35% of ports reporting an increase in utilisation of warehousing and distribution facilities in the last week for foodstuffs and medical supplies, whilst other ports report both over- and under-utilisation of their storage facilities, depending on cargo type.
16 April 2020 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) issued a joint call on governments yesterday to take urgent measures to facilitate crew change flights for seafarers. Due to...
15 April 2020 Those studying the longer-term economic impact of the Coronacrisis, are grappling with potential scenarios of recovery. Writing for the online shipping magazine Splash247, James Frew from Maritime Strategies International finds that, compared to...
15 April 2020 Port State Control regimes which carry out inspections onboard ships to monitor and enforce compliance with international regulations have indicated they are taking a pragmatic, practical and flexible approach, recognising that exemptions, waivers...
14 April 2020 According to latest figures from Alphaliner the COVID19 outbreak and resulting quarantine measures have led to a record number of service withdrawals and blank sailings in container liner shipping. The high number of...
13 April 2020 To remedy congestion problems at import terminals created by decline of demand following lockdown measures in Europe and North America, CMA CGM has followed the example of its competitor MSC in proposing a...
13 April 2020 Total throughput of Chinese ports has decreased by 8%, and by 11% for container shipping volume during the first two months of 2020, partly due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Moreover, China will be...