August 14, 2020
Filipino crewing supremo calls for global digital quarantine pass to resolve the crew change crunch
The world’s manning hubs need to club together and come up with digital solutions to reassure other stakeholders and fix…
August 14, 2020
Birthday party and quest for wifi revealed in lead up to Wakashio grounding off Mauritius
The 58-year-old captain of the ill-fated newcastlemax could face negligence charges after it emerged the crew were celebrating a crewmember’s…
August 14, 2020
Chinese authorities investigate liners as transpacific rates hit record territory
China’s Ministry of Transport has sent letters to six major containerlines, asking them for explanations behind the recent freight rate…
August 14, 2020
Debate on scrubber economics ‘all but gone now’
Whether an owner will ever achieve full payback for a scrubber is now debatable with the price gap between high…
August 14, 2020
How green ammonia could power 30% of the merchant fleet by 2050
A new report by Alfa Laval, Hafnia, Haldor Topsoe, Vestas and Siemens Gamesa has suggested that renewable ammonia could eventually…
August 14, 2020
Xihe Holdings placed under judicial management
The Singapore High Court has ruled to place Xihe Holdings and four of its subsidiaries, owned by Hin Leong founder…
