This marine notice provides information to ship owners, operators and masters about the Focused Inspection Campaign (FIC) on livestock ships which will run from 1 March 2021 to 31 August 2021. The purpose of the FIC is to: determine the lev

The incident on the CSSC Cape Town appeared to be in the area of the vessels forecastle, where the vessels anchor mechanism is housed. The injured crew were transferred to the Seville burns unit after sustaining 40% and 25% burns. Gibraltar

Croatia is the latest country to accede to IMOs treaty for safe and environmentally-sound ship recycling the Hong Kong Convention. The Convention covers the design, construction, operation and maintenance of ships, and preparation for ship

Trucks run through the container terminal of the Lianyungang port in East Chinas Jiangsu Province on Wednesday. The port got off to a good start this year with its cargo throughput up 3.87 percent year-on-year to 22.06 million tons in Janua

The largest U.S.-listed dry bulk shipping companies are buying up ships in the secondhand market in anticipation of higher rates ahead. During conference calls on Thursday, executives of both Golden Ocean (NASDAQ: GOGL) and Star Bulk (NYSE:

Chinas domestic thermal coal demand will continue to weaken in the coming days because of rising spring temperatures, although demand will rebound by March when industries fully reopen after the lunar new year holiday. Chinas week-long luna

The China Tianjin Bulk Freight Index (TBI), an indicator of northern Chinas international bulk freight rates, stood at 1,003.03 points on Thursday, up 25.92 percent compared with the previous working day. The statistical samples of TBI cove

Yangtze River Protection Law will come into force on March 1, 2021. The law stipulates that it is banned to transport highly toxic chemicals and other dangerous chemicals prohibited by the state from inland transportation on the waters of t

The composite index increased 1.1% this week, however, 213.9% up when compared with same period of 2020. The average composite index of the WCI, assessed by Drewry for year-to-date, is $5,246 per 40ft container, which is $3,586 higher than

Some voyages were suspended during the festival, and the composite index trended steady Ningbo Containerized Freight Index: In the week ending Feb-12, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) issued by Ningbo Shipping Exchange (NBSE) quote

The BIMCO Maritime Information department informs members on a weekly basis, updates about the COVID-19 in relation to implementation measures imposed by governments for sea transport including for crew change as well as from the United Nat

Oil prices are back above $60/bbl, their highest level since January 2020, before the Wuhan lockdown. In normal times rising prices typically suggest robust oil demand and growing trade requirements, but of course these are not ordinary tim

As the shipping market booms, Taiwans shipping companies are accelerating their fleet expansion by buying ships and building ships. According to the data, the value of orders from Taiwans shipowners has exceeded US $7 billion, including 119

Chinas busiest port, the Port of Ningbo Zhoushan in the eastern province of Zhejiang, reported strong growth in container throughput in January. The ports container throughput exceeded 2.88 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) last m

David Abel and his wife Sally might have had the cruise from hell last year on the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess, but they cant wait to get back to sea. A year after the ill-fated ship went into quarantine off Japan, the cruise industry