Container lines have lost 4% of last year’s volumes already, but as economic activity grinds to a halt, there could…
Analysis
Industry alliance seek political support to diffuse seafarer time bomb
Despite high-level industry interventions urging governments to recognize the growing crisis of seafarers stranded at sea due to coronavirus restrictions…
From the News Desk: Will coronavirus accelerate the use of tech in shipping?
Adopting new working practices and initiatives, which could have taken years to implement under usual circumstances, could now become the…
Singapore bunker industry thrives on regulatory controls
Ports in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region want to emulate Singapore’s success. They want to set up a licensing scheme and follow through…
Best of both worlds as Baltic Exchange expands in Asia
The role of Singapore and its maritime cluster has been highlighted as an advantage of the linkage between the Baltic…
More container service cancellations likely
The health crisis has also led to the delayed launch of several new deepsea services
We can see you: introducing Dark Vessel Detection
From illicit transhipments of goods and illegal fishing to drug and human trafficking, governments around the world have their hands full when it comes to ensuring the maritime safety of their regions.
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, crimes on the high seas are becoming increasingly sophisticated, endangering lives and undermining regional safety and economic growth.
Addressing a conference last year, Yury Fedotov, UNODC’s executive director, cited cocaine trafficking...
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The week in charts: West coast container throughput drops, latest shipbuilding forecast
Coronavirus is delivering a severe shock to the US supply chain, as the latest figures for Long Beach and LA…
The Lloyd’s List Podcast: How to help shipping’s stranded seafarers
With shipping companies continuing to postpone crew exchange and extend employment contracts as the only way of overcoming the coronavirus…
Seafarers' suppers fed by triple barrel supply pipeline
With tens of thousands of seafarers trapped on ships, and many more on offshore installations, because of widespread restrictions on…