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EU Rebuffs UK Calls For The Shipment Of AstraZeneca Vaccines From Europe

The European Union is rebuffing British government calls to ship AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines produced in a factory in the Netherlands, an EU official said, says an article published in Reuters.

Former EU Member’s views

Former EU member Britain has so far administered many more vaccines than EU countries in proportion to the population.

“The Brits are insisting that the Halix plant in the Netherlands must deliver the drug substance produced there to them. That doesn’t work,” the official told...

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High Shipping Rates To Continue Despite New Lockdowns, Says Maersk

High shipping rates are set to continue for at least several weeks, despite new coronavirus lockdowns in Europe, boosted by demand for furniture, exercise equipment and home improvement goods, shipping group Maersk said on Wednesday.

A surge in demand from shoppers sheltering at home in a worsening COVID-19 pandemic has upended normal trade flows and triggered a spike in the cost of moving goods around, says an article published in Reuters.

Container demand will continue

“There are simply not...

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COVID-19 Vaccine Would be Effective Against Variant of Coronavirus?

According to an article published in Reuters BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin said on Monday he was confident a COVID-19 vaccine co-developed by his company would be effective against a variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain.

Ugur Sahin Interview with Bild TV

He said on Bild TV that “the German company would investigate the mutation in the coming days but that he viewed the matter with with a degree of soberness”.

New coronavirus Variant

Countries across the globe shut their...

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High Alert Over A Mutated Coronavirus Strain That Travels Faster

  • Britain on high alert as new strain of the novel coronavirus transmits in UK
  • New strain could be causing more transmission. 
  • Scientists alarmed by the new strain as it is less virulent but more transmittable.
  • Travel restrictions likely in south-east England as new strain spreads.
  • No clarity on vaccine effectivity on the new strain yet. 

According to a Guardian report, the UK has announced that a new strain of the novel coronavirus is inflicting people. 

Britain on High Alert

The matter is of...

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Britain Plans to Rival Singapore with Ship Registry Revamp

  • Britain is drawing up plans to turn London into a rival of Singapore as a hub for shipping companies to register vessels after the Brexit transition period.
  • Industry bodies and unions have been canvassed over the reform of the shipping industry’s tonnage tax after Jan 1.

According to calculations provided to the government, revamping Britain’s shipping tax and regulation regime could be worth £3.7 billion (S$6.6 billion) to the economy over three years and create 2,500 high-quality jobs...

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Britain’s Nanosatellites for Global Ship Tracking

  • Britain has sent two satellites into space that are smaller than a microwave, yet are the smartest ever produced by the UK.
  • On September 28, 2020 at 12:20 pm BST, four Glasgow-built Spire nanosatellites lifted off atop a Russian Soyuz launcher.
  • Two of which were equipped with supercomputers and intelligent machine-learning algorithms for tracking shipping across the globe.

UK’s supercomputer nanosatellites to better predict ship movements, writes David Szondy for New Atlas.

Dramatic reference

If...

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Britain Inflicts Strict Covid 19 Rules After WHO Warning

  • The British government announced fresh steps to stop a coronavirus surge in England, as the WHO warned that new cases worldwide soared to record levels last week.
  • The tally of 1,998,897 infections was ‘the highest number of reported cases in a single week since the beginning of the epidemic’.
  • The death toll in the United States passed another dismal milestone on Tuesday, soaring beyond 200,000 as cases approached seven million in the world’s worst-affected country.

Britain to impose new virus...

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Britain Surpasses Italy To Emerge as New European COVID-19 Epicentre

  • Britain became the first European country to surpass Italy has the news epicenter.
  • The country is under lockdown and affected are monitored by mobile apps.
  • Critics alleged that the government responded too slowly when COVID-19 began to spread.
  • They had failed to contain the outbreak by not widely testing people with symptoms.
  • Also they failed to trace and isolate the contacts of those infected.

According to an article published in Time, Britain became the first country in Europe to confirm...

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Latest Bombshell from Britain! Regulations To Remain on Papers?

Viswa Lab in its latest technical update has quoted the report published in GCaptain, regarding the British government stating reasons including the COVID‐19 problems for suspending its IMO 2020 fuel checks and has explained its views.

No enforcement of regulation?

The British government, due to various reasons including the COVID‐19 problems, has decided not to undertake any enforcement activity on the ships coming to Britain. 

More countries to follow?

Viswa Lab anticipates this move from Britain...

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Britain Suspends IMO 2020 Shipping Fuel Checks Due To COVID-19

  • Britain has suspended checks on ships for compliance with low sulphur fuel regulations.
  • The cut back on inspections is to reduce the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on supply chains.
  • It has created growing logistical problems for freight with many countries under lockdown.
  • Britain’s suspension checks pose a hurdle for implementing IMO regulations.
  • MCA has suspended ship survey and inspection activity.
  • It has also relaxed rules such as extensions on ship certificates needed to enter ports.

Ac...

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