Coronavirus (COVID-19)

BCG: How to Get Work Done in the New Reality

BCG: How to Get Work Done in the New Reality

How will work get done in the emerging post-COVID world? It’s a question that’s top of mind for business leaders everywhere, and it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot. I highly recommend our most recent BCG COVID-19 Perspectives publication, which highlights this topic (starting on page 11) and, I hope, can help leaders set priorities to rapidly adapt their organizations.

With different parts of the world restarting their economies right...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/05/13/bcg-how-to-get-work-done-in-the-new-reality/

Boating is back in England!

Boating is back in England!

British Marine is delighted to confirm that, from today, all forms of watersports, including the use of privately-owned motorised craft, can go ahead.

In guidance issued this morning (13 May 2020), Government have confirmed that;

“All forms of water sports practiced on open waterways, including sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, rowing, kayaking, surfing, paddle-boarding and the use of privately-owned motorised craft (in line with the guidance issued by the relevant...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/05/13/boating-is-back-in-england/

ECSA and ETF request Commissioner Valean for EU coordination on implementing IMO Framework for ensuring safe ship crew changes

ECSA and ETF request Commissioner Valean for EU coordination on implementing IMO Framework for ensuring safe ship crew changes

ECSA and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) sent a joint letter to the European Commissioner for Transport, requesting her assistance in ensuring EU-wide coordination on implementing the IMO’s ‘Framework of Protocols for ensuring safe ship crew changes and travel during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’. The IMO recently published the 12-point Framework...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/05/13/ecsa-and-etf-request-commissioner-valean-for-eu-coordination-on-implementing-imo-framework-for-ensuring-safe-ship-crew-changes/

Survitec to supply offshore sector with antiviral face shields

Virustatic Shield during compatibility testing with Survitec offshore transfer aviation lifejackets and immersions suits

Survitec to supply offshore sector with antiviral face shields

Safety specialist Survitec is supplying the offshore oil and gas sector with the Virustatic Shield antiviral snood, following calls for better protection for offshore workers during helicopter transfer to and from their workplace.

Since social distancing is unfeasible during helicopter crew transfers, operators and...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/04/24/survitec-to-supply-offshore-sector-with-antiviral-face-shields/

Third COVID-19 world ports survey : impact of blank sailings starts kicking in

picture by Jerome Monta | Source: Unsplash

Third COVID-19 world ports survey : impact of blank sailings starts kicking in

While average weekly number of container vessels calling remains down with further cancellations, some lines have replaced these by regional feeders with good frequency. Updated WPSP-IAPH COVID19 guidance documentfor ports also released.

Antwerp, 24 April 2020

In the third of a series of weekly Port Economic Impact Barometer Reports by the WPSP-IAPH COVID19 Taskforce, the...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/04/24/third-covid-19-world-ports-survey-impact-of-blank-sailings-starts-kicking-in/

Dry Markets …dry out whilst the Wets skyrock amid COVID-19 mess and oil prices collapse…

John Faraclas

Dry Markets …dry out whilst the Wets skyrock amid COVID-19 mess and oil prices collapse…

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost 29 points and now stands at 728 as all other dry indices fell. The Wets and conversely tankers are in great demand as the WTI fells abruptly to records low. Geopolitics in total mess. Coronavirus, a major enigma, is here to stay despite extraordinary efforts to contain same, unless the perfect super vaccine does the trick. John Faraclas’ brief post Orthodox Easter...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/04/21/dry-markets-dry-out-whilst-the-wets-skyrock-amid-covid-19-mess/

HFW Briefing – COVID 19: An update on the measures being taken to reduce the business impact in Singapore – April 2020

HFW Briefing – COVID 19: An update on the measures being taken to reduce the business impact in Singapore – April 2020

In recognition of the impact Covid-19 will have on the courts’ ability to hear cases, and in accordance with the Registrar’s Circular No, 4 of 2020: Updates on Measures Relating to Covid-19 hearings scheduled for 7 April to 4 May will be postponed unless the matter is assessed to be essential and urgent, in which case the hearing will proceed remotely via video conference links,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/04/21/hfw-briefing-covid-19-an-update-on-the-measures-being-taken-to-reduce-the-business-impact-in-singapore-april-2020/

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