TOKYO/SINGAPORE, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Shipping companies may face delivery delays of vessels fitted with exhaust gas filtering equipment that complies with anti-pollution rules that kicked in this year due to the impact from the virus outbreak in China, shipping sources said on Friday. A Mitsui OSK...
Global maritime charity has issued guidance for its GB port chaplains and ship visitors following the outbreak of the Coronavirus. The charity also deploys chaplains on cruise ships to support crew welfare.
Media have reported the detention of thousands of passengers and crew on the cruise ship, the Costa Smeralda, the fifth largest cruise ship in the world in the port of Civitavecchia, near Rome, following a suspected coronavirus case.
The virus has also been affecting seafarers on other vessels...
(Bloomberg) — The coronavirus crisis in China has hammered many markets this month. None may have felt a bigger impact than freight. Rates for giant Capesize ships, typically used to carry raw materials such as iron ore, plunged 90% from a September peak to less than $4,000 a day based on an index...
The following is the Jan. 31, 2020 Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): Developments in China and International Response, the Jan. 29, 2020 CRS In Sight report, Another Coronavirus Emerges: U.S. Domestic Response to 2019-nCoV and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s Jan. 31, 2020 guidance to the Department of Defense.
From the In Focus report
Overview
On December 31, 2019, China’s government notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of patients with...
https://news.usni.org/2020/01/31/reports-to-congress-dod-guidelines-on-coronavirus-outbreak
Japan suspended ferry line between Japan and China, which was connecting Kobe, Osaka and Shanghai since 1985, without interruptions, reports Maritime Bulletin.
Line is suspended until further notice, that is, until coronavirus epidemic will be subdued.
With the virus spreading at large, continuation of the service is considered to be too risky for public health.
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Source: Maritime Bulletin
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Scientists in Australia have become the first to recreate the new coronavirus outside of China in what they have called a “significant breakthrough,” reports BBC.
The discovery will be shared with the World Health Organization (WHO) in the hope it may help efforts to diagnose and treat the virus.
Scientists in China have also recreated the virus and shared its genome sequence, but not the virus itself.
The outbreak has killed 132 people in China and infected close to 6,000.
There are at least 47...
http://mfame.guru/watch-scientists-create-coronavirus-outside-china/
The International Maritime Health Association (IMHA) has issued advice for shipping companies on the new type of coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
The virus was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China in December 2019. All cases in Wuhan were connected to the ‘Huanan Seafood Market’. The source of infection is clear but the human-to-human transmission is possible.
Signs and symptoms of 2019-nCoV sickness:
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has responded to the disruption to its Chinese operations through the restricions placed on transport by Chinese authorities attempting to contain the Novel coronavirus outbreak by activating an action plan designed to allow the company to respond to serious situations.
ONE has published an update about the impact that the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus is having on its operations and activities in Greater China and the management team have formed a special task force...
https://container-news.com/one-faces-coronavirus-consequences/
ROME, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Some 6,000 people are being kept on board an Italian cruise ship as tests are carried out on a passenger from Macau to see if she has coronavirus, a spokesman for the Costa Crociere cruise company said on Thursday. The 54-year-old woman arrived with her partner in Italy on...
MUA calls for adequate checks for coronavirus infections on vessels arriving at Australian ports.