Survivors of the volcanic eruption on White Island, New Zealand, on December 9th 2019, are preparing legal action against cruise ship company Royal Caribbean for failing to warn passengers on cruise ship Ovation Of The Seas (IMO 9697753) of the risks involved in touring the area, lawyers said on...
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Peak Covid-19 impact on container shipping might already be here, Sea Intelligence says
Danish data analyst and consultancy Sea-Intelligence has said that, in terms of the number of blank sailing, it believes the container shipping market has reached peak impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sea-Intelligence data revealed that the Asia-North Europe trade lane suffered 38% cancelled capacity in the week to April 18th. The consultancy anticipated that the…
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Singapore’s MPA reports high degree of compliance to sulphur cap
Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) has said that it was seeing a high degree of compliance with the new IMO 2020 fuel sulphur cap. In Q1 2020 – the first three months since the new fuel use rule took effect – 96% of ships it inspected had been consuming fuel that was compliant. MPA…
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BIFA boss says association expects Brexit transition extension
An extension to the Brexit transition period past December 31st was being seen as increasingly likely by the British International Freight Association (BIFA) according to its director-general Robert Keen. Negotiations between the UK and EU started again last week but progress appeared to be...
Iceland-to-Faroes ferry to transport passengers again
The Smyril Line ferry was scheduled to resume transporting passengers to Iceland late last week, reported Austurfrétt. They will be the first passengers to arrive in Iceland on the ferry in a month. Smyril Line operates a passenger ferry service between Seyðisfjörður in East Iceland, Tórshvn in the...
Covid-19 is delaying safety work across oil and gas sector
The Covid-19 pandemic was delaying vital maintenance across the oil and natural gas industries in Europe and North America, reports Bloomberg. Restrictions on the numbers of contractors on rigs, pipelines and production sites had forced companies to delay long-planned work. For refiners,...
Carnival will remain incorporated in Panama
Carnival will maintain an incorporation in Panama, executive director Arnold Donald has announced, keeping some vessels’ registration under the Panamanian flag. “The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), expresses its gratitude for Carnival’s decision in maintaining trade relations for over half a...
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Indonesia to ban air, sea travel until at least early June
Indonesia began a ban on domestic and international air and sea travel, with some exceptions, starting Friday April 24th. Sea transportation director general Agus Purnomo said that the ban on travel by sea will run until June 8th, but cargo transportation is exempted. The ban on air transport will...
Are COLREGS still fit for purpose?
Harry Hirst, Managing Partner and Master Mariner, Singapore for Ince & Incisive Law LLC, has written for Maritime Executive on whether COLREGS re still fit for purpose. He noted that many believed that in the not so distant future, the fundamental changes in the way in which ships would be...
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Leading port authorities promise to keep trade going through Covid-19 crisis
Leading port authorities from several parts of the world have called for collaboration and the sharing of best practices in a declaration that promised to do everything possible to ensure that port operations remain open to trade, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The declaration, released in...