Lockdown

US Cruise Lines Detail Safety Plan To Help Resume Sailings

  • A trade group that represents most major cruise lines has unveiled a list of proposed safety measures it plans to put in place when U.S. sailings resume.
  • CLIA said that its members will also require passengers and crew to wear masks while onboard whenever physical distancing can’t be maintained.
  • The safety plan requires testing of passengers and crew, but doesn’t specify the types of coronavirus tests that companies must use.
  • The plan also requires ships to increase the amount of fresh air in...

https://mfame.guru/us-cruise-lines-detail-safety-plan-to-help-resume-sailings/

COVID-19 Capacity Crunch Increases Cost of International Shipments

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  • Capacity constraints have driven up rates for international shipments.
  • This includes all modes of transport – sea, air, and land.
  • The cost of moving goods by ship has climbed 12% in 2020.
  • Ocean-liner rates have benefited from the industry being more disciplined with idle capacity.
  • Limited passenger flights have created a significant reduction in available belly capacity.
  • This scenario has helped drive rates higher despite a decline in demand of about 19%.
  • Air-cargo rates from Hong Kong to...

https://mfame.guru/covid-19-capacity-crunch-increases-cost-of-international-shipments/

Europe To Face a “Highly Likely” Prospect of Second Wave This Year

  • Since lifting strict lockdowns that reduced infection rates, many European countries are now watching numbers creep back up.
  • Germany is contending with a second wave amid a disregard for social-distancing guidelines.
  • A second wave of the coronavirus epidemic is highly likely to hit France in the autumn or winter.

A second wave of the coronavirus epidemic is highly likely to hit France in the autumn or winter, the government’s top scientific body warned on Tuesday as authorities seek to contain...

https://mfame.guru/europe-to-face-a-highly-likely-prospect-of-second-wave-this-year/

Qantas shuts Melbourne airport facility as government tightens COVID lockdown

A large white Qantas jet with red tail on tarmac. Qantas is dealing with a COVID outbreak at one of its facilities.

Australian airline Qantas (AX: QAN) has suspended operations at its Melbourne airport freight facility even though the state of Victoria has exempted airports, ports and logistics providers from a partial lockdown order designed to contain a major COVID-19 outbreak.

Qantas Airways said it was advised by the Victoria Department of Health and Human Services to temporarily shut down its Melbourne warehouse, suggesting authorities have discovered positive cases among workers there. The notice on the...

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Blanked Sailing and Ease in Lockdown Increase Congestion At Ports

  • Social lockdowns in Europe and North America continue to be eased.
  • Ports in the regions face increased congestion as activity picks up.
  • A higher number of moves per ship are witnessed as a result of the wave of blank sailings.
  • Ships have very high levels of utilization, creating sudden peaks of activity at import ports.
  • These issues are further compounded by rising levels of congestion on port access roads.

According to an article published in The Loadstar and authored by Gavin van Marle, as...

https://mfame.guru/blanked-sailing-and-ease-in-lockdown-increase-congestion-at-ports/

Blanked Sailing and Ease in Lockdown Increase Congestion At Ports

  • Social lockdowns in Europe and North America continue to be eased.
  • Ports in the regions face increased congestion as activity picks up.
  • A higher number of moves per ship are witnessed as a result of the wave of blank sailings.
  • Ships have very high levels of utilization, creating sudden peaks of activity at import ports.
  • These issues are further compounded by rising levels of congestion on port access roads.

According to an article published in The Loadstar and authored by Gavin van Marle, as...

https://mfame.guru/blanked-sailing-and-ease-in-lockdown-increase-congestion-at-ports/

How Do We Overcome Burnout During Covid 19?

  • Burnout: the term for relentless overwork has rapidly become ubiquitous, especially when describing millennials who hustle to the point of exhaustion.
  • And with millions of people now in lockdown as Covid-19 sweeps the globe, burnout is still very much around – but it looks a little different right now.
  • Many have lost jobs, while those lucky enough to keep them have to do so while working in the confines of home, some simultaneously balancing family pressing needs, like childcare.
  • Daily life...

https://mfame.guru/how-do-we-overcome-burnout-during-covid-19/

Oil Storage At Sea Declines After Ease in Global Lockdowns

  • Global lockdown measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak are eased.
  • A glut of crude oil and products stored in tankers at sea will take months to clear.
  • Recovery in global energy demand has reduced the volume compared with a peak.
  • Crude and refined products went into floating storage after demand collapsed by 30 percent.
  • Unloading of cargoes on the water will take time as some volume remains under time charter contracts.

According to an article published in Reuters and authored by Jonathan...

https://mfame.guru/oil-storage-at-sea-declines-after-ease-in-global-lockdowns/

Clash of Prices in Asia-Europe Tradelanes As Demand Rules

  • As lockdowns are easing, demand for container freight gradually gets back on its feet to take the first tentative steps toward recovery.
  • However, there are some concerns emerging on the Asia-Europe tradelane over a gap starting to grow in prices offered for container freight.
  • Some carriers have reduced rates in an attempt to boost cargo numbers, and this has created a dilemma.
  • With some carriers charging much less than others, there are concerns this will cause a bidding war, which would erode...

https://mfame.guru/clash-of-prices-in-asia-europe-tradelanes-as-demand-rules/

Insurers Advocate Elastic Premium Policy As COVID19 Effects Loss Prevention!

According to an article published in Business Insurance, Experts are of the opinion that COVID19 lockdown, border restrictions, and supply chain disruptions has heightened the loss prevention and control concerns for ship owners and marine insurers.

Unintended COVID19 Impact – Accumulation Risks

The “extraordinary” reduction in cruise ship activity in the early part of the year has led to growing accumulations of values at ports in Miami and the Bahamas, said Richard Turner, president of the...

https://mfame.guru/insurers-advocate-elastic-premium-policy-as-covid19-effects-loss-prevention/

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