Hapag-Lloyd has come up with an innovative possible solution for customers looking to bypass current wait times at California ports. It has reworked its Mediterranean Gulf Coast Express (MGX) service, adding a US East Coast stop at the Port of Virginia. Cargo bound for the country’s West Coast...
Lancashire Holdings Ltd has reported strong year-on-year growth in marine business, attributing the improvement to “a combination of new business, the renewal of a large multi-year contract and the marine liability class of business having a very strong RPI.” For the three months ended March 31st...
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The Russian unit of oil major Exxon Mobil, Exxon Neftegas has declared force majeure for its Sakhalin-1 operations, where it has become increasingly difficult to ship crude due to sanctions on Russia, Exxon Mobil said on Wednesday April 27th. The Sakhalin-1 project produces Russian Sokol crude oil...
Crude oil tanker Ust-Luga (IMO 9740469) finally berthed in Slagen port, Norway during the evening of April 25th local time. Activists from Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion had attempted to paddle their small boats out to the tanker, which was anchored offshore and expected to move to Esso...
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Havila Voyages has been granted special dispensation by the Norwegian government to operate cruise ship Havila Capella (IMO 9865570) for six months. The cruise line company is looking at ways to refinance its fleet because at the moment the Russian company GTLK is its vessels. As of April 26th the...
China’s continuing attempt to achieve zero-Covid, at least until they have vaccinated a large proportion of their vulnerable population could result in a second major wave of supply chain disruption, reports Bloomberg. Shipping congestion at Chinese ports has been increasing in line with the...
Since the start of the war with Russia, Ukraine has sent around 80,000 tonnes of grains to the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta the port’s manager said earlier this week, adding that more was expected. Ukraine’s sea ports in the Sea of Azov and on the Black Sea itself have been blocked for the…
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Germany based shipping line Hapag-Lloyd has said that it would be equipping its entire container fleet with real-time tracking devices. The company introduced real-time monitoring for its reefer container fleet in 2019 with the IoT product Hapag-Lloyd LIVE. It said that this had been a success and...
A Tunisian judge was reported to have ordered the detention of seven crew members of the Xelo (IMO 7618272), whichsank off the coast of the southern city of Gabes earlier this month (see IMN, April 19th, April 20th). A judicial official said on Wednesday April 27th that authorities were...
Ukrainian border guards last week closed several shipping lanes at the mouth of the River Danube because of drifting mines in Black Sea, according to analyst APK-Inform. The Ukrainian Danube ports of Izmail and Reni were the only sea routes last week for Ukrainian grain exports. Ukraine used to...