Panagiotis Galanis reports on the the first transportation of rapid Covid tests for seafarers using drones. The ancient Greek poet Menandros stated “το δις εξαμαρτείν ουκ ανδρός σοφού”, namely you are not wise if you repeat the same mistake. This is a saying that is even more important nowadays...
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Livestock exports of animals bound for slaughter from England and Wales will be banned under new government plans released yesterday. The ban is scheduled to come into effect by the end of next year. Many nations around the world have reexamined their laws regarding livestock shipments over the...
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Singapore-based Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL), controlled by tycoon Robert Kuok, was sentenced in a US federal court after pleading guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, obstruction of justice, and for a failure to notify the US Coast Guard of a hazardous condition on...
German owner Vega Reederei has teamed with a recently formed Indian shipmanager to create a new shipmanagement venture with grand aims of building up a fleet of up to 85 ships in the coming 12 months. Vega Reederei is working with Su-Nav Marine Group, a Chennai-based manager founded earlier this...
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Ocean Network Express (ONE) has suffered another serious box spill on a stormy transpacific crossing. The Japanese liner has advised clients of the loss of a number – believed to be around 50 – containers from the 14,000 teu on Monday. “ONE APUS was en route from Yantian, China to Long Beach, USA...
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The United Nations General Assembly has called on UN Member States to designate seafarers as key workers and implement measures to facilitate crew change. In a resolution adopted yesterday, the United Nations recognised the need for an urgent response to resolve the situation of around 400,000...
How the shipmanagement industry is changing during and post-Covid dominated much of the discussion at Capital Link’s Hong Kong Maritime Forum today. Peter Cremers, chairman of Anglo-Eastern Group, admitted that working from home had been “a bit of an eyeopener” for him and senior management at the...
It’s the first of the month, advent calendars are being opened, Christmas trees decorated and presents bought. However, there are hundreds of thousands of men and women for whom the festive season spent with loved ones looks a distant dream. With many seafarers facing a second December away from...
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Vessel operating costs have risen at their fastest pace in over a decade this year, on higher insurance cover premiums and Covid-19 related expenses, according to new research carried in shipping consultancy Drewry’s Ship Operating Costs Annual Review and Forecast 2020/21 report. Drewry estimates...
Diamond S Shipping has confirmed that four crew have been kidnapped from its product tanker . The vessel, managed and crewed by Capital Ship Management, was approaching the port of Lome, Togo on Sunday with 22 crew onboard when it was attached. Four crew were kidnapped, however there have been no...
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