MOL Energia, a Singapore-based subsidiary of Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), has taken delivery of a new very large gas carrier (VLGC) constructed by Japan’s Namura Shipbuilding. Phoenix Harmonia is the first vessel of a newly-developed series of VLGCs constructed by Namura with assistance from Mitsubishi...
Further evidence that the worst of the El Nino-led drought is over in Central America came yesterday with an advisory from the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announcing an increase in booking slots and maximum allowable draft. The ACP will gradually allow up to 32 ships through per day, compared with...
https://splash247.com/panama-canal-authority-increases-daily-slots-and-maximum-draft/
Este canal, concebido como complemento, no requerirá nuevas inversiones en infraestructura, ya que aprovechará la red existente de carreteras, ferrocarriles, puertos, aeropuertos y zonas francas.
Weather forecasts have plenty of rain heading Panama’s way with many in international shipping predicting that the worst has now passed for a chokepoint that has been badly affected by drought for the past 11 months. Splash has been reporting on the Panama Canal Authority’s (ACP) decision to slash...
https://splash247.com/panama-canal-restrictions-set-to-ease-as-rains-roll-in/
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking additional action against Iranian military revenue generation, targeting shipping company Oceanlink Maritime DMCC for facilitating the shipment of Iranian commodities on behalf of Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS) and Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL). OFAC is also […]
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The Australiam government’s Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP), on behalf of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), has successfully prosecuted a ship’s master and a shipping company following a serious accident involving a ship’s pilot on May 25, 2023. On the said date, a pilot attempting to embark the Panama-flagged general cargo ship Boshi […]
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The Yemeni Houthi rebels’ continued attacks on shipping in the Red Sea serve as a reminder that global supply chains remain highly vulnerable to disruption. Moreover, it highlights how food insecurity can simultaneously be an effect and cause of conflict. To address this, the international...
Solid amounts of rain have allowed the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to add three extra slots per day at its panamax locks, taking the total daily maximum transits to 27, still more than 10 shy of the waterway’s normal maximum, but a sign that the worst is over from the record drought that has been …
https://splash247.com/panama-canal-authority-adds-three-more-daily-transit-slots/
Darwin Cruz estima que esta situación podrá mejorar cuando termine el fenómeno El Niño, porque es la que genera la sequía en el trópico panameño. Como sabemos, se proyecta el este fenómeno climático se extienda hasta marzo y abril de este año.
https://logistica360.pe/panorama-del-canal-de-panama-para-las-exportaciones-peruanas/
Insurer SwissRe has come up with a chart to highlight the dramatic changes to the world seaborne map in recent years as shipping faces disruption in the Red and Black Seas as well as the Panama Canal. “Pressure on global shipping routes is creating stress in global supply chains again, soon after...
https://splash247.com/swissre-report-captures-the-extent-of-global-shipping-disruption/