Shipping

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd has announced the release of the ‘Fleet Tour’ virtual ship visit application.

Now that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement is in effect, trade between the Port of Hamburg and Vietnam is set to continue to benefit from this agreement.

Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd, one of the world’s leading dry bulk shipping companies, has recently announced unaudited condensed consolidated results of the company and its subsidiaries for the 6 months ended 30 June 2020.

The Panama Canal Authority has announced an increase in the maximum authorised draft for neopanamax vessels transiting the Panama Canal.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has recently signed a memorandum of understanding to develop and adopt common data standards and Application Programming Interface specifications, which will facilitate data exchange for port and maritime services transactions.

INTERCARGO has reiterated the importance of crew changes for the shipping industry.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is enhancing safety measures in the Port of Singapore, in view of the heightened risks of importing COVID-19 cases into Singapore.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has recently reminded the global shipping industry that failure to adhere to crew change protocols must not be tolerated.

Despite the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, production and logistics, the Port of Rotterdam remained 100% operational.

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index was down on 20 July 2020, weighed by weakness across capesize and panamax vessel segments.

The European Commission has awarded €500 000 in funding for further research to the RH2INE partnership, whose members also include the Port of Rotterdam Authority.

Rainmaking has recently announced the completion of the first cycle of its far-reaching programme nurturing startups working toward the decarbonisation of shipping.

Nine Japanese companies have started the Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group (WG) formed within Japan's carbon capture and reuse study group, and has held its first meeting.

The global summit hosted by the UK government on 9 July 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 on crew changes saw 13 countries pledge to take action. However, BIMCO is concerned about the number of participants.

A new report from EastGate contemplates the state of the dry bulk industry half way through a difficult year.