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BEIJING (Bloomberg): China’s increasingly extreme Covid Zero policies are standing in the way of a full recovery for the shipping industry and prolonging a crisis that’s snarled ports and emptied shelves worldwide.

The push to decarbonize the shipping industry is facing a vote of confidence as top government offic...

Seafarers are struggling to do their jobs amid a gold rush in shipping, as economies recover with a buying spree so massive, it’s broken the global supply chain.

In the lead-up to the UNs climate conference and the IMOs next round of meetings on the industrys ef...

Jul 25, 2021 LONDON/BEIJING – A new worldwide wave of COVID-19. Natural disasters in China and Germany. A cyberattack targeting key South African ports. Events have conspired to drive global supply chains toward a breaking point, threatening the fragile flow of raw materials, parts and consumer goods, according to companies, economists and shipping specialists. The delta variant of the coronavirus has devastated parts of Asia and prompted many nations to cut off land access for sailo...

IMO urges collaboration for security in Gulf of Guinea The Punch Published 22 July 2021 The International Maritime Organization has urged member states, national authorities, the United Nations and other relevant organisations to strengthen law enforcement, arrest and prosecute pirates within their jurisdictions in accordance with international law and national legal frameworks. The Secretary-General, IMO, Kitack Lim, said this on Wednesday while speaking at the inaugural meetin...

INSIGHT-SOS: Stranded and shattered seafarers threaten global supply lines Reuters 13 hrs ago * COVID curbs leave 100,000 commercial seafarers stranded at sea * Another 100,000 are stuck on shore, unable to earn a living * Only 2.5% have been vaccinated, shipping body estimates * Shipping industry turmoil could threaten global supply lines (Adds latest IMO figures on key workers classification) By Jonathan Saul and Roslan Khasawneh LONDON/SINGAPORE, July 20 (Reuters) - "Ive seen grown men cry...

Another 100,000 are stuck on shore, unable to earn a living Only 2.5% have been vaccinated, shipping body estimates Shipping industry turmoil could threaten global supply lines LONDON/SINGAPORE, July 20 (Reuters) - "Ive seen grown men cry," says Captain Tejinder Singh, who hasnt set foot on dry land in more than seven months and isnt sure when hell go home. "We are forgotten and taken for granted," he says of the plight facing tens of thousands of seafarers like him, stranded at sea as the Delt...

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. July 20, 2021 Credit: keki/AdobeStock "Ive seen grown men cry," says Captain Tejinder Singh, who hasnt set foot on dry land in more than seven months and isnt sure when hell go home. "We are forgotten and taken for granted," he says of the plight facing tens of thousands of seafarers like him, stranded at sea as the Delta variant of the coronavirus wreaks havoc on shore. "People dont know how their supermarkets are stocked up." Singh and most ...

Synopsis The SCA demanded more than $900 million for the salvage operation to free the Ever Given and other losses, later lowered to $550 million. The Ever Givens owners and insurers had disputed its detention and the compensation claim. AFP In the wake of the Ever Givens grounding, the SCA has accelerated a plan to widen and deepen the southernmost section of the canal, and to extend a second lane further north that was built in a 2015 expansion. ISMAILIA: The Ever Given, one of the worlds lar...