Peruvian President Pedro Castillo declared an environmental emergency on January 20, as clean-up teams struggled to contain a huge oil spill, after rogue waves rocked a ship unloading crude.

The German Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport (BMDV) will fund the construction of a digital test bed at the Port of Hamburg with just under 15 million euros.

Using data mainly from the Union Maritime Information and Exchange System, EMSA issued a report providing figures on the impact of COVID-19 on shipping traffic.

The International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) is still operating in the Middle East Gulf, as it led a bilateral exercise in the Arabian Gulf.

The world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, the Suiso Frontier, will sail from Australia to Japan with its first LH2 shipment, marking a milestone for the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) Pilot Project.

Container lines are facing a backlash from shippers ready to turn to the courts to find out who is responsible for runaway demurrage fees at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports.

On 19th January 2022, a fire broke out on a foreign cargo vessel at the Port of Karachi.

Allianz published its risk barometer for 2022, noting that cyber perils outrank Covid-19 and broken supply chains as top global business risk.

The operators of Yantian terminal decided that full containers can only be trucked in four days before vessels are due to berth.

The 75th session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 75) took place remotely from 16 to 20 November 2020, and some of the amendments will enter into force on 1 April 2022.