Tag: Amazon

Proinde P&I Club informs that navigating the Amazon requires careful attention to draft limits, security hazards, and specific pilotage regulations. 

According to NorthStandard, correspondent Rabb Carvalho brings an updates related to the Amazon drought.

According to NorthStandard, the Amazon region is experiencing an unusually early drought, with river levels already falling below average for this time of year. Typically, the drought season begins between the last week of June and the first week of July. However, this year, water levels started to drop in the first half of June.

Maersk has announced a proactive approach to managing potential logistical disruptions due to fluctuating river levels in the Amazon region.

Ongoing conflicts in the Red Sea have created challenges for global shippers of essential goods, but this is just one of the many issues confronting major carriers as 2024 begins, Reuters highlights.

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, Shipping Analyst, Filipe Gouveia, looks at the congestion for ships loading grain cargoes at Brazilian ports.

The Brazilian authorities are responding to an incident involving the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Minerva Rita, which suffered hull damage after running aground in a critical area along the Amazon River.

According to Gard, the Amazon region is currently suffering from one of the worst droughts in years. Smoke from fires around the city Manaus is further hampering navigability in the rivers.

After running aground last month in Rio Negro river, a barge transporting three vehicles and 2,000 empty culinary gas cylinders is still stuck in spot, highlighting the plight of river transport in the Amazon region, which is experiencing a severe drought.

Maersk and Amazon have finalized a 2023-2024 agreement for the transport of 20,000 Forty Foot container Equivalent unit (FFE) containers using green biofuel through Maersk’s “ECO Delivery” ocean product offering.