Tag: shipping industry

OCIMF issued an informative paper focusing on the human factor, explaining how it will integrate human factors into its activities by following eight principles and contribute to making the industry progress on human factors.

DP World and Israel's oldest banking corporation, Bank Leumi shake their hands and inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance trade and logistics in Israel.

Cargo traffic via the Panama Canal increased by a less than expected 1% during this year, as coronavirus pandemic affected global trade.

Amid the crew change crisis within the maritime industry, International Tranport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Joint Negotiating Group, issued a joint statement to urge on seafarers’ rights.

In light of reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the shipping industry, several major maritime corporations are looking to startups for truly innovative solutions, Wärtsilä recently reported.

The Government of the United States of America, as President of the G7, presented the conclusion of discussions of G7 partners and the key principles they adopted to restore confidence in transportation and travel.

In efforts to improve its maritime trade, the UK Government launched two supercomputer-enabled nanosatellites into low Earth orbit to monitor shipping movements and improve the flow of maritime trade.

The High Court recently confirmed that from now on owners can seek damages in addition to demurrage for losses resulting from delays in cargo operations. 

The new China Civil Code (CCC), which will be set into force on 1st January, 2021 introduces major changes to various sectors of Chinese law, while is considered to have potential impacts on shipping.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) issued an announcement concerning the improvement of the prevention and control of spread of Covid-19 epidemic for seafarers on international sea-going vessels in China.