In a sad event that took place near West Africa, Nigerian coast, pirates managed to board a product tanker named Vemahope. As per the reports that are coming, around 10 seamen were taken by the pirates (kidnapped) from the ship. The ship was enroute from Lagos to Cameron. The AIS of the ship is believed […]
The container shipping giant, Maersk have stepped up the cargo shipping to another level. They have started a weekly service of cargo train from Xi’an, China to Izmit, Turkey. This is part of Maersk Intercontinental Rail (ICR) network. Earlier they have started this kind of service from china to Europe. This service comes after customer […]
As the world battles with corona outbreak, the number of blank sailing among container business has increased a lot for the first time in the history. BLANK SAILING is referred to cancel of the sailing. Container carriers have a schedule for each month of you can say for time duration. But when they don’t have […]
One of the Maersk container vessel, MAERSK VILINIUS reported to have fire in the engine room. The fire was brought under control by the crew, after hours of struggle. Fire seemed to have damaged the propulsion system of the as Ship cannot use the engine. Master of the ship asked for towing assistance from the […]
As per the news coming, Spanish Law Enforcement have caught a offshore Supply Ship, which was carrying 4 tons of cocaine. As per the reports, this ship was being monitored for quite a long period of time and is part of big cocaine business. It is believed that cocaine was loaded somewhere in the Caribbean […]
As we are aware about the ongoing corona epidemic, and its devastating effects on the human race. While everything has shutdown in most part of the world, some people are finding difficult to meet their everyday requirement. In a recent event, Crew of bulk carrier MV LINDA DREAM, gave $1200 to help a group which […]
1st May is the World Labor Day or International workers day. So, International chamber of shipping has launched a campaign worldwide knows as #heroesatseashoutout. In this ICS is urging all ships to blow their horn on 12:00 local time in their respective ports, if it is safe to do so. Many companies have joined this […]
Global Container Terminal (GCT) wants an immediate emergency restraining order on Maersk. GCT and Maersk had a contract to operate in this terminal of Staten Island. But with contract not over, Maersk wants to move to the terminal which is owned by APM Terminal, in New Jersey. Maersk agreed to $5.5 million dollars to GCT […]
Year 2020 has been a nightmare for everyone, for cruise industry for sure. As we know that cruise lines all around the globe have suspended their operations. The suspension can last very long, considering the overall global lockdown condition is there. Shutting down a business for even a day costs money, and here we are […]