An article recently published on a leading news house, which states that as per their highly reliable sources- international flights might start from July if everything goes good as planned. For overseas operations, the domestic numbers should go up by at least 50 % or more. On Wednesday more than 1 lakh footfalls were recorded […]
Seven Japanese companies have joined hands to bring out their latest green technology innovation for the shipping industry. With the declaration of establishing the an all new ‘e5 consortium’ to develop and commercialize the zero-emission electric vessels, Japan is all set to take shipping industry on another level. The 5 ‘Es’ stands for five major […]
MV Evolution- Bulk Carrier (Liberian Flag) was abandoned by its owners when US authorities detained the ship in Charleston. For four months crew was not paid for their work and they are stuck on ship. Out 21 crew, 19 are Filipinos, 1 Jordanian and 1 Lebanese. The vessel was sold to a new owner so […]
MV APL England was transiting from China to Melbourne for loading and discharging container in next port. Vessel faced heavy weather around 40nm miles off the coast of Sydney. Weather was so rough that around 40 containers were overboard from the ship and around 80 containers have been damaged. As per the news, ship experienced […]
USS Portland tested its high-energy laser weapon system by shooting laser at a drone and putting it down. This was Navy first of kinds testing of such setup and one step more into the development of such more complex and high power weapons. An unmanned vehicle was made target by laser system. Such tests give […]
As per the indications given by the Aviation minister, international flights will start before August in India, most probably June or July max, as domestic flights are starting soon. We are aware that domestic flights will start their operations from 25th May and this will be trial or a preparation for running international flights as […]
An urgent call from Shipmasters Has the Merchant Shipping industry and its seafarers been forgotten? This open letter is from The International Federation of Shipmasters Associations (IFSMA) To all Governments, Unprecedented times: These are indeed unprecedented times and the maritime industry has been dealt a very serious strategic shock as nations around the world have […]
Product Tanker of STOLT, named as APAL –imo number 9719240, UK flag was attacked near the coast of YEMEN by armed pirates. Vessel was having armed guard team and the attack was successfully repulsed. As per the information given by the vessel, two armed speed boats approached the vessel. As Security guards fired to warn […]
As we are aware that crew change in India is happening for more than 2 weeks, shipping owners have shown great disappointment over the ‘Being too expensive’. As per the data released by them it costs around $90k to $180K for a crew change. In local currency that is almost more than 7million Indian Rupees. […]
Shipping is the drive-engine of any economy. “If shipping stops 90% of the world will be frozen and rest would starve to death.” One can only try and understand the gigantic efforts that the seafarers put to facilitate world trade. The COVID 19 pandemic brings unprecedented effects. As the economies suffer, shipping too is now […]