As per the recent news that is coming from the maritime sector, a Filipino crew member on cruise ship Oasis of the seas, died of the corona virus. He was admitted to the hospital after being diagnosed with corona infection. Name of the crew member is Carlos Baluran, from Philippines. 3 crew members of the […]
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3000 Seafarers Quarantined in Germany for COVID-19 Tests
More than 3000 seafarers from cruise liners have been quarantined in Germany and will be tested for possible covid-19 infection. Cruise lines have been greatly affected by the corona outbreak. With international lockdown, it is becoming very difficult to send them back home in various countries of the world. Cruise industry has come completely to […]
Crew of a Bulk Carrier Gives $1200 for Corona Relief- Details Inside
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 […]
Corona Outbreak on another US Navy Ship
As per the news which is coming, A US Navy Destroyer ship- U.S. Navy destroyer USS Kidd- has reported the positive cases of corona onboard. Although the exact number of sailors who are affected have not been disclosed yet, but Pentagon did confirmed that ship has people which are infected by the virus. We have […]
Corona Effect: Many Tankers on Anchorages as oil prices dropped
Sudden and drastic reduction in the price of crude oil all over the world due to the lockdown in various parts of the world, has led the tanker to go for long anchorages. The land based storage units have limited space. In this scenario ship owners are using tanker ships as storage units. As per […]
190 Corona Positive Cases on RUBY PRINCESS CRUISE
Update: Cruise is sailing to Manila city of Philippines. It is expected to drop crew members there. She left Australian port on 23rd April and expected to reach Manila on 6th May. RUBY Princess Cruise which is currently docked at Port Kembla (Wollongong, NSW) in Australia. As per the news coming, around 300 Filipino will […]
South Korea to INVEST $1bn in Shipping amid CORONA Epidemic
As we are aware that world economy is suffering a lot because of the outbreak of the corona virus, shipping sector is also impacted by it a lot. Oil prices have down drastically affecting the tanker market and container shipments have also reduced leading to blank sailings. The ship building industry too has been affected […]
26 Ships Reported To Have Corona Positive Cases
As per the recent news coming from the corona spread, it is believed that around 26 ships of united states navy have positive corona cases or are infected with corona. This is sad news. United States is among the largest hit country by the corona virus. All over the world, weather merchant ships or navy […]