Recently Maersk suspended 5 crew members in connection with allegations related to rape and sexual harassment of a female cadet at sea. According to the blog post by the female cadet, it is not only her but several woman cadet have suffered similarly and this is one of the dark side of shipping industry which […]
The shipping giant, AP Moller Maersk, which is keen on becoming carbon neutral, is expanding its investment in the same to cut down the emissions. As per the reports, company will be putting Air Lubrication System on one of its ship. If you hear the industry experts, this system tends to give around 10% reduction […]
As we know that near orange county of California, an underwater oil pipe line ruptured which resulted in around 3000 gallons of oil spill. As per the findings it is suspected that line could have been damaged by a ship anchor. In this case, USCG is boarding each ship in the vicinity (Plenty of them) […]
The beverage giant COCO COLA, like other brands-Home Depot etc have gone away slightly from the traditional way of shipping their cargo, for the time being yes! As per the news COCO COLA, chartered three bulk carriers for moving around 60,000 tonnes of cargo which is said to be essential for their supply lines to […]
Helms Burton Act extended the territorial application of the initial ban to apply to overseas companies trading with Cuba, and penalized foreign companies allegedly “trafficking” in property formerly owned by U.S. citizens but confiscated by Cuba after the Cuban revolution. MSC is involved in cargo operations at the Cuba’s Port of Mariel was sued by […]
US federal Court of New Orleans charged chief engineer and owners of the ship MV Joanna (Bulk Carrier) for tamper with Oil discharge monitoring system and oil record book as well. As per the finding of United States Coast Guard, the sensor for the oil content was bypassed by a metal plate. This way sensor […]
Retailers are going one more step ahead to main their supply chain post covid times. As we know that earlier retail giant like Walmart, Ikea etc chartered ships for their supply, now news is that COSTCO has hired around 3 ships of around 1000 TEU capacity each to move the supplies faster from ASIA to […]
Maersk have planned to divest its container manufacturing business to China International Marine Containers Ltd. (CIMC). Maersk Container Industry (MCI) is expert when it comes to making reefer containers and was making the same for so many for Maersk and other business. Since Denmark based is now shifting its goal to fully focus on only […]
As per the news coming from the maritime industry, there was a major intrusion by foreign hackers on the computer networks of one of the most important maritime port in United States. Though there was no affect on the operation of this busy port-which lot of news networks are calling PORT OF HOUSTON. The database […]
First of five- 31 type frigate, HMS Venturer had its first steel cut recently. Ceremony of first steel cut took place at Babcock’s factory in Rosyth, Scotland. These new type of frigates will add more power to the surface combat capability of Royal Navy. The good things are not only limited to UK Naval forces […]