New minimum wage proposals a victory in campaign to protect British seafarers' jobs

Nautilus general secretary Mark Dickinson: major victory will help protect UK seafarer jobs Nautilus International has hailed a victory in its...

Covid-19 cannot be used to lower wages and standards for ferry workers

At a time when seafarers are keeping the world moving, Covid-19 cannot be used as an excuse to lower the wage and working conditions of seafarers.

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 16,724 in 2020; Deaths Reach 256

IOM reports that 16,724 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through almost four months of 2020, a 16 per cent increase from the 14,381...

ESPO AND FEPORT URGE MEMBER STATES TO ENABLE CREW CHANGES IN ALL PORTS

Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, all European ports have been fully operational and continue to do everything they can to fulfil...

Einride hires operators for their autonomous truck network in Europe, US

SWEDEN-BASED remotely operated autonomous trucking and transportation company Einride is launching a hiring programme for their first remote drivers...

Davies Turner resumes Express China rail freight service for containers

DAVIES Turner has announced that its fixed-day, weekly direct rail import service from China to the UK will re-commence in the middle of this month

Wuhan flu outbreak sparks temporary suspension of air freight routes

AIRPORTS Council International (ACI) World is calling on airports to implement appropriate measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, aka...

Brexit uncertainties result in cargo traffic increase through UK's Peel Ports

CARGO shippers are diverting goods to more ports across Britain in a move to ensure stable supply lines due to uncertainty over whether the UK will...

Debate over scrubber usage to clean marine fuel emissions continues

OVER the years the shipping industry has been rapidly improving in the area of sustainable development, with nearly all its emissions to air and...

Two people arrested in Vietnam over deaths of 39 people in lorry in UK

TWO people have been arrested in Vietnam in connection with the discovery of 39 migrants found dead inside a refrigerated lorry at Waterglade...

Germany targets cleaner air in nation's port cities

THE German government is launching appropriate measures to promote shore-generated power in a move to provide cleaner air in the country's port...

US sanctions on China's Cosco hits supply of IMO-compliant low sulphur marine fuel

HIGHLY sought after types of oil best suited to meeting the International Maritime Organization's mandate that caps the sulphur content of marine...

High Court denies banker's cash plea, blames casualty on fake pirate attack

UK High Court Judge Nigel Teare quashed a banker's plea for compensation on October 7, saying the loss of the 150,000-dwt tanker Brilliante...

Six Singapore Boeing 737 Maxes to be parked near Alice Springs, Australia

AUSTRALIA has accepted a request to store Singapore Airlines' six Silkair Boeing 737 Maxes in its Northern Territory near Alice Springs as...

Norway could overtake Wall Street as capital-raising centre for shipping

PROCEEDS raised by US-listed shipping companies from equity and debt offerings are at record low levels in the year to date, with capital-raising...

CMA CGM 3,430 TEUer collides with ferry off Tangiers, no one hurt

FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM's 3,430-TEU Carolina Star collided with an LNG-powered ferry near Tangier Med, Morocco in the early hours the...

New ro/ro service between Muuga, Estonia and Finland's Vuosaari

FINNISH ferry company Eckero Line has started a service connecting Vuosaari in Finland with the port of Muuga, where HHLA TK Estonia - a wholly-owned...

New services afoot in European rail freight with focus on China expansion

CHINA Railway Container Transport Co and the Czech Republic's CD Cargo have signed a memorandum on strategic co-operation that paves the way for...

China's Belt and Road now expected to build 60-mile Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel

THREE Chinese companies are expected to build Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel across Bay of Finland as part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, Reuters...

Towards autonomous shipping - Japanese test auto berthing/un-berthing

A JAPANESE R&D team from Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding, MOL, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMST) as well as Akishima Laboratories,...