PORT authorities in 20 countries from Asia, Europe, Middle East and North America have signed an agreement to keep ports open for trade amid the...
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Port authorities ink accord to fight virus outbreak by keeping ports open for trade - Virus outbreak highlights the versatile use of shipping containers
SHIPPING containers can be turned into hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients, as demonstrated by the RUAG Field Hospital that was built by...
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‘No evidence’ that recovered COVID-19 patients cannot be reinfected, says WHOThe UN World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that there is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have...
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Respect seafarers' right to emergency medical treatment ashore!Joint statement from the Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)
- Global container shipments set to fall 30pc in next few months
BURSTING import warehouses are putting pressure on ocean carriers to slow deliveries, which is expected to reduce container shipments 30 per cent in...
- Alaska GOP politicians ask feds to rescue virus-hit state airlines
ALASKA's entirely Republican congressional delegation warned US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that many of its airlines, including its...
- CEVA Logistics flies urgently needed medical gear to UK hospitals
CEVA Logistics has brought in shipments bound for the UK's National Health Service (NHS) on a specialist flight from Shanghai to London in...
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Pressure Builds on Europe’s Fragile Banking SystemWorries are mounting about the ability of Europe’s financial system, in particular its fragile banks, to make it through the coronavirus crisis...
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Seafarer mental wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 has forced many parts of the world to enforce a lockdown in a bid to flatten the curve in terms of transmissions. In these trying times, the...
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Drewry: Port Throughput Down 15.6% in FebruaryThe Drewry Container Port Throughput Indices are a series of volume growth/decline indices based on monthly throughput data for a sample of over 220...
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Sea crew change restrictions endanger workers and supply chainsTravel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic have left seafarers stranded at sea, at heightened risk of infection, or trapped onshore facing...
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Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 16,724 in 2020; Deaths Reach 256IOM 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...
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Useful Covid-19 Data Resources Available to Maritime PeopleCSA President, Juan Carlos Croston, has shared this invaluable resource from Nick Chubb and Thetius which compiles a list of...
- COVID-19 pandemic, an 'unprecedented wake-up call' for all inhabitants of Mother Earth
In his message for International Mother Earth Day this Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres acknowledged that all eyes are on the...
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Virus found in 14 more crew on cruise ship docked in NagasakiAn additional 14 crew members on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs in southwestern Japan have tested positive for coronavirus, Nagasaki...
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S. Korea to inject 1.25 tln won to help virus-hit shippersSouth Korea said Thursday it will inject 1.25 trillion won (US$1 billion) to help cash-strapped shipping firms hurt by the global new coronavirus...
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Still a long way to go in coronavirus battle, WHO chief warnsThe head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against complacency as countries continue to confront COVID-19 and citizens grow weary of...
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Nearly 400 Rohingya refugees receiving assistance in medical facilities in Cox’s Bazar, following two months at seaAt the request of the Government of Bangladesh, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners in Bangladesh are currently providing shelter and...
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COVID-19: ‘Phased process’ for lifting restrictions is key, WHO chief urges G20The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told a virtual meeting of the G20 leading global economies on Sunday that although it was...
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During virus crisis states should ensure rescue at sea and allow safe disembarkation“Despite the unprecedented challenges European countries face due to COVID-19, saving lives at sea and disembarking survivors in a safe port must...