Anger as UN body approves deal that allows ship emissions to rise to 2030
Countries have agreed a package of energy efficiency measures that will allow emissions from global shipping to continue to rise until...
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icarussmith20
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
Peak season congestion traps truckers for hours at LAX cargo terminals
The plight of truckers serving the port complex of Los Angeles/Long Beach has led to calls from industry bodies for a stay on demurrage...
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icarussmith20
- Nov 17, 2020
- 4 min
Shipping Industry Proposes $5 Billion Program to Help Decarbonize Shipping
The global shipping industry is urgently calling on governments to move forward on a proposal for a $5 billion industry-financed research...
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icarussmith20
- Nov 15, 2020
- 3 min
Maersk moves quickly in reaction to criticism of delays in California ports
Maersk reacted quickly to last week’s broadside criticism of the current state of operations in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles,...
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icarussmith20
- Nov 13, 2020
- 2 min
Hapag-Lloyd sees higher earnings on cheaper fuel, stabilising demand
FRANKFURT, Nov 13 (Reuters) - German container liner Hapag-Lloyd AG is confident of achieving higher earnings in 2020 as lower fuel...
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icarussmith20
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Time to launch carbon plan for shipping is now, industry says
LONDON (Reuters) - The shipping industry must act now in order to meet U.N. targets to cut carbon emissions by 2050, leading officials...
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icarussmith20
- Nov 11, 2020
- 3 min
Acute container shortages roil global supply chains
Container surcharges are piling in as global supply chains shudder from an extraordinary shortage of available forty foot boxes in no...
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icarussmith20
- Nov 11, 2020
- 3 min
Maersk Names Zero Carbon Shipping Center's Management Team
The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping on Tuesday announced its management team. to join CEO Bo Cerup-Simonsen in...
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icarussmith20
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Shipping Fuel Demand Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels -Traders
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Asian refiners’ profit from producing very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) climbed to...
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icarussmith20
- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min
Bill Gates joins nuclear-powered shipping push
Bill Gates, one of the richest men in the world, has turned his attention to getting ships powered by nuclear energy. The Microsoft...
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icarussmith20
- Oct 30, 2020
- 1 min
Maersk Launceston master charged over collision with Greek minesweeper off Piraeus
Germany’s Essberger, the owners of 4,533 teu Maersk Launceston, has revealed that the master of the boxship has been charged in relation...
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icarussmith20
- Oct 30, 2020
- 3 min
First wave of ships explore green hydrogen as route to net zero
LONDON (Reuters) - Developers across the world are for the first time testing the use of hydrogen to power ships as the maritime industry...
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icarussmith20
- Oct 29, 2020
- 3 min
Container sector scrambles to avert holiday ‘shipageddon’
Twas the night before Christmas and all though Shenzhen, not a container was stirring; they’d been “rolled” yet again. This is the...
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icarussmith20
- Oct 28, 2020
- 1 min
Maersk to ship American Covid-19 vaccine around the world
Maersk has sealed a deal with COVAXX to ship the American pharmaceutical firm’s Covid-19 vaccine around the world when and if it gets...
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icarussmith20
- Oct 28, 2020
- 2 min
Going off on the high seas: Shipping urged to cut food waste
One of the largest container port operators is calling on the shipping industry to tackle a growing yet often overlooked major...
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icarussmith20
- Oct 27, 2020
- 2 min
Container lines expect U.S. import binge to lose steam
LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Surging shipments into the United States are fueling record high freight costs and logjams at seaports,...
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icarussmith20
- Oct 27, 2020
- 4 min
E-commerce explodes into holiday shipping season
Peak season e-commerce sales, turbocharged by an accelerated shift to online buying as consumers shy away from crowded stores during a...
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icarussmith20
- Oct 27, 2020
- 3 min
House Climate Bill Takes Aim at Shipping Emissions
On Tuesday, 20 October, House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis...
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icarussmith20
- Oct 25, 2020
- 2 min
UPS, FedEx support Apple rollout of new devices
One of the most anticipated product launches of the year, short of a coronavirus vaccine, is now underway. Express delivery giants UPS...
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icarussmith20
- Oct 23, 2020
- 3 min
Campaigners criticise global deal on carbon emissions from shipping
Governments have rejected calls for tougher regulation of international shipping, settling instead for new rules on reducing greenhouse...
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