- The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index declined on Monday, with weaker demand for capesize and supramax vessels outweighing stronger rates for the panamax category. The Baltic index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramaxinde marine news2020-02-11 10:03:18
- Six more sight-seers were found to be infected with the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) on the Diamond Princess cruise ship on Sunday, bringing the total to 70 , according to Japanese news agency ANN. Japans Ministry of Health, Labor andxinde marine news2020-02-10 12:06:59
- The number of ships crewmembers being kidnapped in the Gulf of Guinea grew by more than 50% in 2019 and this year has begun with a further escalation of violence, armed robbery and kidnaping. The crisis is deepening pirates are bolder and txinde marine news2020-02-10 12:03:59
- Forty-one new cases of coronavirus have been found aboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess in Yokohama, including eight Americans, Japanese authorities said. The 41 are in addition to 20 previous cases detected in preceding days. Princess Cxinde marine news2020-02-07 15:19:55
- At the ECR Conference on Maritime Security and the Blue Economy yesterday in the European Parliament, ECSA raises the alarm about the dire security situation in the Gulf of Guinea. Urgent action has to be taken by the EU right away. The newxinde marine news2020-02-07 15:13:39
- Maersk and CMA CGM announced blank sailings last Friday as the container lines see reduced demand due to the coronavirus outbreak in China and the extension of the Lunar New Year holiday. Last Friday CMA CGM announced on its website that duxinde marine news2020-02-07 15:10:34
- Duty of care towards to crew Employers owe a duty of care towards their crew. The Club has set out some recommended precautions for minimising the spread of the disease which can be found in our News Item 24 January 2020. Notice of Readinesxinde marine news2020-02-06 11:32:53
- The Baltic Exchanges main sea freight index dropped on Wednesday, with the capesize segment slumping to an all-time low due to reduced demand for ships and muted activity in China amid a coronavirus outbreak. The Baltic index, which tracksxinde marine news2020-02-06 11:31:47
- The Philippines said on Wednesday its ports remain open to all ships, even those from China, in order not to disrupt the cargo supply chain, but the crew of vessels arriving from the coronavirus-hit nation will be barred from disembarking.xinde marine news2020-02-06 11:30:29
- On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (the Virus) to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. It seems clear that the Virus is also having an impact on ecoxinde marine news2020-02-05 11:36:42
- North PI Club has launched a new digital tool that will help shipowners and operators track the spread of the Coronavirus outbreak. North PI Club has developed its MyGlobeView platform an interactive map which Members use to identify commerxinde marine news2020-02-05 09:46:43
- The WHO, in a statement on 30 January 2020, declared that the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China (2019-nCoV) constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). As cases have now been reportedxinde marine news2020-02-05 09:44:02
- Despite overall piracy incidents declining in 2019, there was an alarming increase in crew kidnappings across the Gulf of Guinea, according to the International Chamber of Commerces International Maritime Bureaus (IMB) annual piracy report.xinde marine news2020-02-04 13:10:37
- Novel Coronavirus Precautions A novel (new) coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is causing an outbreak of pneumonia-type illness in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. This outbreak began in early December 2019 and continues to expand in scope anxinde marine news2020-02-04 10:17:58
- Cases have been exported from Wuhan to other Chinese provinces and to Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, USA, France and Australia. Further global spread to other countries is possible.xinde marine news2020-02-04 09:45:47