Tags International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
Tag: International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
Fears grow that stranded crew numbers will return to 2020 levels
n.savvides - 0
Eleven industry figures shared their concerns that Covid-19 variants could see crew numbers trapped on board ships beyond the end of their contracts soar...
Panama Canal fees increase postponed for June
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced that it will postpone price increases on canal transit fees which were due to come into effect...
Digitalisation: An arrow in shipping’s quiver or hackers’ ace in the hole?
Digitalisation in the maritime sector remains a double-edged sword, because while technology and digital tools support the supply chain significantly, these same tools have...
Maritime sector unites behind stranded seafarers
n.savvides - 0
Maritime industry companies and organisations have united to produce and sign the Neptune Declaration, a document that seeks to protect seafarers and put pressure...
ICS calls on governments to prioritise seafarers for Covid vaccination
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is leading calls for governments to prioritise seafarers and frontline maritime shore workers in the vaccine queue and...
Shipping organisations set stranded crew vaccination as a top priority
Shipping associations and carriers are concerned that the failure to deal with the current seafarer situation, leaving up to 400,000 crew stranded abord ships...
Leading maritime bodies set industry’s digitalisation priorities
A clutch of major maritime associations have called on maritime industry stakeholders, governments and inter-governemental organisations to collaborate in order to accelerate the digitalisation...
ONE CEO Jeremy Nixon says lines are “keeping the lights on”
n.savvides - 0
Asian inventory levels have declined, including “very low” levels of stored food products which is fuelling the increase in European and US exports to...
VGM losses are approximately US$6bn, but who’s counting?
Cargo losses as a result of improper weight declarations for cargo carried in containers were meant to have been solved with the introduction of...
ICS highlights increasing piracy incidents
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has expressed concern at the increasing number of attacks on ships and their crews, with the number of...
- Advertisment -
Most Read
ONE partners with Rutgers Business School
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has entered into a partnership with Rutgers Business School (RBS) in June 2021 to gain direct outreach to RBS' academic resources...
Mitsubishi HC Capital buys CAI International
US-based container lessors CAI International and Beacon Intermodal Leasing have come under the same ownership, after Japanese leasing group Mitsubishi HC Capital acquired CAI...
Hamburg Süd vessel hits ferry pier in Santos
The 11,503TEU container ship, Cap San Antonio, crashed into a ferry pier in the Port of Santos in Brazil on 20 June. The floating...
Ports of Auckland halts automated operations due to software malfunction
An incident in the automated area of the Ports of Auckland (POAL) has forced New Zealand's port to temporarily expand manual operations at the...
