Americas

Container shipping is expected to see current low demand levels persisting, consequently leading to high levels of capacity withdrawals, according to analyst Sea-Intelligence.

De Nora has announced the creation of a new legal entity to drive the company’s growth plans in the maritime industry, addressing calls for advanced water treatment technologies.

The Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT) reported that between January and May 2020 Mexican ports moved 2,673,788 teu, down 8.6% compared to 2,924,577 teu in the same period of 2019.

Two webinars around last Thursday’s Day of the Seafarer drew attention to the misery of some 400,000 stranded seafarers who cannot return home to their families or, conversely, sign on for new employment.

The shipping industry has largely experienced a smooth sailing six months into the implementation of IMO 2020, though dispute cases are expected to increase and even drag on, according to an industry panel speaking during the Informa Markets...

Throughout the vicissitudes of 2020, with all the “Black Swans” swimming around, ports have continued to support maritime activity and world trade and Seatrade Maritime News talks to senior Americas port executives about what the future holds.

The opening of the 2020 navigation season on the Saint Lawrence Seaway, which connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, at the beginning of April, could not have come at a worse time, with all manner of uncertainties roiling trade flows.