Regulation

A Covid-19 cluster has been found onboard the bulker Patricia Oldendorff in the port of Pilbara Western Australia.

Continuing initiatives to develop Hainan as a special economic zone in China is offering a value-added tax concession for vessels registered there.

In a tightening of measures by China international trading vessels that call the country within 14 days of crew change will need to provide negative Covid-19 test results.

With the crew change crisis now affecting an estimated 800,000 seafarers the International Chamber Shipping warned a UN event a failure to resolve the situation could lead to a global trade logjam.

Seatrade Maritime is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Panama Maritime Review by hosting a series of webinars that will look at different sectors of the maritime industry.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has reappointed Esben Poulsson as its chairman for a further two-year term.

Shipping must prepare for and start on its decarbonisation pathway without delay, said Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, DNV GL’s ceo, Maritime, as he launched the fourth edition of the classification society’s Maritime Forecast to 2050 at a webinar yesterday.