Fifteen Filipino crew members onboard the Hong Kong-flagged vessel PTI Sextans arrested in Panama are being repatriated on humanitarian grounds despite Covid-19 restrictions.

Before the new year rolled around, the World Bank had put its forecast for Kazakhstan’s economy to grow by 3.7% for the whole of 2020. This would be down slightly from the 4.1% we clocked in 2019, but it was a figure in the positive range...

In a major step forward in getting crew changes moving again Hong Kong is to allow unrestricted exchanges of seafarers.

DNV GL’s ceo for Maritime, Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, last week described the treatment of seafarers in the face of the global pandemic “a disgrace”.

Inmarsat continues to ramp up its response to Covid-19, with additional initiatives to improve seafarer well being.

The inactive container shipping fleet has reached an all time high of 11.6% of the fleet in capacity terms at the end of May, according to analyst Alphaliner.

Certification in infection prevention has been introduced by DNV GL in a move to assist shipping in resuming operations better prepared to cope with Covid-19 or other emerging pathogens.

Singapore has issued a call for proposals for Joint Industry Projects that will help build a resilient and competitive maritime sector post Covid-19.

ZIM Line is targeting the fast-growing e-commerce sector with a new, fast direct service connecting South China ports with Los Angeles.

The Panama Canal is feeling the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic with a substantial drop in ships transit in April and May, Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez, said in a virtual forum organised by a local newspaper.