A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER: Pandemic notwithstanding, global ports report stability, growth 2020 December 01: As this ‘year like no other’ entered its final weeks, a majority of the world’s cargo ports were
Read More2020 - A year like no other Presidential elections in the USA helped in no small measure to make 2020 a year like no other. The world’s communications media - public and social - garnered as much publ
Read More2020 October 01: The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), on International Day of the Seafarer (June 25, 2020) sounded the alarm about the plight of seafarers. And, within a week, posted on its w
Read MorePort activity during COVID-19 - cruise hit hard, cargo…not so much 2020 October 1: Not many saw it coming and no one could have planned for it. In a matter of a few short months, the world was near pa
Read MoreSTRANDED AT SEA: Seafarers ‘stuck at sea’ a threat to global stability Make them global-essential ‘Key Workers’ 2020 October 01: As the sun rose on World Maritime Day 2020, the fate of almost one mill
Read MoreSuicide is now the foremost cause of deaths amongst seafarers, an “… isolated, vulnerable, and globally essential workforce.” 2020, October 1: As the global death toll from COVID-19 increased, spreadi
Read MoreMake the world’s seafarers Global Key Workers t the time of going to press, our world as we knew it changed, in some respects, radically. The current year was barely a third of the way through when it
Read MoreA YEAR LIKE NO OTHER: CLIA suspends global cruise industry 2020 April 2: On March 13, 2020, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) took extreme action by suspending cruise ship operations from
Read MoreVirgin’s Ladies for the Caribbean 202, April 2: The Virgin brand has entered the Caribbean cruise world. The flagship of Virgin Voyages mv Scarlet Lady, was scheduled to make her maiden voyage on Apri
Read MoreMARTINIQUE: Creating a green port in 10 years 2020 April 2:“Towards a green port by 2030” is the theme that the Port of Martinique has adopted in its aggressive programme to reduce the carbon footprin
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