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Shipping Containers Get Foldable Design Seen as Cure for Logjams
Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — November 15, 2021 https://gcaptain.com/shipping-containers-get-foldable-design-seen-as-cur...

Few tools of the global economy have survived without major innovations as long as the shipping container. The supply ructions around the world are presenting an opportunity to test that incumbency.

The shipping industry faces a climate crisis reckoning – will it decarbonize?
Maddie Stone 12 Nov 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/12/shipping-industry-cl...

World’s largest shipping company Maersk plans to power new container ships on carbon-neutral methanol but very little of it is produced today

Seafarer’s diet and kidney cancer
Atty. Dennis Gorecho November 14, 2021 https://businessmirror.com.ph/2021/11/14/seafarers-diet-and-kidney-cancer/

The seafarer’s working conditions on board the vessel, including his dietary provisions, can aggravate or increase the risk of contracting ailments like kidney diseases.

Port of Rotterdam the test ground for uncrewed vessel pilot
14 November 2021 https://www.porttechnology.org/news/port-of-rotterdam-to-test-ground-for...

Offshore services company Fugro will dispatch an offshore uncrewed surface vessel (USV) with an electric remotely operated vehicle (eROV) on its first project at the Port of Rotterdam.

The Blue Essence is the first offshore certified USV that can launch an electrically remote-controlled underwater robot.

Fragmented voice of shipping fails in climate change challenge
David Glass | Nov 15, 2021 https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/environmental/fragmented-voice-shippin...

Indeed, the shipowning community is so fragmented its voice is no longer being heard either inside the IMO or outside it was a clear message to emerge from the Greener Shipping Summit held in Athens last week.

Shipowners make payoffs to free vessels held by Indonesian navy near Singapore- sources
Joe Brock November 14, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/shipowners-make-payoffs-free-...

IMO to Establish International Day for Women in Maritime
Mike Schuler November 12, 2021 https://gcaptain.com/imo-to-establish-international-day-for-women-in-mar...

The UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) will establish an International Day for Women in Maritime, a move some say has been a long time coming.

COVID-19 – Singapore launches SeaVax 2.0
13/11/2021 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/covid-19-singapore-launches-seavax-...

Please refer to our previous news item from September linked at the bottom of this page, when the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Singapore Shipping Tripartite Resilience (SG-STAR) Fund launched the SeaVax programme.

The shipping carryouts from COP26
Sam Chambers November 12, 2021 https://splash247.com/the-shipping-carryouts-from-cop26/

From the chilly, grey surroundings of Glasgow, the United Nations packs up its climate summit, COP26, today, ready to head to the sunnier climes of Sharm el-Sheik on the Red Sea next year.

Shipping needs a ringside seat at international debates says InterManager
13/11/2021

Shipping needs a “King Arthur-style” round table of many relevant bodies to fully represent its views at international level and “do it justice”, InterManager’s President Mark O’Neil said during the association’s Annual General Meeting this week.