The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has expressed serious concerns regarding the increasing disruptions to global trade. UNCTAD has stated that a complex crisis affecting vital trade routes has arisen due to...Read more
Crew changeThe crew change crisis caused by Covid-19 restrictions continues to cause challenges, despite some improvement in the numbers, the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization has warned. Currently, some 200,000 seafarers are waiting to be...Read more
ShippingThe German shipowners association VDR warns that the pandemic has an even bigger impact on the country’s shipping industry than the financial crisis of 2008. “Substantial segments of the German merchant fleet are foreseeably endangered...Read more