The coronavirus pandemic dealt a severe blow to global merchandise trade. Data from weekly port calls by container ships show early but uneven signs of recovery.
Just over a year after its launch in August 2019, Maersk’s AE19 ocean-rail product from Asia to Europe becomes a permanent weekly service responding to increased customer demand.
Plans include increasing the draft to enable larger vessels to be received and allow local traders more economical import of refined products and access to re-export markets.
Researchers from the University of Plymouth have collaborated on a new study which for the first time shows the full extent of human development in oceans.
The California Air Resources Board has announced it will update its regulation on reducing pollution from ocean-going vessels while docked at California’s busiest ports.
