Cyprus is one of three flags P&O Ferries’ ships are registered with, the other two are Bermuda and the Bahamas. All three should have been notified and consulted on the sackings – at least 45 days in advance in the Cypriot case. Deputy shipping minister Vasilios Demitriades told Logistic-News...

Speaking exclusively to Logistic-News, Odessa-based consultancy Informall said the first train was due to leave DP World’s TIS Pivdennyi terminal in Port Yuzhnyi, 40km east of Odessa this week. However, it added, although the service had been announced, such operations  were “very challengin...

A second attempt to free the vessel by salvor Donjon Smit is expected to be made at high tide on Sunday and Monday with the tugs added to by two anchored pulling barges. Sources close to the salvage team have said that if the second attempt failed, cargo would be unloaded to lighten the vessel ...

Baltimore Port executive director William Doyle said the first attempt to refloat the ship would use five tugs, two pushing on the vessel’s starboard side, two pulling from port side and the fifth pulling from the stern. Mr Doyle added that if the bid failed a second reflotation attempt would take...

It is not a simple matter to replace ferry crews, the many accidents around the world with ro-ro vessels have taught us that a well trained crew can save lives in emergencies, and can prevent emergencies from happening. Read more... ...

The Costamare-owned 4,578 teu vessel was en route to Seattle from Yantian, but will now be diverted to another port to handle around 100 damaged boxes still on board. Maersk told Logistic-News: “We regret to confirm that the 4,578 teu, Liberia-flagged vessel Dyros, chartered and operated by Maersk,...

This time, the changes are buried in the multi-page packing instructions 965 and 968 of the 63rd edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations. Neither lithium ion nor lithium metal batteries can be sent under the Section II provisions. The effect of this is that all lithium batteries sent on thei...

Vessel owner Evergreen has appointed Houston salvage company Donjon Smit to work with the US Coastguard to refloat the stricken box ship. Matthew Abbott, author of the local Baltimore Shipspotting blog, told Logistic-News: “The depth where the ship is grounded is about seven metres. “There’s a ...

A survey into cyber-attacks on the maritime industry by CyberOwl and law firm HFW, collating findings from 200 C-suite respondents, found that only 3% reported that their company had paid a ransom – yielding a scary, but statistically insignificant, ‘average’ payout of $3.1m. Though the 3% fig...

According to WKW, professional salvors have been appointed by Evergreen to help refloat the ship, out of action since Sunday after running aground in Chesapeake Bay, US. WKW said reports into the cause of the accident “indicate that the vessel strayed from the narrow fairway of the Chesapeake Bay ...