Seafarers' COVID-19 vaccines need to prioritized. The amid concerns that a lack of vaccines for crew members could leave global supply chains vulnerable. As of March, UN officials had issued a joint statement. All United Nations Member States have to focus on seafarers's COVID-19 immunization programmes. The race between...
Coronavirus outbreak triggers shipping container crisis. Container market risks chaos to 2022 after Covid-19 outbreak in China The existing demand is currently outpacing the supply in the container market. There are only two companies in the world that build and sell shipping containers, and both are...
90% of food, fuel, raw materials and finished goods in the world are delivered by sea. For this reason, the safety of seafarers is a very important issue in the maritime industry. Let’s take a look at Seafarers Safety in details. Shipping is one of the...
It’s been almost 15 months since International Maritime Organization’s fuel oil sulfur limit regulation came into force. Let’s review this period and talk about the future expectations. According to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) new regulations which came into force on January 1, 2020, the maximum sulfur...
Here are the cruise market expectations for 2021 based on the latest developments in the industry. The value of the passenger ships continues to drop sharply as the COVID-19 pandemic freezes the cruise industry. According to the VesselsValue’s report, the total value of the 474 cruise ships...
Here are the top 10 biggest ports in the world, considering their size, cargo handling capacity, and the container traffic passing through them together. 10. Port of Rotterdam After having served as the largest port in the world for 42-years between 1962 and 2004 before it was...
Let’s take a closer look at the biggest 20 ports in Turkey, based on their cargo handling capacity. Bordered by four different seas, Turkey has a total coastline of 8,333 kilometers. Thus, it’s no surprise that there are almost 200 ports and piers in total in...
Esteemed members of the international and national maritime industry came together at a dinner party hosted by Zeymarine Ship Agencies & Services on the Matilda boat departed from Kuruçeşme, İstanbul on the evening of 29 August. As Zeymarine Ship Agencies & Services, we said goodbye...