In a filing with the SEC, Athens-headquartered dry bulk operator Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE:DSX) reports that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Simeon Palios, has tested positive for the novel COVID-19 virus.
Hamburg, Germany, headquartered Danica Crewing Services is urging ship operators to exercise caution when making crew changeovers while the coronavirus outbreak continues to rampage. Responding to industry calls for seafarers to be
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to its maximum capacity by purchasing 77 million barrels of American-produced crude oil. Last week, DOE announced a
Oslo, Norway, headquartered RO/RO specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen says that, with the coronavirus situation evolving rapidly across the globe, it is taking precautionary steps to adjust its operations and safeguard its liquidity going
Singapore-based Unix Line Pte Ltd., the primary ship management arm of MOL Chemical Tankers, is to pay a fine of $1.65 million in the case in which crew members onboard the Zao
As coronavirus-related travel and other restrictions increase, the International Chamber of Shipping and the International Transport Workers’ Federation have written a joint open letter to the heads of four United Nations agencies
Kitack Lim, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is urging “a practical and pragmatic approach, in these unusual times, to issues like crew changeovers, resupply, repairs, survey and certification and
In a statement on the impact of the coronavirus on the maritime industry, Federal Maritime Commissioner Carl Bentzel notes that, in response to its effects on Chinese manufacturing and logistics services, ocean
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG) reports that its subsidiaries have completed the purchase of three U.S.-flagged crude oil carrier vessels, the Alaskan Explorer, Alaskan Legend, and Alaskan Navigator from BP Oil
Lois Zabrocky, CEO of International Seaways Inc., will be the next person to be crowned with an admiral’s hat when she steps into the role of the Connecticut Maritime Association’s (CMA) Commodore
