Seafarers are sharing their maritime voyages across social media to mark the Day of the Seafarer 2022. The maritime world is changing, fast. Ships are now operating greener, with greater digitization,…
by Costas Frangeskides and Olubi Adejobi, Wordley Partnership Solicitors Sanction measures are a means by which a Country or coalition of Countries, for instance NATO, EU or UN, apply restrictive…
Piraeus, 22.6.2022 – The Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) welcomes the proposed revisions of the EU ETS Directive regarding the shipping sector. The introduced improvements in the text of the…
MAY 25, 2022 CIRCULAR NO. 16/22 TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: UK GENERAL TRADE LICENCE DATED MARCH 17, 2022 – REPORTING OF VESSEL CALLS TO RUSSIA AND OF VESSELS TRANSITING RUSSIAN…
ECB interest rate hesitancy behind currency misalignments By Bob Bischof and David Marsh The European Central Bank’s hesitancy in raising interest rates to counteract spiralling inflation is compounding problems of…
The Markets, particularly the Dry ones fell raising eyebrows; let us hope is a tempo fall as summer is here. The despicable war in Ukraine continues and unimaginable things will…
Capes’ rise lifts the BDI – now standing at 2,718, whilst Wets remain with mixed feelings. The Third World War continues with the Russian aggression in Ukraine – and possibly…
New risks have Europe updating its civil defenses, but are nations rebuilding or reinventing? Up-to-date civil defense can make a difference in saving lives in what might be a more…
Post Easter Market losses whilst the Ukrainian inferno will last and spill over like Covid… A crucial second Easter Week given the Orthodox Easter but with unorthodox combat. Shame! John…
Good Morning Monaco Monday, April 11, 2022 One more elderly death linked to pandemicA 92 year-old resident suffering from coronavirus symptoms has died, the Government announced on the morning of…
THE DAILY UPDATE – Saturday 2 April 2022 Why the labour market won’t fuel US inflation By Julian Jacobs Despite low unemployment and high inflation, fears that tight labour markets…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) fell one point since yesterday and now stands at 2,357; on a weekly basis same was down 67 points – from 2,544 last week (25/03).…
Good Morning Monaco Friday, April 1, 2022 Monaco’s Orthodox worshippers venerate 13th Century IconOne of the Orthodox Church’s most holy and ancient icons visited Monaco on Thursday, March 31, an occasion…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost 60 points since last Friday the 25h of March as well as the 2,500 points threshold. Brace for Ukraine as the despicable mess continues.…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was down three points since yesterday and now stands at 2,588… Ukraine: calling everybody’s bluff… Covid spreads; the fourth doze please… John Faraclas’ brief daily…
Markets try hard to remain buoyant whilst the despicable events in Ukraine and Covid’s rise coupled with the already existing recession might lead Planet Ocean to a point of no…
The UGS welcomes and supports the decision of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Extraordinary Council Session about the urgent establishment of a safe maritime corridor The IMO at the Extraordinary…
Markets, Geopolitics and Covid: what a week that was… Next week? The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was up 14 points since yesterday at 2,718 and 570 since last Friday the…
Dry surge continues whilst Dirties fell again. Ukraine will cause incalculable repercussions to all. Covid still firm… The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) gain 146 points since yesterday surpassing both the…
The BDI@2,558 whilst Wets are falling; mess in Ukraine and Covid remains out at large The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) …accelerated with Capes’ triple digit rise; Wets strangely enough fell.…
The Dry surge continues, whilst Wets fall amid Ukrainian despicable and inhumane mess… The BDI (Baltic Dry index) gained another 117 points since yesterday and now stands at 2,352 surpassing…
Buoyant Markets amid uncertainty in Ukraine and Covid The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was up 87 points since Friday the 4th of March and now reads 2,235 surpassing the 2,200…
IMO calls Extraordinary Council Session The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will hold an Extraordinary Session of its Council to address the impacts on shipping and seafarers of the situation in…
UN agencies renew call to support seafarers and protect supply chains during COVID pandemic ILO, IMO, UNCTAD and WHO reiterate calls for vaccination and crew change The International Labour Organization…
No easy ride for Putin Good Morning Monaco Friday, February 25, 2022 No easy ride for Putin following Ukraine attackUKRAINE NEWS ROUND-UP Updated 00:01 February 25: Ukrainians put up fierce resistance…