I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living
February 20th 2024
Good morning, and welcome to my daily Panamax Post column. It’s an overcast 7C morning here in London and another major storm due tomorrow, with heavy rain and gusts of 41mph by midday.
With early morning client meetings, a short intro, so without further ado and much in the news, I wish you good fixtures and safe travels, and now for the news before the headlines
Houthi militants intensified their campaign to disrupt global shipping in the Gulf of Aden after they targeted two American ships
In the three months since the Red Sea disruptions began the situation appears to be heading into a more intense and broadening confrontation
Chinese Coast Guard personnel briefly boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat near Taiwan-controlled islands
US Navy mentioned that the ongoing war against the Houthis is one of the greatest naval battle that the US has fought in many decades
Shipments of Diesel from India into Europe are at the lowest since 2022
The European Union has launched a naval mission to protect Red Sea shipping after the Houthis continued their attacks
A.P. Moller – Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd AGs alliance cuts off direct calls to major ports in Asia
A new partner in Qatar will represent, Dutch heavy lift operator, Jumbo Maritime in the Middle East
Jens Lund and DSV – Global Transport and Logistics’s real estate director have both resigned from the company they owned together with DSV chairman Thomas Plenborg
EU foreign ministers have agreed to send a mission to the Red Sea to protect the international merchant fleet
Unifeeder, which is part of DP World, already has agreements for two methanol-powered vessels
900 tons of lithium batteries waiting to be recycled spontaneously combust in a warehouse in Viviez France
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has recently broken a record for the longest breakbulk cargo it ever handled
CMB.TECH has ordered the world’s first ammonia-powered container vessel in partnership with Yara International Yara Clean Ammonia, North Sea Container Line
INEOS Britannia has suffered damage to its one-design supplied AC40 training boat
David Blackmon talks with Dr. Robert Brooks, the CEO of RBAC, Inc.
The world’s coral reefs are close to 25% larger than we thought
New Directions Technologies Inc. was awarded a contract worth over $111 million from the US Navy
Ardent Mills LLC said it will halt operations at its flour mill in Port Allen, Louisiana by mid-April
dsm-firmenich said it will begin the process of separating out its Animal Nutrition
Twelve tankers are anchored, holding key Rrussian Crude grade
The UKs military technology agency is working on a quantum navigation device
Unifeeder is working with German-based ship-owning group Elbdeich Reederei
Chemship BV is celebrating becoming the first chemical tanker owner in the world to install wind propulsion
Thank you to Adis Ajdin Marcus Hand Vijay Krishna The Maritime Executive Marine and offshore insight gCaptain