Tag: coronavirus

April 10, 2020

The port said that its March cargo volumes reached 449,568 TEUs marking a 30.9 % fall year-on-year and a drop to the lowest monthly cargo level since February 2009. For the first quarter of 2020, volumes at the port have […]

April 9, 2020

The guidelines are calling on the EU member states to create a network of ports where crew changes can take place without delays. The prolonged stay of seafarers on board ships has been a hot topic over the past few […]

April 8, 2020

Tesla Inc. will furlough noncritical employees without pay and temporarily cut executive salaries as much as 30% to conserve cash while the coronavirus pandemic forces the shutdown of much of its operations. In the U.S., those ranked vice president or […]

April 8, 2020

It’s hard to get a full picture of the massive toll the epidemic has taken on transportation workers across sectors, but we tried to come close in a team story published Tuesday. The numbers are perhaps starkest among transit agencies, […]

April 7, 2020

The world’s biggest lockdown has brought transportation of goods in India to a near halt, even though the federal government has exempted the sector from restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus. Daily movement of trucks has collapsed to less […]

April 7, 2020

The federal government ordered airlines accepting financial aid to maintain minimal service levels to cities they served before the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the transportation system, but made adjustments for low-cost carriers and those that fly to some destinations only part […]

April 6, 2020

This scenario is based on the freight rates decline experienced by carriers in 2009 and is being made on the back of a new wave of blank sailings from last week pushing the total to 212. Multiple services have been […]

April 3, 2020

Today at 5 p.m. marks the initial deadline for airlines to apply for federal grants that must go toward paying their employees. Carriers that apply afterward “may not receive approval as quickly,” according to the Treasury Department. Secretary Steven Mnuchin […]

April 3, 2020

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) estimates that around 314 out of 385 cruise ships that are owned and operated by the major cruise lines are currently laid up. Many of the vessels have hundreds of seafarers onboard as governments […]

April 2, 2020

Boeing Co. is offering buyouts to its entire staff of 161,000 people and weighing new output reductions as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to depress aircraft sales for years. The planemaker is considering another cut to wide-body production beyond what was […]

April 1, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic locked down countries and disrupted global supply chains, the Great Lakes shipping season got underway last week. American and foreign freighters are expected to transport cargo throughout the more than 100 ports of call in the […]

April 1, 2020

There’s now a full-throated push on from the White House to include infrastructure in the next round of coronavirus legislation. Here’s the presidential proclamation, by way of tweet: “With interest rates for the United States being at ZERO, this is […]

March 31, 2020

Maersk spokesperson told our publication that the tests from a total of seven seafarers evacuated from the ship last week came in yesterday, March 30. To remind, the seafarers on board the Danish-flagged containership Gjertrud Maersk were taken to a […]

March 31, 2020

Seafarers are being retained on vessels after sign-off, left ashore in foreign countries unable to return to their families, and deprived of information as port authorities ban crew change-overs and limit the movement of foreign nationals to curb the pandemic […]

March 30, 2020

JASON YOUNG GOT up at 4am Friday. It was his daughter’s birthday, so he’d taken the early shift at the Giant Food grocery store in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he manages the seafood department. Most of his colleagues drive to […]

March 27, 2020

Toyota Motor Corp.’s idled manufacturing facilities in the U.S. will make much-needed face shields and masks, and the Japanese automaker is closing in on deals with medical-device makers to help them boost production. The carmaker said March 27 it will […]

March 26, 2020

Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Honda and Toyota took steps March 26 to restart North American factories that have been closed to protect workers from the coronavirus. The plants would reopen in early or mid-April, restoring the largest source of cash for […]

March 25, 2020

Lyft is offering free or discounted bike-share trips to workers fighting the coronavirus. The ride-hail company is inviting certain workers in New York City, Boston, and Chicago to sign up for free, one-month memberships or discounted trips. Lyft says it’s […]

March 25, 2020

According to the carrier, many ports in China have so far returned to normal operations, and scheduled sailings and bookings ex-China are gradually increasing. As explained, the company is doing ‘everything in its power’ to maintain uninterrupted service, with no […]

March 24, 2020

MS Zaandam, which is carrying 1,243 passengers and 586 crew members, reported that 13 of its passengers and 29 crew have influenza-like symptoms. As informed, all ill persons have been isolated and their close contacts placed in quarantine. “Since it […]