According to @LLIntelligence data over 140 boxships, with a combined capacity of nearly 750,000 teu, are waiting near the ports of Shanghai and Ningbo. Another 233,000 teu is at anchor off the Pearl River delta. That's almost 4% of the global box capacity in just two anchorages!
This morning on TradeWinds we have coverage of how the coronavirus crisis in India is affecting the country's shipping and seafaring communities.
https://t.co/croD5soga2
@drybulkone @HJBirkett But @drybulkone LinkedIn also has a shedload of great contacts, content and networking - I hear more about businesses deserting Twitter right now as they can’t see the ROI and it takes too much time
UPDATE: LinkedIn just showed me a video of a kitten trying to get inside a man's loafer, with the legend: "This is what determination looks like."
[*death rattle*]
Trade Winds were kind enough to contact me about my tweets and I wrote this blog about my experiences of the #CrewChangeCrisis
Please read and share this article if you can.
Thank you so much for all of the words of support. So many people are affected by this issue.
Or wafro?- paler peeps, in my case British Romany gypsy but also friends & family from Irish, welsh, Scottish & other heritage have curly hair too ... please don’t forget us #curlyhair@jameelajamil
Indeed @HJBirkett - I’ve realised that Dougal from Father Ted is reincarnated as a recent real life character in that Four in a Bed B&B competition - strange times for sure
We're delighted to announce the inaugural Commissioners to serve on the Maritime Skills Commission, a headline #Maritime2050 deliverable with @transportgovuk.
1) Copy the letter at the following link:
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2) Edit the parts in red with your own details
3) Email it to as many of the Ministers/ Secretaries in the following document as you are able: https://t.co/sy9GkNFkvh
Here's a neat nutshell of what's wrong with maritime media today. First, there was one company reporting (a week late) on a new ammonia-powered ship design, except they said it was ALUMINIUM-powered in the header.3 days later, another title took the same incorrect headlined story