Page 6 - Al-Rashed Newsletter August 2020

SHIPPING WORLD
SHIPPING NEWS

CMA CGM launches humanitarian shipping relief effort for Lebanon
CMA CGM has launched a humanitarian relief effort to ship aid to Lebanon
following the devastating blast at the Port of Beirut earlier this month.The “A
Humanitarian Ship for Lebanon” campaign will see CMA CGM diverting one
its ro-ro vessels from its usual service from Marseille to Beirut over the
coming days to ship relief supplies.

UK ports create a new 'network' as they eye autonomous shipping
The British Ports Association today launched a new initiative looking at the
implications of autonomous shipping for UK ports, including a call for
evidence from interested parties. Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships
(MASS) involves the automation of vessel and onboard processes which
could alter how ports and ships interface with each other. The BPA which
represents the majority of UK port activity, including 85% of the shipping
movements in and out of the country, is keen to explore what the future
developments of shipping will mean for the sector.

The inactive container fleet hits lowest level in 2020
Container shipping lines have resumed several suspended services from
Asia to North America and Europe, and they have furthermore reduced the
number of blank sailings as well as implemented extra loops during
summer's peak season.These initiatives are evident from the inactive
container fleet, which has dipped below 1 million teu for the first time in 2020,
writes analyst firm Alphaliner in its weekly newsletter.As of Aug. 17, the
inactive container fleet stood at 223 vessels with a capacity of 969,000 teu,
equivalent to 4.1 percent of the total container fleet. The inactive fleet is thus
586,959 teu lower than at the latest count in early August, notes Alphaliner.

A COVID-19 laboratory for Jersey—in a shipping container
The island of Jersey has a new tool in its covid-19 testing toolbox: a shipping
container in which 2000 real time polymerase chain reaction (rt-PCR) tests
can be processed every 24 hours. It was delivered to a car park behind
Jersey’s only airport in July.Jersey, 14 miles off the French coast, is a British
crown dependency and self-governing member of the Channel Islands. To
date, covid-19 diagnostic tests on the island have been processed using a
mix of local facilities and laboratories in the UK; PCR capacity is currently
limited to 500 per day,1 although the acquisition of more machines will help
DID YOU KNOW? to expand this by September.2 Two flights every day deliver swab samples to
England for testing at a laboratory in Coventry, with results usually available
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Source : Seatrade-maritime.com, theloadstar.com. shippingwatch.com, bmj.com