By the end of last week, Maersk had 84 ships that had on average been idling for 18 days outside the world's ports, says Chairman of the Board Jim Hagemann Snabe in an interview with CNBC.

There have been improvements in the comprehensive crew change crisis that's been going on during the coronavirus pandemic, assesses Neptune Declaration in a new report. The effect of the new Covid-19 variant creates uncertainty, however.

The global logistics market is advancing far in 2021 and is going to take over the market seen in 2019 prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, predicts Transport Intelligence. Air freight in particular has grown as a result of bottlenecks in sea and land transport. Growth will diminish in the coming years.

Dry bulk and product tanker carrier Norden alters its structure by reducing three units to two. Among the separate businesses are Dry Operator and Tanker Operator, which are being merged.

Five out of six tender rivals vying for rights to develop Denmark's next offshore wind farm submitted the lowest permitted bid to establish the project's 1GW: Ørsted, CIP and Andel, Total and Iberdrola, and Vattenfall.