Seafarers from two Torm ships will be vaccinated against Covid-19 today and tomorrow under a new US vaccination program. CEO Jacob Meldgaard, who also chairs Danish Shipping, urges other countries to follow suit. "This is really important for seafarers," he tells ShippingWatch. Anglo-Eastern has also accepted the vaccine program.

After years of cautious expansion into logistics, Maersk is now ready to grow at least 10 percent a year, management said this week. In an interview with ShippingWatch, Vincent Clerc, CEO of Ocean & Logistics, lays out the thinking behind Maersk's growth strategy.

South Korean container line HMM exits the first months of the year in an overheated container market with the highest operating result ever. The development will last through at least the second quarter, estimates the company.

Ship manager OSM Maritime, like several other ship managers, halts crew changes for the company's Indian seafarers to avoid any infection on board, the company tells ShippingWatch.

From June, Irish Ferries will deploy a ferry on Dover-Calais, giving DFDS and P&O Ferries an additional competitor on the English Channel's main route. Historically, it has been difficult for three carriers to be profitable here at once, DFDS' chief executive says.