Sailing during the COVID-19 pandemic

I finally got home in end-July even though I had completed my contract in mid- May only because the company I work with decided to divert the ship in order to effect a change of crew. Some of the crew members who got off the ship with me had completed 13 months onboard.

Blockchain cryptocurrency in shipping?

Cryptocurrency has been all the rage in recent news with Bitcoin hitting an all-time high of USD 19,700 odd in mid-Dec ’17 and there on falling to current rates of about USD 10,500 odd in Jan ’18 after hovering around the USD 200 mark around early 2015. Other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, Litecoin and Ripple have made substantial gains this year as well. But they have mainly been used in trading and used as a mode of payment for few businesses that have started accepting them.

 

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But now, that is set to change