Talking to the chief executives of both Thome Group and OSM Maritime it was clear that size and the ability to grow further with that scale lay behind the announcement of the largest ship manager consolidation in recent years.

Presuming the DNV ransomware attack was successful, it is only a matter of time before any stolen data appears on marketplaces, according to security experts.

Ship managers Thome Group and OSM Group are to merge to achieve size and scale to meet the growing complexities of the business.

The maritime industry broadly agrees that digitalisation is a positive, but holds a range of beliefs that ultimately slow its adoption and progress, according to a report.

The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has updated the wave data which underpins many classification society calculations.

The number of incidents of piracy report to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) fell again in 2022, despite a rise in incidents in Southeast Asia.

Su-Nav is a relatively new name to the world of third-party ship management but has a strong commitment to training for the future including having cadets on board all vessels it manages.

South Korea has introduced Covid testing and quarantine for crew coming from Chinese ports that want to disembark or take shore leave.

China has canceled the crew change measures against Covid-19 after downgrading Covid-19 management from Class A to Class B.