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Port of Santos container volumes 2.9% in Jan - Aug

Oct 06, 2022

Container shipping set for ‘short, sharp, hard landing’

Oct 06, 2022

Podcast: In Conversation with Adam Kent, MSI about shipping markets

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West of England P&I Club reports fist underwriting surplus in five years

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Container spot rates plunge 58% since January

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Panama Canal waters overflow on the west lane of the Gatun Locks

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Saudi Aramco to increase OSV fleet by 50% in next five years

Sep 30, 2022

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In trade finance, carbon is back in black

Oct 04, 2022

As the trade world adjusts to international sanctions against Russia and intermittent lockdowns in China’s ports, carbon reduction is...

Trust Data, not dime-a-dozen opinions

Oct 03, 2022

If data truly is the new oil, as mathematician Clive Humby observed, the companies that are able to use it in...

How many containers will we lose this year?

Sep 29, 2022

As we once again make our way towards winter in the North Pacific, should we be bracing ourselves for another...

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You cannot manage what you cannot measure – how data helps ports and terminals breathe easier

Sep 29, 2022

This year’s World Maritime Day is themed around “New Technologies for Greener Shipping” and Tam Pham from RightShip writes about the use of data to help in reducing emissions.

Ship master carries the can

Sep 20, 2022

It is, some have suggested, just a symptom of the way society has changed. If you make a mistake, or take the wrong decision, which leads to what we used to term an “accident” it is likely to become the subject of criminal charges.

Larger vessels linked to higher waiting times at Hamburg port

Sep 15, 2022

With more than 2% of global container shipping capacity idle outside German ports Nidhi Gupta CEO and Co-Founder of Portcast explores the causes of the congestion.

Everyone must adapt to Russian sanctions as the new normal – here’s how

Sep 14, 2022

There is a new reality in global trade to which everyone must adapt – sanctions against Russia are here to stay for the foreseeable future.

Port of Beirut explosion: photo taken days after the explosion from an adjacent building

Explosion risk is flaring up on land and at sea

Sep 09, 2022

In August 2015, two consecutive explosions at a container storage station in China’s Port of Tianjin killed more than 170...

Supply chain disruption, mainstream media, and piecing together the puzzle

Aug 29, 2022

Back in the day, trendy New Yorkers and fashion followers would say something like “Oh, when it a appears in the New York Times...

Bracing for the rising tide of cyber threats against the maritime industry

Aug 18, 2022

Accelerated digitalisation in the shipping industry is opening it to a sharp rise in cyber threats, Teo Xiang Zheng, Head of...

Sweating the assets – a bit of rest for seafarers?

Aug 17, 2022

Smaller crews and growing regulatory burden mean more work for those onboard, but in an industry worried about mental health Michael Grey asks where is the priority for seafarer rest?

Critical concern about container inspections

Jul 14, 2022

It did not seem unreasonable when the International Maritime Organization (IMO) politely required its member states to let them know the state of their regime for the inspection of container contents.

Obstacles to optimisation

Jun 17, 2022

"Just in Time" arrival for vessels seems an obvious winner on all counts, but it is not exactly a new idea.

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