Martin Crawford-Brunt, CEO of Lookout Maritime, explores how to turn adversity into advantage and why we should all pay more attention to what our digital footprint says about us.

You can learn useful ideas from a study of the past, but first, some views from the present.

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.

Despite all the talk in recent years about the corporatisation of shipping the family-owned business remains a very key part of the industry with younger generations moving through and taking control.

OCIMF is overhauling its Ship Inspection Report Programme (SIRE) to future-proof the regime and enable it to evolve with changing risks and requirements.

Bryan Reid from RIX Industries explores the use of methanol as a catalyst to on-vessel, on-demand hydrogen production.

Columnist Michael Grey explores the impact the sanction-busting dark tanker fleet could have on the sector’s safety reputation.

The proposed Kra Canal has been seen as a catalyst that could transform shipping industry in the region by shortening navigational distance without having to go around the Malay Peninsula via the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.

A poem by maritime analyst Salim Bhimji was shortlisted for the prestigious Montreal International Poetry Prize.

Profound changes are taking place in global economic and trade patterns, presenting both opportunities and challenges to the shipping industry.