Opinions & Analysis

Back at the end of January when Covid-19 first started becoming a concern outside of China had you told me that in June Seatrade Maritime News would be publishing multiple stories in a day about ship managers successfully conducting crew changes...

The world economy will recover following the COVID-19 pandemic and it will be the global shipping industry that will be at the forefront of this fightback.

Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), originally envisaged as a collision avoidance tool, have come a long way since their inception in the early 2000’s. Now, AIS is highlighted in the latest set of guidance on US sanctions- aimed squarely at...

As crude oil prices regained their footing in late April in the week prior to a Poten & Partners webinar tanker hires plunged.

When times are bad, you need your friends about to help you. But at the present, the shipping industry seems to be running very short of friendly supporters, when other struggling industrial sectors in many countries are having money chucked at...

There is an old joke among industry insiders that goes something like: “When your local barber starts asking you about which tanker stock to buy, you know that the easy money has already been made.”

Let’s face it: The world as we know it has ended.

It has been a tumultuous few months, with public health worries and economic uncertainty. As the COVID-19 crisis continues, it’s continuing to affect more and more industries in ways we never might have previously imagined.

Dr Martin Stopford, eminent shipping economist and President of Clarkson Research Services, believes that the Covid-19 pandemic could prove to be the catalyst that forces shipping to undergo the radical adjustments needed if it is to get anywhere...

With the Indian government realising the value of the country’s inland waterways to its domestic transport system cargo and passenger traffic is expected to increase substantially.