Opinions & Analysis

During the past year, the ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) theme has been rapidly infused into the maritime investment space.

Sanctions on trade have become a critical component in the toolkit of US foreign policy professionals, with the shipping business, at all levels, increasingly caught in the crosshairs.

When did you last have a day off, enjoy a free weekend or the extra bonus of a public holiday? In the case of most of us, it wouldn’t be so far back that we could barely remember it.

Industrial action on the waterfront is causing increasing disruption to the movement of ships and the movement of vital goods upon which Australian families rely.

The future of fuels for shipping, as the industry looks towards 2050, is teeming with possibilities. One influential consortium which has sought to guide the industries moves away from oil-based fuels towards a carbon free future is SEA\LNG.

Almost six months after Chinese shipbuilders resumed operations following the country’s extended lockdown, production is starting to return to more normal levels at the world’s largest shipbuilding market.

The second quarter financial reporting season is in full swing and container lines results rather than being the expected bloodbath with statements full of red ink are in general actually more profitable than they were a year ago.

Dry bulk shipowner Safe Bulkers (SB) announced that it was initiating a programme for issuing up to $23.5 million of shares, at the market, sometimes called an “ATM” offering.

If you ignore a problem, maybe it will go away. In the way that the seafaring community continues to be treated by responsible governments, this would seem to sum up much of the collective attitude of the authorities around the world, faced with...

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