If data truly is the new oil, as mathematician Clive Humby observed, the companies that are able to use it in the best possible way have a massive advantage.

As we once again make our way towards winter in the North Pacific, should we be bracing ourselves for another season of container losses or have we, as an industry, started to learn some lessons?

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.

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.

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.

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

In August 2015, two consecutive explosions at a container storage station in China’s Port of Tianjin killed more than 170 people, injured nearly 800 and resulted in billions of dollars in damage. When such a disaster occurs, there are always...

Back in the day, trendy New Yorkers and fashion followers would say something like “Oh, when it a appears in the New York Times (NYT), it’s already old news”.

Accelerated digitalisation in the shipping industry is opening it to a sharp rise in cyber threats, Teo Xiang Zheng, Head of Advisory, Ensign InfoSecurity, examines the situation and the defensive actions companies can take.

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?