The pandemic has driven the rapid uptake of digitalisation by presenting problems that need fast and remote solutions. It’s a trend that is likely to increase over the coming decade says Martin Wallgren, Chief Information Officer at GAC Group.

Richard Goffin, Ports Director at the South East Ports Cluster at Peel Ports Group, makes the case for unaccompanied short sea freight to counteract ongoing HGV (heavy goods vehicle) issues at Dover, UK.

As shipping moves toward semi-autonomous and autonomous vessels Nir Ayalon, CEO and founder of Cydome, says cybersecurity needs to be at the forefront of people’s minds.

With the Master of APL England facing trial over the vessel being unseaworthy after it lost 50 containers overboard, Michael Grey questions the definition of unseaworthiness.

The wheels of justice, at least in the commercial courts, grind exceedingly slowly - most will have forgotten the casualty to the big containership CMA CGM Libra

As the year draws to a close Louise Elmes, Maritime Law and Litigation Partner at Keystone Law, examines key trends companies in the sector should plan for in 2022.

Seafarers really shouldn’t be afraid of equipment that is supposed to save them, but this is all too often the case, as news of accidents involving lifeboats filters around the seagoing workforce.

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) meets next week, and the shipping industry finds itself on a somewhat curious position.

Will retailers who have effectively become their own shipping lines remain so in the longer term was an interesting question posed by the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) recently.