Shipping: New shipbuilding prices at historic highs May 16, 2024 Near all-time highs are shipbuilding prices for almost all ship categories according to a study by Danish Ship Finance. Continued placement of new orders…
Shipping: The second “front” is the Indian Ocean after the Red Sea February 8, 2024 Attempted piracy attacks against merchant ships in the Indian Ocean have been on the rise recently, while for the first time since 2012 a…
The winners and losers from the crisis in the supply chain January 25, 2024 As the world tries to recover from the inflationary shock, a new threat is coming to commodity prices. With the flare-up in the Red…
Shipping: The winning and losing industries for 2023 January 11, 2024 Shipowners operating tankers, liquefied natural gas carriers and car carriers were all gainers in 2023, in contrast to the container and dry bulk sectors,…
The Five Biggest Challenges for Shipping September 28, 2023 In the not-so-distant past, the shipping industry relied heavily on executive experience, manufacturing reliability, and… “hammer and wrench” analog logic to keep all gears…
Major Ports are threatened to become obsolete due to Climate Change September 21, 2023 These are not science fiction scenarios but an approaching reality and shipping will have to move in time to meet the new forecasts. Large…
The Sea and Capitalism August 17, 2023 “Global capitalism is a marine phenomenon.” With this phrase, Liam Campling and Alejandro Colas, professors at Queen Mary University and Birkbeck College respectively, begin…
Methanol as an alternative fuel for Shipping June 22, 2023 More and more shipping companies are putting methanol as an alternative fuel in the foreground, weighing the pros and cons for shipping use. At…
The first Electric Cruise ship with Giant Solar sails at Sea in 2030 June 15, 2023 A zero-emission electric cruise ship with retractable sails covered in solar panels has been revealed by adventure cruise line Hurtigruten Norway, and it has…