When it comes to the world of package delivery, we’ve been taught faster equals better, especially as e-commerce surges to new heights. Thanks to the shift in consumer expectations led by big-box retailers’ promises of...

Watching the scramble to be top dog, or rather favourite maritime fuel of the future, is becoming a fascinating habit. Whereas the likes of the major players in the carriage of ocean freight are...

Carriers have moved to deploy far greater tonnage on the more profitable east-west tradelanes. Capacity deployed on liner services to and from Africa is now 6.5% lower than one year ago. The change...

Shipments to liquid markets down by a third on month, year. UK imports just one cargo in July, Russia using Artic route. Reload patterns illustrate rocketing global demand. A Platts news source says that...

Bernard Looney is demonstrating the ups and downs of transitioning away from oil. The BP chief executive on Tuesday announced expectations-beating second-quarter results, and hiked the company’s dividend. Which is great, except the recent...

A revolutionary new ship-to-ship cargo transfer system has been developed and patented by SafeSTS for the Dynamic Positioning (DP) shuttle tankers sector.  The innovation provides greatly increased flexibility and efficiency for the export of oil...

The toy industry in recent years has grown accustomed to weathering an annual crisis that threatens the holiday season. Every year Christmas still arrives, with lots of toys under Christmas trees. But this...

Classification society DNV has reported another strong month in orders for LNG-powered ships as owners look to slash emissions and costs, says an article published on LNG prime website. June orders  Owners placed in total 21...

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published an AUV Audit Guidance Document (IMCA S 028) to advance a common approach to the auditing of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) and their associated support systems,...

Emerging data from the second quarter shows how China and South Korea, both of which originally opted for harsh lockdowns. They have comfortably exceeded their pre-pandemic peak levels of output, unlike large European...