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Transform to survive in a digital future

Digital transformation was a leading corporate agenda item prior to the outbreak of Covid, but the pandemic has acted as a catalyst to move...

Practicing good ‘cyber hygiene’

Phishing, malware and ransomware attacks against shipping companies increased by 400% through the first months of 2020, as reported in the Allianz Shipping and...

Regional carriers are benefiting from the shrunk ocean carriers’ activity in the Mediterranean and Black Sea

It has been well noted that global ocean carriers reoriented a fair chunk of their capacities to the Transpacific and Asia-Europe tradelines from the...

ITF: Transport workers not to blame for supply chain congestion, holiday shipping delays

Dockers, seafarers, and road transport workers are challenging the narrative from capital that they are the cause of supply chain disruption and potential delays...

Whale-Safe certification to facilitate whale-ship collisions issue

While 7 out of 13 great whale species are on the trajectory to extinction given pervasive overfishing and being caught as ‘by-catch’, colliding with...

Let software take the strain

Liner shipping is on course to return a cumulative profit in excess of $150 billion this year which, incredibly, is five times more than...

Winds are blowing in sustainability-linked bond sails

IMO targets for emissions reductions All eyes in the shipping industry are fixed on de-carbonization and environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. Mileposts have been...

VesselsValue demolition report, June – October 2021

Since the end of the first half of the year, there have been 163 cargo vessels sold for demolition, a 4.5% increase on the...

VesselsValue Report: 2021 Port Congestion

Vessel and port congestion levels in 2021 so far have been unprecedented, significantly impacting capacity in the Container and Bulker sectors and disrupting global...

Looming Christmas crisis due to ongoing congestion chaos

Global supply chain issues are threatening Christmas deliveries to retailers, as we’ve seen sustained port congestion in the US, and now parts of the...

NVOCC, the underrated service provider in global logistics

Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC or NVO) or sometimes called Box Operators are those carriers who offer port to port services similar to...

Unblocking the paper-jam

When Malcolm McLean laid the foundations for what’s now become the global containerisation phenomenon, his vision was for standardisation across the entire supply chain....

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The global container shipping industry is entering uncharted waters as it sails into an era of unprecedented fleet utilization, with idle capacity plunging to...

Wärtsilä hybrid propulsion to power four new Vertom vessels

Wärtsilä has secured a contract to deliver a fully integrated hybrid propulsion solution for four new 10,700 DWT geared tween decker vessels being constructed...

Port of Ventspils receives first electric crane

Stena Line Ports Ventspils JSC has officially taken delivery of its first electric Konecranes Gottwald ESP.7 Mobile Harbor Crane. The new machine marks a major...

KEZAD Group unveils KEZAD Business District

Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (KEZAD) has announced the launch of the KEZAD Business District, a landmark mixed-use commercial development located within the KEZAD...

New US logistics firm launches operations

A new veteran-led logistics company, Gulf of America Logistics (GOAL), has commenced operations to meet surging demand for project cargo services across the US...
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