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Maritime set to help vaccinate the world

Dominating the past year’s news has been the pandemic, mainly about the social distancing and lock-down regimes in various countries, but also the heralded...

Key steps to a high performance maritime industry

Taking digitalisation one step at a time will offer a resilient, safe and sustainable maritime ecosystem for all those involved in the supply chain...

VLSFO – fact Vs. fiction

IMO 2020 compliant fuels have been in use for over a year, largely without incident. So why the continued vilification? The International Bunker Industry...

Logistics can be a shot in the arm

Lessons from the pandemic must be learned. What the virus has taught us so far is that working in isolation, as an industry or...

Port call optimisation: Two sides of the same coin

Good communications are critical for developing just-in-time ship calls at ports, giving both the lines and port facilities predictability as ships arrive.  To achieve...

A week on the US West Coast during the Covid pandemonium

As the pandemic has progressed through 2020 we have seen the ups and downs of economic activity and the struggles of an industry to...

Call for new ‘Marshall Plan’ for Port Digitalisation

Emerging and developing nations need to accelerate trade digitalisation. Pre-empting the second story in the Digital Series, to be published on Monday, Pascal Ollivier,...

Will Joe Biden’s Presidency benefit container shipping? 

With the US election finalised and Biden now in office, VesselsValue’s AIS & Trade Manager Charlotte Cook – analyses trade data for the container...

Rain in a box is precipitation with a cost

Eugenio Ferri is the co-founder and director of EPG Industries. Through a global network of dedicated offices and specialised distributors, he is working with...

Two sides of the same coin

Modern industries demand better service levels and the pandemic has spurred the process of change in the supply chain. Next year could be a...

Click and connect; clever boxes supply the link in the chain

Digital supply chains require information that is instantly accessible in order for the chain to hold together. Smart containers will supply that link, offering...

Rebuilding the maritime ecosystem, a job for innovators

Business re-engineering is critical as new technology offers new tracks to follow rather than re-treading old avenues. Synchronisation and connectivity are key to avoid...

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Container ship orderbook crosses 10 million TEU mark

For the first time in history, the container ship orderbook has topped 10 million TEU, according to Linerlytica. Newbuilding commissions in the past year has...

What Do Forex and Equity Indices Reveal About Trade Flows

Forex and equity indices work like two gauges on a dashboard, each telling a story about global trade flows. Currency prices often move first, hinting...

Turkey blocks Israeli-linked vessels at ports

Turkey has taken a significant step in its ongoing tensions with Israel by restricting access to its ports for vessels linked to the country,...

Analysis: Geopolitical disruptions redraw maritime trade

Global container port rankings in the first half of 2025 reveal a shipping industry in flux, as geopolitical disruptions and shifting carrier strategies redraw...

C.H. Robinson unveils AI-powered premium service

C.H. Robinson has launched its Always-on Logistics Planner, a premium service powered by a growing network of AI agents. Designed to ensure continuous execution quality...
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