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Pitch perfect, curbing energy wastage at sea

As the maritime sector enters a period of transformation to a zero carbon future the onus will be on owners to find mitigating technologies...

Woke lines playing the uneven field

Liner shipping companies have had a bumper year with profits in 2020 expected to exceed any year in the history of container shipping. All...

Making a hash of lashing

Container losses – why do they keep happening? Asks Neil Gardiner, managing master mariner, one of the accident investigation team at Brookes Bell. Neil...

ebooking takes the fax and figures out of supply chains

Airlines have Sabre the shipping industry has a fax machine. Adoption of modern technologies within the maritime sector has been slow, but the pandemic...

Smart decision-making and collaborative alignment

We often experience the taking of decisions as being made on the basis of static information. Picture a printed document listing expected arrival and...

Container shipping must Live the digital dream

Dealing with disruption to supply chains is made easier for those digitally savvy companies that took an early leap into the virtual world, says...

Smart Containers and Situational Awareness

How many times have you asked yourself the following questions: Where is the container I shipped? When will it arrive? And in what condition...

Action must follow messages of support for Beirut’s victims

Out of respect for those suffering in the aftermath of the Beirut explosion the shipping industry must reflect on this tragedy, and then come...

Big ships, big headache?

Cargo administration is expanding as fast as ship sizes, as more containers on board the latest ultra large container ships means the documentation must...

Rebooting the global economy

Reefer containers protect food supply and boost developing economies says Anders Holm GM marketing and sales, Maersk Container Industry. Even though government reactions to...

Let’s face it, the world as we know it has ended

Florian Frese is the marketing lead at Container xChange – which connects users and suppliers in container logistics. He is an advocate of driving...

Seafarers in crisis and the support from Maritime Charities

In Seafarer Awareness Week – 6 to 11 July 2020 - Philip Eastell, Founder of Container Shipping Supporting Seafarers, calls for leadership, arguing that...

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OSPAR to ban scrubber discharges

Discharges from ship scrubbers will be banned in internal waters and port areas across the North-East Atlantic by 2027, with further restrictions coming into...

ABS to evaluate floating nuclear power plants

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), CORE POWER, and Athlos Energy have formed a consortium to evaluate the potential deployment of floating nuclear power plants...

HHLA shares solid 2024 financial results

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) shared solid 2024 financial results and key strategic developments at its Annual General Meeting. All items on the...

DACHSER drives from Ireland to the European continent

DACHSER has reintroduced a key logistics route connecting Ireland to continental Europe via the UK, reviving what was once a common practice before Brexit...

Constanta Port secures EU funds

The European financing contract for Stage II of the “Modernization of the Electricity Distribution Infrastructure in the Port of Constanta” project has been officially...
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