International Viewpoints

Efforts are continuing Sunday to dislodge a massive container ship wedged in the Suez Canal in Egypt, blocking one of the world’s most heavily used shipping […]

The crew change crisis caused by COVID-19 restrictions continues to cause challenges, despite some improvement in the numbers, the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization has […]

by Mikkel Elbek Linnet Fast-tracked by advances in technology and increasing customer demand for sustainable supply chains, A.P. Moller – Maersk accelerates the efforts to decarbonise […]

Sea blindness and a lack of understanding, and a lack of awareness of the maritime sector in its broadest sense is still here today by Alex […]

As marine terminal technology advances and becomes more sophisticated, the demands on terminal IT departments have grown exponentially. IT infrastructure has always been mission-critical to marine […]

by Beth Maundrill It is no secret that 2020 was a challenging year for ports and all those involved in the supply chain but there is […]

The following essay from The World of the Seafarer : Qualitative Accounts of Working in the Global Shipping Industry edited by  Gekara, Victor Oyaro, Sampson, Helen […]

Despite the shock to the global supply chain in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic container shipping proved remarkably resilient in 2020 in terms of volumes […]

by Beth Maundrill As the new year dawns the ports and terminals industry keeps moving forward, despite the challenges it faced over the previous 12 months. […]

The main challenge for women seafarers is a common problem in general for women workers in male-dominated occupations: a lack of awareness and stereotyping about women’s […]