Opinions

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. […]

Currently there are vessels sailing close to the 22,000 TEU mark. This is something that was unimaginable 10 or 15 years ago. I’m not saying that […]

The blast that killed hundreds of people in the Lebanese port of Beirut earlier in August has left many wondering what could have been done to […]

“Getting the crew back on land and at the same time providing remote support is essential ” With 800,000 still affected, the plight of seafarers is […]

Following excerpts from the Opening address by the author as the Secretary-General of IMO to the  First FIN-SMART Roundtable on Financing Sustainable Maritime Transport by Kitack […]

There are more than 60,000 ships in the world, which engines emit almost 2.5% of the world’s greenhouse gases. by Hannes Lilp Hydrogen or battery technologies? […]

Driving the digitalization of shipping is more important than ever. Increased data collection, processing and interconnectivity capabilities, enable automated systems to be controlled remotely or through […]

Players in the shipping market are attempting to innovate, collaborate with other stakeholders, participate in technology platforms trying to find the proper formula in order to […]

As the rush to digital solutions pauses, respect for the role of seafarers has come from an unusual place. It should not surprise us because the […]

Building upon the principle of standardisation in the physical world, standardisation and containerisation of the informational side of shipping can now produce efficiencies in information sharing […]