“While autonomous technology is available, the biggest challenge is building trust in automated systems that can function safely in many different maritime situations without human intervention,” explains DNV’s SAFEMATE Project Manager Grunde Løvoll. D…
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Capesize Activity in the Capesize market had the 5TC pushing in value over a few days in midweek. However, pessimism prevailed as the rates dropped down to close the week -895, settling at $12,807. Some chatter in the market expects an improvement in r…
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Ocean carriers on the Asia to West Coast trade are fast approaching the point where they will lose money on every container they haul as plummeting spot rates sink near pre-pandemic levels and bump up against a new break-even level driven by falling vo…
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As world leaders gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for COP27 on November 7-8, emissions from shipping remained a key focus. While shipping is not covered by the Paris Climate Accord – the main thrust of COP27 – the decarbonisation of the …
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2022 to date has seen a total of 292 Container sales, with the majority of these transactions taking place in the in the first half of the year. In October there were just nine Container sales reported, compared to 47 in January, a decrease of 81%. Of …
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