Until relatively recently, topics relating to cybersecurity have been the domain of the IT department. Today, however, securing Operational Technology (OT) is becoming critical for business. In the marine industry in particular, ships are becoming more…
Cybersecurity looks to the cloud to protect data at sea Read More »
Traditionally, a ship agent (as a representative of the owner, the charterer -or both- of a visiting ship), ensures that the essential requirements for a ship visit are arranged and met. Therefore, they have an important monitoring role, before and dur…
Rethinking maritime businesses for the digital age: the evolving role of ship agents Read More »
Capesize The Capesize market came to work on Monday, with little expectation, or confidence, that the days ahead were going to bring anything other than fallout from Coronavirus. While this was a relatively simple assessment to make, it was without com…
Capesizes: Iron Ore Flows To China, Bunkers Down Read More »
The Asia-Oceania container trade continues to deal with challenges from the COVID-19 coronavirus, although blanked sailings on the trade are starting to dwindle back down. It appears China has reached its peak with new COVID-19 cases, while cases in Au…
Asia-Oceania container trade sees blanked sailings begin to dwindle Read More »
With no end in sight to the Covid-19-related disruption to world trade, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has published a sobering preliminary economic downside scenario. It expects a $2 trillion shortfall in global income with a $220…
The sting in Covid-19’s tail Read More »