Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has the potential to transform the maritime equipment supply chain. With the adoption of technology enabling printing in metal, vital spare parts and system components can now be printed on demand in locations ar…
Testing the potential of additive manufacturing Read More »
Drewry has downgraded its outlook for multipurpose shipping, which includes both breakbulk and project cargo vessel types, in light of weaker projected global economic growth, greater competition from dry bulk and container sectors, as well as slower s…
Multipurpose shipping outlook bleaker, but growth still expected Read More »
It is true that shipping, along with aviation, is probably the most difficult sector in transport to fully decarbonise. One would assume that the EU is running discussions at high speed to bring the emissions of shipping, one of the largest greenhouse …
Bellona demonstrates Zero-Emission Solution for Shipping Read More »
In this week’s analysis, we again update shipping’s mid-year report, reviewing progress across a range of shipping sector “subjects”. Our overall ClarkSea Index increased 8% y-o-y in the first half, to move marginally above the trend since the financia…
Clarksons: Mid-Year Report for Shipping A Mixed Picture Read More »
This year has not been the easiest of years for iron ore. In January, the collapse of a Vale-owned tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine near the Brazilian municipality of Brumadinho resulted in over 200 deaths. On top of the tragedy, the…
Iron ore on route to recovery Read More »