The container liner shipping industry carries about 60% of the goods (by value) that are moved internationally by sea. To do so, container shipping lines (carriers) deploy about 5,100 containerships worldwide and provide approximately 400 scheduled lin…
“Invoicing and payment processes in global container shipping: ready for disruption?” Read More »
Container freight rates on the key Far East-Europe route have seen significant volatility over recent years, and after improving in 2017 appear to have eased back again recently. Against this backdrop, comparing trends in cascading and deployed capacit…
Far East-Europe Box Freight Rates: Mapping The Progress Read More »
Sustained pressure on governments to regulate the shipping sector’s climate impact has finally resulted in a pledge to require international shipping to at least halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. However, states meeting at the International M…
After UN deal on shipping emissions, it’s now up to Europe ‘to get things moving’ Read More »
With less than two years before the sulphur cap comes into force, LNG is looking more plausible as the marine fuel of the 21st Century. Many shipowners are still weighing up the dilemma of how to comply with the stringent new rules on sulphur emissions…
LNG: fuel of the future? Read More »
The traditional class and statutory survey regime consisting of annual and five-year cycles has been shown to be too rigid for mobile offshore units (MOUs). Leveraging advanced digital technology, DNV GL’s revised Offshore Rules published in January 20…
New rules for MOUs – Classification for smarter operations Read More »