The business section of any publication is usually chock full of indices like the S&P, ZEW and the CPI, all of which are used by investment professionals to help gauge the health of the economy. However, when it comes to the shipping industry, whic…
Decoding the Baltic Dry Index Read More »
This week we interview the manager of a maritime hedge fund to discuss his views on finance in shipping markets. What are today’s smart investment opportunities? Greener fuels, optimization and automisation of the logistics chain (artificial intelligen…
Imagine several ships en route from departure port ‘A’ to arrive at different ports around the world, each at a given time. These ships have no captain or crew on board and can navigate, dock, load, unload and refuel on their own and are maintained by …
Maritime autonomy: A bridge too far Read More »
Over half of shore-based maritime employees are actively looking to change jobs and nearly two thirds are worried about job security. Today (Tuesday 26 March) international maritime industry recruiter Halcyon Recruitment, in collaboration with training…
The Propulsion Condition Monitoring Service (PCMS) is Wärtsilä’s Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) solution for propulsion equipment. By carrying out measurements of critical parameters such as vibrations and oil condition, as well as operational param…