Being a shipping IT professional can be frustrating. You recognise the need to invest in further cybersecurity, but your management team still treat it as a “compliance problem”. But perhaps this is a result of the way cybersecurity has been presented …
Turning IMO2021 into an opportunity instead of a burden Read More »
The familiar theme of the year so far, repeated itself for yet another week. Ship owners opted for more dry bulk second hand tonnage, as the current conditions of increased uncertainty, certainly don’t favor any kind of long-term investment. In its lat…
Ship Owners Still Prefer Read More »
As China’s iron ore needs increase, Japan’s dwindle, in what could be a further sign of the dry bulk market’s instability. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “while Chinese production of steel continues to increase, a slum…
Dry Bulk Market: Japan’s Iron Ore Imports on the Decline Read More »
The shipping industry has already starter using low-sulphur fuels since the start of the year. However, it could soon turn to even “greener” fuels in the coming years and sooner than originally planned. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Gibson sa…
Could Shipping Turn to Alternative Fuels Sooner that Originally Thought? Read More »
Shipping guidelines and recommendations are encouraging shipowners and operators to focus mainly on bureaucratic, procedural controls. This might feel like a cheaper, easier way to address the “cyber security problem”. But there is a risk it will turn …
Security through bureaucracy is pain with limited gain Read More »