The newbuilding activity has been severely impacted by the effects of the pandemic on global trade and shipping in general, with owners scaling back their investments. It’s a situation, in which one has to include the already high uncertainty caused by…
Newbuilding Activity Heavily Impacted by the Pandemic and Environmental Regulations Read More »
Since the BIMCO Shipping KPI system was launched in 2011, the system has been based on a rating concept. With the release of BIMCO Shipping KPI version 4 at the end of September, the rating concept will be replaced by a ranking concept as dominant benc…
New Benchmarking Concept Will Dominate Shipping KPI Read More »
Global supply chains for goods and commodities were already fractured before Covid-19 arrived. All the pandemic did was amplify the “profound fault lines” in the functioning of those chains and lay bare where improvements need to be made, according to …
Resilience, reshoring and the ultimate trade shock Read More »
Ship owners looking to scrap their older vessels, are more likely to find a good deal in the Pakistani scrapyard market. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Clarkson Platou Hellas said that “it has been a week emphasizing how this market is ever ch…
Pakistan Leading Demolition Market Price-Wise Read More »
In 2019, there were numerous discussions in the marine industry over how the transition to 0.5% fuels would pan out, with concerns about a wide variety of issues. Which predictions were right? To address this question, Gard held a series of webinars in…
IMO 2020: A review of the transition to VLSFOs Read More »