Of booms and busts, regulations and ruminations Of booms and busts, regulations and ruminations

February was a month of misery for dry bulk owners with the Baltic Dry Index hitting its record low and showing little intention of recovering so…

March 5, 2015 – Uncategorized

Can’t comply – won’t comply? Can’t comply – won’t comply?

Since January 1 this year, ships operating in the Baltic and North Sea Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs) have been required to burn fuel …

March 5, 2015 – ニュース

Sustaining the blue economy Sustaining the blue economy

The World Ocean Council was founded in 2009 and it’s probably fair to say that at the time, some in the shipping industry were not sure what…

February 23, 2015 – Uncategorized

Our Round up of the news in January 2015 Our Round up of the news in January 2015

Expanded role for UNCLOS World governments have agreed that the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) should be expanded to include a…

February 9, 2015 – ニュース

High noon for the noon report? High noon for the noon report?

Peter Mantel, Managing Director of BMT SMART happily admits he struggles to explain the shipping industry to his young daughter, but that prob…

January 30, 2015 – Uncategorized

Disruption needs patience, not giant leaps Disruption needs patience, not giant leaps

In the second part of our interview with ShipServ founder and CEO Paul Ostergaard we look beyond the challenge of starting – and maintaining…

January 27, 2015 – Uncategorized

Shipping was waiting for the internet Shipping was waiting for the internet

Shipping is home to plenty of innovators, people who have fostered change in the way the industry operates day to day at all levels. Set again…

January 12, 2015 – Uncategorized

A few bumps in the road A few bumps in the road

So great is the noise being generated around the subject of autonomous ships that it feels as though robot vessels could be plying the seas an…

December 22, 2014 – ニュース

A short trip around the valley of death A short trip around the valley of death

“Don’t be scared, it’s not really a war,” joked the Carbon War Room shipping operations consultant and senior advisor Alisdair Pettigr…

December 15, 2014 – ニュース