As the maritime industry is going through transformational change, it faces different risk exposures and a raft of new challenges. Sarah Stephens, partner and head of cyber at JLT Specialty,...
Nigeria’s Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has developed a comprehensive shipping industry forecast to help provide certainty to investors and identify future opportunities. But with piracy on the rise in...
Top cruise liners are currently competing to offer the best high-speed internet connection to their guests who view on-board surfing a key necessity. But with connectivity at sea still patchy...
The Mayflower Autonomous Ship is currently under development and preparing for its maiden voyage in 2020, which will see the unmanned vessel navigate itself across the Atlantic before continuing on...
IMO adopted an initial strategy to reduce at least 50% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the global shipping sector by 2050, compared to 2008, and Wärtsilä tested its autodocking...
A recent report from the International Transport Forum and OECD names Sweden as a leading country in the effort to decarbonise maritime transport. What factors played a part in the...
During long voyages at sea, mariners face a multitude of unexpected challenges, and support is often harder to find offshore. Today, there is a variety of useful mobile apps seafarers...
In this issue: Boosting seafarers’ rights to shore leave, India’s move to manage part of the strategic Chabahar Port, post-Brexit challenges for the UK’s ports, regulating shipping emissions at British...
International maritime law is supposed to protect the right to shore leave, but since 9/11 many seafarers have found this right eroded by an increasingly security-focused industry. Can a new...
In its latest sustainability report, shipping giant Maersk hit out at the ongoing corruption in the maritime sector, criticising “an environment where facilitation payments and extortion are common occurrences”. What...
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