Horrifying pictures of trash strewn across beaches and sea life caught in floating plastics are now par for the course, and companies across industries have pledged to clean up their...
Recently, a team of breakers at ethical hacking firm Pen Test Partners proved there are several ways to break into a ship’s navigation system and potentially cause a major incident....
Over the course of seven years, Sri Lanka’s Port of Hambantota went from a bastion of hope for one of the country’s poorest districts to a dead weight that sunk...
Carnival Cruise Line is set to revamp Carnival Triumph with an investment of around $200m, and a report revealed that CO2 emissions from ships operated by 22 carrier lines witnessed...
The European Union has launched a new interdisciplinary project designed to optimise health management on ships without doctors on board. In a time when seafarers still face plentiful health risks...
According to recent figures from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), women currently make up just 2% of the global maritime workforce, with the majority of female seafarers employed on...
Damen Shipyards Group signed a cooperation agreement of understanding with Skoon Energy to further accelerate the development of sustainable shipping solutions, and SLPA, China and India are investing over $700m...
In this issue: Emerging ports in Africa, safety concerns around lithium-ion batteries, celebrating the Sailors’ Society, the IMO’s pledge to reduce emissions, the digital technologies helping ports to cut costs,...
In March, the Sailors’ Society celebrated its 200th anniversary. Patrick Kingsland sat down with the society’s CEO, Stuart Rivers, to look back on two centuries of service to seafarers, and...
As an international sector, shipping is often vulnerable to volatile political and economic forces that can threaten vital access points, shift the volume and direction of trade flows, or send...
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