Training grounds: keeping seafarers up to date
As part of a lifelong learning process, seafarers need to be prepared to adapt to the changing nature of work.…
15 Apr 2024
The Strait of Hormuz – the Middle East’s next major flashpoint?
As Iran and Israel trade military blows via land and sea, concerns are mounting over escalating Middle Eastern conflict and further disruption to global oil shipping through the Strait of…
12 Apr 2024
The search for maritime’s sustainable future in Copenhagen
Denmark might be small but its impact on the global shipping industry is outsized and with some of Europe's (if not the world's) largest firms based in its capital city,…
04 Apr 2024
The top 10 largest container ships in the world
Container ships have increased in size over the years, taking advantage of economies of scale to reduce shipping prices worldwide. The largest modern container ships in the world can carry…
01 Apr 2024
Eating up the ocean: wave devouring propulsion
Researchers at Cranfield University are working on a new form of wave devouring propulsion (WDP) that could power larger ships and help reduce the use of fossil fuels in the…
27 Mar 2024
Has China overplayed its hand in Latin America’s Silk Road?
For more than 1,500 years, China’s Silk Road connected trade routes through Europe and East Asia, extending across 6,437km (4,000 miles) of landscapes like the Gobi Desert and the Pamir…
26 Mar 2024
How Scandinavia became a maritime hydrogen power hub
Hydrogen, along with ammonia, has the potential to be the next big future fuel in transport, or so many voices in the maritime sector will tell you. There are similar supporters…