05 DEC 2025 A quiet technological revolution is unfolding high above the world’s oceans, and it could reshape maritime operations, compliance, and security in ways the industry has never experienced. Enhanced Electro-Optical (EO) satellite imagery, long associated with military intelligence and environmental monitoring, has rapidly matured into a commercially accessible, …
Read More »WTO: GLOBAL TRADE MOMENTUM SLIPS AS FRONTLOADING SURGE FADES
04 DEC 2025 The world’s seaborne trade flows are showing signs of slowing after frontloading imports drove a strong first half of 2025, according to the World Trade Organization’s latest Goods Trade Barometer, which points to slower but still above-trend growth heading into the year’s final quarter. The WTO’s composite …
Read More »COLLABORATION ACROSS THE TRANSPORT TRINITY: UNLOCKING SHARED VALUE
04 DEC 2025 Executive Teaser Transport reliability will emerge when the transport trinity – cargo owners, transport operators, and nodes – acts as one operating unit. By managing time, risk, and asset integrity as shared assets, and acting on five trustworthy signals, namely time window, connection risk, readiness, emissions, and …
Read More »ELECTRIC CONTAINERSHIPS WON’T WORK BUT A FLEET OF AUXILIARY BATTERY SHIPS COULD CLEAN UP SHIPPING
03 DEC 2025 Shipping moves 90% of global trade and produces nearly 3% of global emissions. The sector has proved challenging to clean up, as cargo ships can travel for weeks between ports and typically rely on cheap, energy-dense and extremely polluting heavy fuel oil. Earlier this year, international efforts …
Read More »FROM ALTERNATIVE TO ANCHOR: CHARTING THE LNG SURGE IN GLOBAL SHIPPING
02 DEC 2025 In a seismic era for shipping and global sustainability efforts, the perception of LNG as a marine fuel has shifted dramatically in recent years. Once seen as one of many ‘alternatives’ in the future fuels bucket, LNG together with liquefied biomethane (Bio-LNG/LBM/RNG) are firmly becoming mainstream options …
Read More »EUROPE NEEDS TO SCRAP ITS OWN SHIPS TO FEED ITS OWN STEEL MILLS
02 DEC 2025 With Europe working to revamp its industrial sector, the availability of cost-competitive steel is a major factor. But as the European Union tightens its climate regulations, focus has shifted to the decarbonization of steel production as well. Currently, the steel industry’s carbon footprint in Europe accounts for …
Read More »UKRAINE SANCTIONS 56 VESSELS FOR EXPORTING FOOD CROPS FROM OCCUPIED PORTS
01 DEC 2025 Ukraine is continuing its efforts to increase pressure on Russia, with the latest action being the imposition of sanctions on vessels exporting grain and other food crops from the occupied ports in Crimea. It follows previous actions that have included seizing ships that entered the closed ports, …
Read More »UKRAINE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACKS ON TWO SANCTIONED TANKERS
30 NOV 2025 Multiple media sources are quoting Ukrainian officials saying they attacked the two sanctioned shadow fleet tankers off Turkey on Friday. Turkey had earlier reported that the fires were controlled on the two vessels, but one of the tankers was again attacked in the morning hours. Speculation had …
Read More »TURKEY INVESTIGATES FIRES ON TWO SANCTIONED TANKERS IN THE BLACK SEA
29 NOV 2025 Turkey is investigating after two sanctioned shadow fleet tankers reported explosions and fires roughly 30 minutes apart while they were both in the Black Sea (Friday,28TH November 2025). While it was mounting a rescue after an explosion and fire aboard a tanker named Kairos (149,989 dwt, 25 …
Read More »MAJOR MARITIME MUTUALS WEIGH MERGER THAT COULD RESHAPE SHIPPING’S INSURANCE INDUSTRY
01 DEC 2025 Two of the world’s most established mutual insurance providers serving the global shipping and logistics industries announced today they are exploring a potential merger that could reshape the maritime insurance landscape. The UK P&I Club and TT Club, both managed by Thomas Miller, revealed they are in …
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