24 NOV 2022 By Sherry Su, Sharon Cho, Bill Lehane and Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — Soaring shipping costs are piling pressure onto physical oil markets that are already being hit by uncertainty surrounding a cap on Russian crude prices and weak Chinese buying. Earnings on the industry’s benchmark trade route breached …
Read More »DE-RISKING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN LATIN AMERICA WITH MARINE ASSURANCE
23 NOV 2022 Shipping’s ongoing evolution of improving its safety, security, health, environmental and operational performance makes this a defining time for the industry. MIS Marine’s Americas Executive Gonzalo Mera Truffini explains how building a better understanding of a vessel’s entire risk portfolio through Marine Assurance can act as a springboard to …
Read More »CHINA IS ON COURSE TO OVERTAKE AMERICA’S NAVAL CAPABILITIES
22 NOV 2022 A global shift in naval capabilities could be in the offing, with China’s massive navy modernization ambitions threatening the dominance of the U.S. – a development that puts Washington’s ability to control global waters at risk. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has warned that going by the …
Read More »IF THE WAR IN UKRAINE GOES NUCLEAR, WHAT WOULD IT DO TO THE OCEANS?
21 NOV 2022 After a regional nuclear exchange, soot in the upper atmosphere would reduce light and heat at the surface, with profound and long-lasting effects. The US and Russia have recently agreed to hold talks on the New START Treaty, the only accord left regulating the two largest nuclear arsenals in …
Read More »CYBERSECURITY RISK REMAINS THE LEADING CONCERN FOR AUTONOMOUS SHIPPING
20 NOV 2022 Since the commencement of the EU-backed Maritime Unmanned Navigation through Intelligence in Networks (MUNIN) project, Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS) technologies, infrastructures, and the overall ecosystem have developed rapidly. Norway has been leading the MASS development race, and the autonomous electric container ship Yara Birkeland has received international attention. …
Read More »BRAZILIAN COURT DENIES EFFORTS TO DOCK “TOXIC” AIRCRAFT CARRIER
18 NOV 2022 A federal court in Brazil blocked efforts by the Brazilian Navy to dock the decommissioned aircraft carrier NAe São Paulo more than a month after the vessel returned to Brazil in the controversy over its scrapping. Continuing to be labeled a “toxic” ship the carrier is now stranded offshore …
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