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 …
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