Modern shipping is primarily dominated by bulk shipping and container shipping. There are more of these ship types than any other types...

(Photo by Ibrahim Boran on Unsplash) In recent decades, every industry has tested different strategies and technologies to maximize...

How the crude oil tanker sector is going to evolve when we emerge from the pandemic remains to be seen

How can bulk shipping digitalise, what are the main points? Digitalisation of bulk shipping commences at the interface between the...

Digitalisation is a hot discussion topic of today, and what’s on everyone’s lips, is how will it impact shipping? Digital developments...

In 2015 a company operating in a niche area with a unique use-case approached us with a specific request. They wanted to know if we could...

We are all familiar with phones & the connectivity it has given us. The analogue rotary phones were cabled, but the modern cell phones...

As technology evolves around us, we see more and more jobs are automated or certain jobs are delegated to smart machines or robots. This...

Recession in shipping is blamed partly on oversupply of vessels. When you look at number and tonnage of existing ships and the new-build...

In a previous blog, I had discussed the evolution of data and communication in the marine industry and how predictive analytics is the...

Information is vital for business. Relevant information received at the right time has always given a competitive advantage. It is...

LNG ships are specialized modes of transportation of natural gas as cargo, which by its very delicate nature of being carried in...

The UN in 2015 with an aim to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all, unanimously adopted the Sustainable...

Looking ahead, there is an avalanche of regulations headed our way. While some are truly international coming from the IMO or applicable...

The European Union (EU) Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation is something we discussed in 2013 in our blog MRV more...

Although generally accepted as a promising fuel saving solution, there are only a handful of vessels fully installed with the Air...

The shipping industry appears to be transmuting and adapting to the current world scenario. We find ourselves with fuel prices still low,...

With sensor information on board LNG vessels and enrichment using the laws of physics and mathematics, companies have developed the...

Virtually every shipping company today uses noon reports to understand and monitor what is happening on their ships. These reports are...

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their mind, cannot change anything – is a saying that we must...