Unlocking port performance: rethinking capability, infrastructure and towage operations
As chief executive of international towage and marine services company Svitzer, Kasper Friis Nilaus has identified opportunities to improve performance at many ports where the company operates. In thi...
15 Sep 19min
Do you take weather risk seriously? Part One
This episode of the Lloyd’s List Podcast is brought to you by Veson ASK the compliance team of a major shipping company what the biggest risk to their business is and they might say its sanctions. As...
14 Sep 18min
Is Somali piracy back?
This episode of the Lloyd’s List podcast is brought to you by Veson. To find out more visit www.veson.com FIFTEEN years ago, Somali piracy was one of the biggest stories in mainstream news, not just ...
7 Sep 18min
Lloyd’s List Top 100 Container Ports 2026: Why resilience beats scale
In previous editions of the Lloyd’s List Top 100 Container Ports, scale has been king. The more boxes you can handle, the higher up the rankings you will be. But in 2026, the ability to adapt, solve...
1 Sep 17min
How International Seaways navigates today’s historic tanker markets
This episode of the Lloyd’s List podcast is brought to you by Wirana THERE is plenty of risk in the tanker market today. The Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea and Black Sea have become very dangerous places...
28 Aug 27min
Strait of Hormuz: Where are the off ramps coming from?
SHIPOWNERS have stopped asking when the strait of Hormuz is going to open. Instead, they’re asking if it will open by the end of the year, or even further into the future. Military escalation might...
20 Aug 17min
Is the container the most important invention of the last 100 years?
IN 1956 the SS Ideal X sailed from New Jersey to Houston with 58 containers on board, marking the birth of modern commercial container shipping. Malcom McClean’s vision of unitized, efficient and rel...
10 Aug 14min
