Ships are getting older and safety is suffering
The global shipping fleet is getting older, but it is also getting more dangerous. As freight rates surged in a tonne-miles driven market, many shipowners delayed scrapping older vessels, which put s...
3 Jun 202510min
Why doing nothing about decarbonization is now the most expensive option
IN a market where free trade is under threat and geopolitical tensions are escalating, decisions get deferred, investment gets scaled back and doing nothing starts being passed off as pragmatic stewar...
27 Mai 202517min
Shipping’s “critical juncture”
In 2021, the International Maritime Organisation, together with the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association, launched a survey to collect some hard data on female representation in the gl...
19 Mai 202520min
Shipping’s secret trade: the fightback
Last year, both Belgium and the Netherlands, home to the key ports of Antwerp-Bruges and Rotterdam, reported a dramatic decline in the volume of cocaine seized. As the traditional gateways into Euro...
12 Mai 202523min
Shipping’s secret trade: the problem
Think of a product carried by sea, and the most likely things to come to mind are consumer goods, iron ore, coal, or perhaps even bauxite. But billions of dollars’ worth of illegal narcotics and thou...
7 Mai 202523min
Are e-fuels a waste of time?
Earlier this month, the International Maritime Organization agreed its net zero framework at the 83rd meeting of its Marine Environment Protection Committee. If you’re not sure what was agreed or th...
30 Apr 202529min
What happens next in the Baltimore bridge case?
Philosophers have for over two millennia debated the irresistible force paradox, usually formulated as ‘What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?’ Variants of the problem date ...
23 Apr 202534min
The MEPC post-mortem
On Friday, some 20 years of decarbonisation work at the International Maritime Organization culminated in a historic agreement, with countries voting 63-16 in favour of an emissions fuel standard with...
14 Apr 202523min
