Can Blockchain Technology Transform Maintenance and Generate Transparency in Maritime? We Think So

Blockchain and Shipping ContainersBlockchain technology is at the embryonic stage of development. A number of...

No upward drivers on global bunker market so far

World fuel indexes have demonstrated traditional losses during the week: oil prices are now at a 7-month low....

Why has Shipping got it so wrong?

The arrival of spring brought fresh bloom on the trees and flowers on the plants but there is no spring in...

Only 300 newbuildings ordered so far in 2016

Underscoring the crisis facing the shipbuilding industry just 300 newbuildings have been booked year-to-date...

Ultra large containership economics – not so simple after all

The headlong and some might say lemming-like dash by liner companies to deploy ever-larger container ships...

Bunker fuel prices up 27% so far this year

Bunker fuel prices have gradually firmed over the course of this year, in line with the steady climb in crude ...

This Shipyard Is So Unprofitable It’s Becoming a Parking Lot

Chinese shipbuilders are under so much financial strain that one of them is literally being turned into a parking lot.