Insight & Opinion

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

International shipowners’ association BIMCO is famous for creating a range of charter party agreements that are central to the way the global shipping industry works – but Grant Hunter, BIMCO’s director, standards,…

5th May 2023

‘Holistic’ contracts needed for shipping efficiency, says BIMCO director

5th May 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The development of Freeports is a genuine Brexit benefit and a real opportunity to be grasped, Customs expert Arne Mielken, managing director of Customs Manager Ltd, told the Coastlink audience.

5th May 2023

Freeports – ‘a genuine Brexit benefit’

5th May 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The UK government must set a growth target for water freight, said Michelle Gardner, deputy director, policy, at Logistics UK at this year’s Coastlink Conference.

5th May 2023

Certainty of policy essential for water freight

5th May 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Technically you can’t say the ban is over because it was never formally in place but in reality there is a change of attitude by the Chinese authorities which is seeing a…

20th April 2023

A new order in China – Australia coal trade?

20th April 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Out with the new and back with the old as carriers revert to market share strategies that further collapse freight rates and re-structuring of partnerships.

20th April 2023

Liner shipping: out with the new and back with the old

20th April 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

While many ports do not report monthly traffic volumes, the data from the ports that do…

20th April 2023

Weak early 2023 port volumes in abundance

20th April 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

There may be a shift occurring in thinking in the US and it could be beneficial to ports.

20th April 2023

The shift to opportunities?

20th April 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

An improving economic outlook and falling energy costs are expected to provide some reprieve from margin pressures for container terminal operators later this year.

18th April 2023

Margin pressures will ease for container terminal operators

18th April 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Recent times have seen a spate of maritime incidents spanning groundings, collisions and, particularly notable, containership and ro-ro vessel fires which, experience shows, are often caused by mis-declared cargo. 

18th April 2023

Paths to Reducing Serious Maritime Incidents and their Impact

18th April 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The World Maritime Organization calculates the scale of sea-level rise under different global warming scenarios. The findings are not to be taken lightly.

12th April 2023

Sea-level rise: just how much?

12th April 2023