Post Script

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The problem of containers lost overboard at sea is one that according to statistics provided by the World Shipping Council (WSC) fluctuates from year to year.

5th March 2026

Box loss at sea: new rules

5th March 2026

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Container ships are getting bigger, and ports are investing in deeper water, longer quays, and larger cranes. This is a common phrase regularly used across the container industry. But is the equation that simple?

20th November 2025

Is it as simple as 1 + 1 = 2

20th November 2025

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The European Commission and key port and shipping sector associations are pushing for a decarbonised and more competitive future, new initiatives abound

7th March 2025

Europe steps up

7th March 2025

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The container shipping sector has been through a few volatile years. 

22nd November 2024

Strikes, diversions and market outlook

22nd November 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The drug problem in international trade is growing. Increased cooperation between all stakeholders has proven it can deliver results but arguably the wider application of new technology holds the greatest promise to…

26th September 2024

Drug tsunami: counter measures

26th September 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear agency with responsibility for Artic shipping development, has floated a figure of up to 50 million tonnes of cargo per annum over the longer term. Is this achievable or…

24th July 2024

Arctic shipping: fact or fiction?

24th July 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Ten years on from granting a 50-year renewable concession to the Chinese group Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. Limited (HKND Group), owned by Chinese businessman Wang Jing, to build a…

30th May 2024

Nicaragua sidelines canal project

30th May 2024

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

One of the most startling aspects of worsening relations between the US and China (for the port sector) has been moves by the Biden Administration to ‘ban’ Chinese container cranes from US…

19th April 2024

Let’s talk sense

19th April 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The newly appointed International Maritime Organization Secretary-General, Arsenio Dominguez, has called on Member States to step up and help tackle the issue of an expanding ‘shadow fleet’ of vessels operating around the…

27th February 2024

Shadow fleet targeted

27th February 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Strikes, tax avoidance allegations, a cyber-attack and heavy criticism of new terminal access charges; 2023 is shaping up to be an annus horribilis year for DP World Australia

24th November 2023

DPW Australia – annus horribilis

24th November 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Excepting some hot spots such as Southeast Asia, container trade is generally experiencing tough market conditions making the task of bridging the gap between container vessel capacity – actual and on order…

29th August 2023

Bridging the capacity gap

29th August 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The seeds of change are manifest in the automotive sector – electric vehicle sales have catapulted China into the number one slot for export sales and it is also busy growing its…

26th July 2023

China revs up auto activities

26th July 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

French automotive giant, Renault, has commenced shipping brand new cars in containers to avoid the current high costs associated with the usual method of moving vehicles, using car carriers.

1st June 2023

Shape of things to come?

1st June 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

What are the major trends underway in the reefer market?

9th May 2023

Reefer market analysis

9th May 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

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The Adani Group continues to feel financial pressures with recent attacks adding to the negative impact of the January report by short-seller Hindenburg. Is there more to come?

3rd April 2023

Adani rollercoaster rolls on

3rd April 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Australia has traditionally had a strong interest in putting its waterfront industry under the microscope and considering how it can raise port performance.

27th February 2023

Under the microscope

27th February 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Mature markets today bring new challenges in delivering major new port capacity, especially in a competitive climate. The issue is how to reconcile the economic impact-orientated agenda of port landlords with the…

15th December 2022

Market share versus profits

15th December 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Container shipping lines have done very well from Covid. Freight rates reached exorbitantly high levels between mid-2021 and the first half of 2022.

15th November 2022

Lines and terminals: another twist?

15th November 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

It is interesting to speculate what will happen when DP World’s two terminal contracts at Jawaharlal Nehru Port – India’s second biggest container gateway in volume terms – come to the end…

27th October 2022

High stakes ‘game’ in play

27th October 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Is there a seismic shift underway in the traditional rules of engagement? Will the world we know today be turned on its head and what are the priorities to survive in this…

15th September 2022

The World Turned On Its Head?

15th September 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

This is the summer of discontent in Europe with a raft of port and wider transport strikes in play. What is the solution, is there one? Equally, it is important that wider…

31st July 2022

SUMMER OF DISCONTENT

31st July 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The blockade of Ukraine’s grain export ports represents a ticking timebomb for some of the poorest nations in the world cut-off from the supply of essential foodstuffs.

30th June 2022

TICKING TIMEBOMB

30th June 2022