Maritime ExecutiveMore from Maritime ExecutiveAll LogisticsStudy Zeroes in on Ways to Improve Health, Safety of Container Port WorkersAn independent study published on Friday suggests ways to significantly improve the health, safety and welfare of workers in the global container port industry.September 13, 2016All LogisticsSupport Grows to Include Ocean Shipping Emissions in EU CO2-Control InitiativeA proposal to include emissions from shipping in the European Union's 2030 emissions reduction target through the E.U. emissions trading system (ETS) has gained cross-party support among members of the E.U. parliament.September 8, 2016All LogisticsOffshore Maintenance Market Expected to Bounce Back from Oil Price DeclineForecasts call for a steady recovery from the recent oil price downturn in the offshore maintenance market with spending expected to improve significantly between 2017 and 2021.September 7, 2016All LogisticsHanjin Shipping Sails Toward Biggest Ocean Line Bankruptcy EverHanjin Shipping has elected to file for court receivership, the first step towards what will be the largest container line bankruptcy in history - six times larger than the collapse of United States Lines three decades ago, the previous record holder.September 2, 2016Ocean TransportationMachine-to-Machine/IoT Telemetry Brings Heightened Visibility to Cargo MovementCurrently, containers, ships and other intermodal transport assets such as chassis and gensets are mainly what we call "dark, dumb and disconnected." What this means is that we really don't know much about them. They are not self-aware, we can't see them, and they can't tell us about their actions and status.August 25, 2016All LogisticsOnce Again, Russia, Iran, India Explore Transportation Route from Mumbai to MoscowIran, Russia and India have revived long-stalled discussions on a multimodal North-South Transportation Corridor linking Mumbai to the port of Bandar Abbas to Moscow. The 4,000-mile route would bypass the Suez Canal, cutting weeks off of the sea route from the Arabian Sea to the Baltic.August 12, 2016All LogisticsWebsite Devoted to Energy Efficiency in Maritime ProjectsThe IMO has launched Glomeep.imo.org, a website with information about energy-efficient technologies - covering areas such as machinery, propulsion systems, hull improvements and energy recovery.August 9, 2016All LogisticsPanama Canal Authority Disputes Claims Waterway Is Too NarrowThe Panama Canal Authority has refuted reports that there have been three collisions in the newly expanded Panama Canal.August 4, 2016All LogisticsOcean Piracy at Lowest Level Since 1995, Observers ReportPirate attacks on shipping in the first half of 2016 are at the lowest level since 1995, even taking the recent spate of kidnappings in the Gulf of Guinea and the Sulu Sea into account, says the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre.July 27, 2016All LogisticsIs Dry Bulk Shipping Headed for a Breakdown?For those in dry bulk shipping, the market since the beginning of 2014 has been the worst downturn since the mid-eighties. Access to finance and liquidity will likely continue to be a pressing corporate issue for ship owners until the markets recover, and the longer this takes the worse the situation will get.July 20, 2016Previous PagePage 17 of 40Next Page
