Supply chain resilience is now a mainstream topic with headlines regularly featuring queues of ships backed up outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and the car industry running short of semiconductors. But is this really a rupture in our global trading system or something altogether more temporary? This week we ask whether shipping will see a return to ‘normal’ after the current crunch unwinds

Organisers say flagship maritime event will cleave to its successful model, but also offer industry awards for the first time

The benefits of regulatory even-handedness should be apparent to all. But keeping things that way entails good behaviour — or at least not egregiously bad behaviour — on the part of the regulated

V.Group aims to hire, train and deploy seafarers directly from China to fill the gap that has constrained its ability to grow

While UN agencies support the easing of travel restrictions on seafarers, various governments pay more attention to local pressure groups, especially voters

Organisers say flagship maritime event will cleave to its successful model, but also offer industry awards for the first time

V.Group aims to hire, train and deploy seafarers directly from China to fill the gap that has constrained its ability to grow

While UN agencies support the easing of travel restrictions on seafarers, various governments pay more attention to local pressure groups, especially voters

Capesize value continues to erode given Brazilian iron ore shipment issues in what is traditionally a weak quarter, exacerbated by the upcoming Chinese New Year and Winter Olympics

Lloyd’s List Intelligence data shows 610 bulk carriers at anchor waiting to discharge at key ports. Northern China accounts for 40% of vessels waiting for berths

Tanker now at Melbourne, Australia, to load hydrogen produced from brown coal

New company was launched last December by separating four tankers from StealthGas’ LPG fleet

Organisers say flagship maritime event will cleave to its successful model, but also offer industry awards for the first time

V.Group aims to hire, train and deploy seafarers directly from China to fill the gap that has constrained its ability to grow

It is believed strong tides caused by the volcanic eruption on the Pacific island of Tonga affected the offloading of an Italian-owned crude tanker at Repsol's La Pampilla refinery near Lima

New company was launched last December by separating four tankers from StealthGas’ LPG fleet

Stena Line has seen increased demand for North Sea services. It is now investing in a 50-year concession at the port of Immingham

Landmark deal to open up opportunities as ‘people know it’s possible,’ say lawyers linked to deal

‘The international shipping markets were in a strong uptrend in 2021, leading to a better-than-expected recovery in newbuilding markets,’ says shipbuilding association

Plan to establish global maritime practice focused initially on Greece, Scandinavia, Germany and the Middle East

A recent tabulation by Athens-based consultancy Petrofin identifies the new market leader as Banque Nationale de Paris, with a book worth $21.5bn

‘You could have a poor performance that justifies a higher increase. You can have exceptional performance that justifies a reduction from the general increase. You need to tailor pricing to performance and risk profiles,’ says chief executive

Delayed cargoes kept in temporary storage facilities are changing the nature of theft risk. Robberies from these facilities has grown significantly

‘We are ahead of the game compared with previous years because we are not getting distracted by lunches, meetings in the office and by travel,’ argues Simon Swallow

Car carriers still a concern after Golden Ray grounding in 2019, but focus has switched to boxships in wake of Ever Given casualty

Underwriting discipline will be severely tested in the run-up to renewal deadline, as clubs seek to hold the line on double-digit premium hikes

A $240m emergency cash shot is not an issue for P&I clubs, as ‘all we are doing is holding capital in their left hand as opposed to the right hand’, says Gard executive running segregated accounts company