Editorials & Opinion
Analysis, commentary and expert perspectives on the issues shaping the maritime industry — environment, safety, regulation, trade and the human element.
Fleet decarbonisation data for 2025 shows the industry is running 18 months behind the trajectory needed to meet the IMO 2030 GHG reduction targets. The response from shipowners, flag states and financiers tells a complicated story.
When the Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping began, market analysts predicted fuel costs and transit times would normalise within months. They were wrong. A look at who absorbed the extra 9,000 nautical miles and what it cost.
Tokyo MoU detention figures for Q1 2026 show a 12% year-on-year decline in detentions. We examine whether this reflects genuine improvement or whether enforcement pressure is simply migrating to less visible substandard shipping.
Seafarer fatigue remains the root cause in 35% of major maritime casualties according to the UK MAIB. Yet the STCW hours-of-rest framework has barely changed since 2010. Why, and what would reform actually require?
A decade after mandatory ECDIS carriage came into force, grounding incidents linked to ECDIS misuse continue to appear in accident investigation reports at a stubborn rate. What has the industry learned — and what has it refused to learn?