The Rise of the Invisible Commercial Fleet In the vast, ungoverned expanses of the world's oceans, a parallel shipping industry...

In a world where over half of all seafood for human consumption comes from farming, aquaculture has transformed from a...

  A New Era for Offshore Safety The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has ushered in a significant regulatory update with...

How Oceans, Ports, and Shorelines Drive Global Travel Economies Coastal and maritime tourism is one of the most powerful segments...

How Work, Living Conditions, and Daily Life at Sea Differ for Crew To shore-based observers, ships are often classified by...

Where Global Seafarer Mobility Is Concentrated Crew change is one of the most critical yet logistically complex aspects of global...

Where the World’s Maritime Workforce Is Expanding Most Rapidly Global shipping depends on a steady pipeline of trained seafarers. As...

Port automation has moved decisively from experimentation to strategic necessity. By the mid-2020s, automation is no longer a niche innovation...

As the maritime sector enters 2026, it does so with a clearer understanding of what 2025 confirmed: global shipping is...

Evidence from a Slow Year — and What It Signals for 2026  What 2025 Ultimately Revealed By the end of...

The maritime industry in 2025 is undergoing one of the most profound transformations in its modern history. Long regarded as...

By the close of 2025, global maritime trade had conclusively entered one of its weakest growth phases in over a...

From Individual Skill to System Performance Modern ships are complex socio-technical systems. Safe and efficient vessel operation no longer depends...

 Why Ship Simulators Are Central to Modern Maritime Training Ship simulators have become one of the most critical pillars of...

Global trade has become inseparable from container shipping. Every year, tens of millions of steel boxes move across oceans, carrying...

The Autumn 2025 edition of Lloyd’s Register’s Future IMO and ILO Legislation highlights a fast-evolving regulatory landscape that will reshape...

Alarm Management in Modern Shipping: Evolving Standards, Emerging Risks, and Industry Priorities As ship systems become increasingly automated and digitally...

12/11/2025 China’s Cosco Shipping has launched one of its largest fleet expansion programs to date, confirming newbuilding orders worth more...

12/10/2025 During MEPC 83 in April 2025, the IMO adopted Resolution MEPC.397(83), which introduces updates to the NOx Technical Code...

Compare GISIS, MarineTraffic, Equasis, and IHS to find which maritime database fits ship tracking, compliance, port records, ownership, PSC data,...