Maritime Logistics Professional News https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/t/insight?format=feed Maritime Logistics Professional News en-US Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:47:46 -0400 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/baltimore-bridge-collapse-rattles-supply-392504 Baltimore Bridge Collapse Rattles Supply Chains Already Rocked by Troubles in Panama and the Red Sea The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 25, 2024, has put a spotlight on the Port of Baltimore, one of the busiest harbors in the U.S., which paused… Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:47:46 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/baltimore-bridge-collapse-rattles-supply-392504 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/securing-ports-where-start-392292 Securing Our Ports: Where to Start As dusk descends upon our nation's ports, casting shadows over the waterfront, another shadow looms in the digital landscape — the threat of cyber warfare. In an era where connectivity reigns supreme… Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:02:45 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/securing-ports-where-start-392292 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/risk-reigns-ocean-shipping-industry-391935 Risk Reigns in Ocean Shipping, Industry and Economic Experts Say Risk is the 'new normal' for the global ocean shipping industry that handles 80% of global trade as pressure from geopolitical tensions, rising protectionism and climate change mounts… Mon, 04 Mar 2024 21:42:48 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/risk-reigns-ocean-shipping-industry-391935 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/india-become-main-driver-incremental-390975 India to Become Main Driver of Incremental Oil Use by 2030 India's petroleum consumption climbed to a new record last year and the country is on course to overtake China as the primary driver of incremental oil consumption before 2030… Tue, 23 Jan 2024 20:21:57 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/india-become-main-driver-incremental-390975 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/what-does-disruption-mean-europe-390969 What Does Red Sea Disruption Mean for Europe's Economy? Weeks of attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants on vessels in the Red Sea have disrupted shipping in the Suez Canal, the fastest sea route between Asia and Europe… Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:18:36 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/what-does-disruption-mean-europe-390969 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/houthi-attacks-expose-china-commercial-390734 Houthi Attacks Expose China's Commercial Stakes in Red Sea China has called for an end to attacks on civilian vessels in the Red Sea that have dramatically widened the Hamas-Israel conflict and placed Beijing's commercial… Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:50:05 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/houthi-attacks-expose-china-commercial-390734 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/shipping-attacks-push-allies-mideast-390667 Shipping Attacks Push US and Allies to Mideast Crunch Point When the United States and 11 allies published a joint statement last week calling for an end to Houthi attacks from Yemen on Red Sea shipping, they hoped the implicit… Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:28:01 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/shipping-attacks-push-allies-mideast-390667 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/could-attacks-affect-shipping-390220 How Could Red Sea Attacks Affect Oil and Gas Shipping? Several shipping companies and a few liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers have decided to avoid the world's main East-West trade route, following attacks launched… Tue, 19 Dec 2023 20:45:12 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/could-attacks-affect-shipping-390220 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/opinion-world-must-join-forces-389985 Opinion: The World Must Join Forces and Act Fast to Scale Renewables Renewable energy is already high on the agenda at the COP28 climate summit, with 118 countries, including the UAE, Brazil, Japan and the EU, pledging last weekend… Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:09:01 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/opinion-world-must-join-forces-389985 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/oped-shipping-seeks-safe-waters-389956 OpEd: Shipping Seeks Safe Waters in Era of Deadly Geopolitics As tankers, car-carriers and other merchant vessels pass through the Malacca Strait, unlit fishing boats criss-cross the shipping lanes at night, making it one of… Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:23:50 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/oped-shipping-seeks-safe-waters-389956 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/china-unlikely-repeat-last-winter-389560 China Unlikely to Repeat Last Winter's Surge of Fuel Exports A surge of diesel and gasoline exports from China in the last northern winter eased then-prevailing fuel shortages in Asia but a repeat performance this year is unlikely… Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:54:34 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/china-unlikely-repeat-last-winter-389560 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/brazil-amazon-cargill-grains-ports-389196 In Brazil's Amazon, Cargill Grains Ports Meet Local Resistance For centuries, riverside communities, including the 'quilombola' descendants of enslaved Africans who escaped from plantations and ranches, have shared Xingu Island in Brazil's Amazon Basin… Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:46:42 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/brazil-amazon-cargill-grains-ports-389196 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/securing-federal-grant-resources-ports-388741 Securing Federal Grant Resources for US Ports Like many ports, the Alaskan Port of Homer faces aging infrastructure and capital needs well beyond the local funding capacity. The port is a key link in the supply chain for 47 remote… Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:31:37 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/securing-federal-grant-resources-ports-388741 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/global-container-freight-still-stalled-387808 Global Container Freight Still Stalled Global industrial production and containerised freight flows remained in the doldrums at the start of the third quarter, confounding predictions earlier in the year for a strong rebound… Thu, 07 Sep 2023 13:47:47 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/global-container-freight-still-stalled-387808 https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/shippers-green-methanol-emissions-supply-387376 Shippers Bet on Green Methanol to Cut Emissions, Supply Lags Container shippers are ordering vessels powered by methanol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it will take years for renewable methanol output to meet demand and for costs to fall… Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:08:50 Z https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/shippers-green-methanol-emissions-supply-387376