Through the Looking Glass: Starlink Maritime

An Introduction to Starlink Starlink have been making a splash in the world of maritime and the industry has observed with keen interest the growth and deployment of the LEO service. What Does Starlink Mean for the Maritime Industry? Connectivity is becoming more crucial and digitalisation tools have become almost standard protocol. With IT management…

Freight Cycling

Introduction The fact that there is wave-like mechanism, in shipping rates is undeniable. This has led many thinkers to attempt an analysis to see if some method could lead to either ameliorating downturns or allowing investors and shipping companies and hence shipbuilders to schedule their work appropriately. Given that shipping rates are a symptom of…

Freight rates, freight rates going so fast

Introduction The above title is understood as the interaction between supply and demand in the maritime transport sector. Supply will lag behind capacity and demand and rates will rocket, then it will catch up, then it will oversupply and rates will fall. This happens fairly regularly except for those spanners thrown in the works (mostly…