The Inner Workings of Marlink in 2023

Late in November 2023, our Director of Maritime, Joshua Flood, was given the opportunity to attend Marlink’s maritime analysts and press briefing session in London. Joshua provides a summary below of the inner workings of Marlink: “Held in a boutique hotel in Soho, London, the briefing session was in quite a chic location. Erik Ceuppens…

Press Release: Nearly 50,000 Maritime Vessels Had Cellular Capabilities in 2023

Valour Consultancy’s brand new report, “The Future Market of Cellular Technologies (5G) in Maritime – 2023” is our first edition exploring this unknown segment of the maritime connectivity market. With the fast-evolving deployment of hybrid connectivity solutions and growing use of SD-WAN technology, this piece of research sheds light upon this previously unexplored subject. By the…

Pickling Energy

Introduction  An area of research that our maritime team focuses on is energy; primarily in the form of oil and gas. As we are blown into the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, our thoughts must also turn to other forms of energy and how we can best store the bounty nature is showering us…

Quay Lemon Mooring

Introduction One of the major problems for smart ports and automated shipping is the bit when the boat collides with the dock. That sounds more dramatic than it is, but all ship mooring (actually, docking) starts with a “controlled” collision between the pier and the ship and then comes the job of keeping the ship…