A Lotta Iota  

Introduction  As alluded to in a previous article, there is a fundamental difference between fossil fuels being used for energy production and renewable energy production notwithstanding the ecological and climate benefits. This difference is point of generation (PoG). Fossil fuels must be recovered from the earth and transported to where they can be used. For…

Press Release: Smart Shipping Revenues Expected to Exceed $540 million in 2024

Introducing Valour Consultancy’s brand-new report: The Future of Smart Shipping – 2024. The second edition to our highly popular 2020 report offers an in-depth analysis of the evolving landscape of smart shipping in the maritime industry, highlighting significant changes that have taken place over the last four years.   In the wake of global disruptions, the…

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…