Intellian formally unveiled its Rotterdam European HQ with an opening party on 12 May 2022, and kindly invited Valour’s senior maritime consultant Joshua Flood to join the event. Having opened the doors in 2021, after a €6.5 million investment and team of 30+ people already in the office, the “official” opening party followed the pattern…
Maritime law has evolved over many centuries developing from the basic original Mediterranean trading rules to all-encompassing legislation, with changes often in response to disasters, piracy or discipline issues aboard ships. Within the last two centuries, advances in naval architecture, maritime trade, and cargo handling have added to the body of rules in significant ways.…
Nor-Shipping finally returned this month, as 18,000 visitors (reported by organisers) gathered in Oslo almost three years since the last edition in 2019. Delayed multiple times. June 2021, to January 2022 and finally April 2022. The show brings together top industry leaders to celebrates successes, outlines challenges and helps steer a course for the development…
Networking can stem from the unlikeliest of situations. After taking up indoor rowing during the pandemic, maritime analyst Joshua Flood unexpectedly found himself talking shop to a fierce competitor. In early 2020, the world went into lockdown. Many people sampled a new type of life. A life of contemplation and isolation. We learnt new things…
Last month, we published an introductory article on the future outlook for maintenance of maritime vessels. Following this, it is important to address one of the normal regular maintenance tasks that must be undertaken on an autonomous vessel, namely, the simple task of changing batteries. On many vessels battery back-up for bridge and engine room…
For a video summary of this article, visit our Vimeo channel. The big news from KVH’s financial overview covers two points, really. Martin Kits Heyningen, President and CEO, is retiring, and Brent Bruun is covering the position in the interim, moving from his role of COO. Having interviewed Brent for past research reports, I know…
Artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous shipping (unmanned vessels) are set to transform the mercantile fleets of the world. In addition to the greening of the industry and the smartening of the logistics, there will soon have to be a wholesale revamp of design with respect to understanding of the changes that will be wrought in…
The price of oil surpassing $93 per barrel presents a brighter outlook compared to 2020. I won’t delve too much into the inner workings on the energy marketplace as my knowledge is limited, but we do analyse it through the relatively niche lens of maritime connectivity. Many years back, I read at article in the…
Following on from our recent article covering maritime noise pollution, it is time to address the technologies that can mitigate or eliminate this problem. There is no point being unrealistic about this; there is little likelihood that the marine diesel and single-screw cargo ship will disappear within the foreseeable future. So, the initial section will…
Valour Consultancy is inviting service providers, operators, integrators, end-users, suppliers and other market stakeholders to participate in our upcoming maritime cybersecurity and cellular technologies research studies. Participants will take part in a research interview conducted by our maritime analyst team. This will help to ensure your organisation is accurately represented in the report, which is…
Noise pollution is slowly becoming an acknowledged problem in the maritime industry. Technologies exist to greatly mitigate this problem, but it is unlikely to come from fleet and ship operators because of the added expense involved. In the same way that pollution and safety are addressed by bodies such as IMO (The International Maritime Organization…
A few months ago, I was walking my dog through some local woodlands with an old schoolfriend. He had recently come up with the idea of getting his skipper license and owning a boat. He mentioned some interest in a Westerly Centaur 26 (built in 1977). He described it as a small ~8-metre-long sailboat, berthing…