This week, England had a landslide victory in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The win is one in a series that if kept up will result in the team winning the Cup in just four games. Such a winning streak saw our minds turn to the maritime industry. This is an industry that has played…
Valour Consultancy has unveiled a new report which evaluates the market for flat panel antennas developed to support comms-on-the-move applications across aviation, maritime and land mobility. The study, titled – The Future of Flat Panel Antennas – 2023, reveals that after years of hype, hardware shipments are now ramping up as several manufacturers transition from…
Introduction In the last article, it was suggested that some of the difficulties in setting standard rates (or, at least, rates that do not fluctuate so widely) for freight shipping might be addressed by technological and strategic advances. Logistic companies like Fedex, UPS and other small freight carriers are able to record good profitability with…
Our Maritime Analyst & Co-Founder, Josh Flood, was delighted to be invited recently to speak at a very special virtual webinar! Taking place last Wednesday 5th July, the 5G Impact In Maritime Connectivity was widely attended, with over 400 maritime enthusiasts tuning in. The adoption of 5G technology has the potential to revolutionize the shipping…
Quietly Tucked Away What seems unspoken is how prevalent cellular connectivity has become in maritime connectivity. The industry, and Valour Consultancy too, have focused on satellite connectivity, be it new LEO constellations, GEO, MEO VSAT, or MSS. However, cellular connectivity on vessels is almost just as omnipresent as satellite’s GEO VSAT. Let us delve a…
Introduction If you look up the term “smart” in the Oxford Dictionary, it is a word with various meanings. Smart can mean intelligence, whether this be emotional, academic, and worldly intelligence. It can also mean clean, tidy, well-dressed, or a sharp stinging pain. Then, what is maritime smart shipping? In many ways, smart shipping means…
Nor-Shipping 2023 was back in full swing, and Valour Consultancy was quick to join in the fun. Our analysts, Alishia Sims and Josh Flood, flew out to Oslo on Monday and returned later Thursday afternoon. It was Alishia first’s maritime conference and maybe Josh should not have told her there was a potential to meet…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Extends New Deal for Starlink Maritime Introduction News of Starlink Maritime deals and installations are coming thick and fast within the world of maritime satellite connectivity. Recently, the Japanese-based shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced a new deal to use Starlink Maritime via Navarino. This follows on from another deal when…
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…
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…
We recently released our maritime tracker update and included some new segmentations and features. One of the key additions of the new update includes utilising the Clarkson’s World Fleet Register which enabled us to reduce the double counting of vessels between ship owner, ship operator and ship management companies in the sample. This had two profound…
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…