Valour Consultancy has published the 2022 edition of its flagship maritime market intelligence report. The 2022 edition of The Future of Maritime Connectivity is the report’s fourth iteration, building on extensive market data back to 2013. It offers in-depth analysis of key service providers, hardware vendors, satellite operators and technology enablers, covering all geographic regions.…
Valour Consultancy is due to release the 2022 edition of its flagship maritime report in the coming weeks. To whet your appetite for the The Future of Maritime Connectivity, the Valour team unveils a small sample of the headline statistics from this year’s research. This highlights how the market has evolved since we last published…
Ship Chandler – Farewell, My Lovely* Supply of parts and maintenance for autonomous shipping will be a thorny problem for some time. Historically, when vessels were more generically cargo transporters, a single supplier, a ship’s chandler, would have all the pieces needed to get the vessel operational and seaworthy again. With increasing automation and specialisation,…
Senior maritime consultant Joshua Flood reflects on his experience as a panel discussion moderator at Superyacht Investor 2022, which took place in London earlier this month. The “new novelty” of returning to in person events has not yet worn off, and it’s been great to catch up with old faces, and put new faces to…
Valour Consultancy recently released its second edition update of the Maritime Tracker. The database now contains details of 16,500 commercial maritime vessels, with 95 new companies having been included since the previous edition. Additionally, the container, bulk and tanker segments within the merchant market have been separated, with all installation information segmented by geographic region…
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…