David Hughes
A look back on three decades of change in liner shipping
Singapore is making the right moves to roll with these changes, but who knows what other challenges will come to container shipping?
Abandoned seafarers: an unacceptable face of the shipping industry
The issue often involves unscrupulous owners, shell companies, ineffective flag states and corrupt crewing agencies
Decarbonisation schemes are generating hot air
IMO is trying to come up with a net-zero strategy that has a chance of being generally accepted
Geopolitics overshadows the shipping industry
“EVENTS, dear boy, events,” was reportedly British prime minister Harold MacMillan’s answer to the question, posed by a journalist back in the...
Issue of decarbonisation to dominate talks at Singapore Maritime Week
But much of the industry remains preoccupied with the newly implemented European Union Emissions Trading Scheme, and would prefer a simple levy...
Baltimore disaster again highlights fragility of global logistics chain
IT HAS certainly not been a good start to the year. We have had the near-closure of the Suez route, and the...
Using AI to reduce collisions at sea is a good idea, up to a point
A recent report on a collision between two relatively small ships in northern European waters should provide food for thought for anyone...
Stopping bullying and harassment at sea by being kind
LAST year, a survey by ship manager Danica found that one in 20 seafarers – “roughly one on every ship” – reported...
Red Sea could be a seafarer no-go area following crew killings
IT WAS inevitable. If you keep on firing deadly weapons at people, sooner or later, you will kill them.