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IMO World Maritime Day amplifies seafarer voices

Shipping and Freight Resource

“ This event puts seafarers where they rightfully should be – at the centre of our focus, ” IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim said in his welcome speech , reminding listeners that he also comes from a seafaring background. To watch a recording of the webinar, please click here: [link].

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TPM24: Key Takeaways on Geopolitics, Technology and Other Drivers of Ocean Freight in 2024

Freightos

Starting with the Red Sea, ocean expert Lars Jensen, of Vespucci Maritime, argued that the disruption is really a challenge, not a crisis. Jensen also pointed out, though, that with capacity being used for diversions, there is little slack available should any additional disruption arise, and such an event really could cause a crisis.

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Investors pouring millions into maritime startups

247 Customs Broker

Not all supply chain innovation directly touches the maritime space. The post Investors pouring millions into maritime startups appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News. Contact a customs broker to file your ISF and issue any pre-alerts to avoid penalties and delays, and arrange your ocean freight and imports customs clearance.

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The Dispatch Report | October 2019, Issue No. 12

Shipchain

We partnered with GTX Corp, ParceLive, and a few others that will be announced soon, began working on case studies, aired our first webinar with major industry executives, graduated from the Plug and Play Spring 2019 Food and Beverage Accelerator Program, joined forces with the World Economic Forum to build the Blockchain Toolkit, and a lot more.

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Cargo Insurance: What is it, What are the Types, & Do I Need it for My Shipment?

GlobalTranz

For example, certain types of cargo are excluded, only specific equipment and terminals are covered, losses caused by certain events are not covered, or coverage applies only if a service is performed in a certain way. Free From Particular Average Coverage (maritime insurance related). Policies exclude coverage in many different ways.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Maritime Hall of Fame, Fortune and American Heritage magazines, amongst others. Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Significance. From 1968, with intermodal container shipping proven, the container fleet rapidly expands.

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Ever Given in a nutshell

Shipping and Freight Resource

Following a maritime incident, it is invariably the crew who are often blamed as being responsible for the incident even though they may well be innocent. In one of the webinars we attended, we posed a question to mariners as to whether they and their unions would consider a ban to trade into “dangerous” areas.