The P&I industry has faced a particularly challenging year, marked by mounting economic pressures, shifting regulatory landscapes, escalating environmental concerns, and intensifying geopolitical tensions. Adding
The maritime shipping industry is undergoing significant transformations as emerging shipowners—primarily from Asia, the Middle East, and Africa—gain prominence in the global market. Historically dominated
Experts and exponents wonder what kind of transformation Donald Trump’s re-election as President of the United States will bring to the global shipping industry. Various
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has had a profound impact on dry bulk markets, upending trade routes and increasing operational costs for market participants. Since the
After the first semester of 2024 ended, PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom issued an analysis showing the year-on-year TEU growth in the top European container ports.
As reported by Allianz, annual shipping losses have decreased by 70% over the past decade; furthermore, in the 1990s, the global fleet recorded an average
The new breakwater (diga foranea) construction in Genoa is advancing rapidly, marking a crucial development for the port’s future. Managed by the PerGenova Breakwater consortium,
Nowadays is well known that climate change is on the way, but we are also experiencing that. Leaving aside the impacts on daily life and
In the last years, we have witnessed record-breaking profits for container shipping largely due to the various supply chain disruptions experienced (COVID-19 pandemic, Panama Canal
Marine transport is well known as a business that remarkably suffers from numerous exogenous variables and external events. All this destabilizes marine traffic that is
