Editorial Comment

Comment / Ever Given: arrest and GA – what happens to vessel and cargo next?

The Suez Canal Authority’s decision to arrest the Ever Given, following the six-day closure of ...

Comment / Technology is key to cutting through the reels of post-Brexit red tape

It has been three months since the UK left the EU, yet the worrying reality ...

Comment / All shipping has to do to beat air cargo to e-freight, is be nippier than a glacier

Dear ocean freight industry, News that the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) is frustrated with the ...

Comment / Atlas Air sees profits soar on the back of free money, as it 'fails to read the room'

Atlas Air, as expected, had a rather good 2020: 2019’s losses of $293m turned into ...

Comment / A tribute to the late Boubby Grin, former head of strategy at KLM Cargo

Boubby Grin, head of strategy at KLM Cargo from 1998 – 2001, and industry visionary, ...

Comment / Why the first weeks of Brexit have been a disaster

With so little time to prepare, the UK was plunged into chaos following the conclusion ...

Comment / A look back at 2020 - the year that container supply chains collapsed

As an unparalleled year for container shipping draws to a close ocean carriers are popping ...

Comment / A memorable year in more ways than one. Try our Festive Quiz

Comment / Smart players using smart container solutions will gain valuable, shareable data

This article is a follow-up to two earlier pieces, produced largely by the same authors, ...

Comment / Moving day for The Loadstar office becomes a voyage of discovery

Like many other companies this year, The Loadstar made the sad decision to leave its ...

Comment / Happy new year? It can't get any worse, can it? Ask Tom...

At this time of year, industry correspondents would normally chew a pencil and ponder the ...

Comment / How the charter and container markets have collided

The shipowning and finance side of the container industry on the one hand, and the ...

Comment / UK freeports: can these 'enterprise zones' meet the competitive challenge?

The UK government has opened a bidding process for the creation of up to 10 ...