Armada Risk Partners CEO Ed McNamara, Cleveland Ohio port insurance broker

Op-Ed: Protecting a port or shipyard with the right insurance

By Ed McNamara CEO Armada Risk Partners Ports, terminal and shipyard operators need to be especially vigilant and aware of how they should protect themselves in the event of collisions between vessels

One key element is securing optimal barge rates for the transport of goods—a cornerstone for balancing financial health and competitive edge.

Op-Ed: Navigating industry barge rates

Navigating the complex world of shipping and logistics can be a tremendous task, especially when you’re focused on maintaining competitiveness, ensuring operational efficiency, and keeping a keen eye on the bottom line.

There are 1,892,720 active seafarers on ships, and most of them are experiencing the lack of connectivity and communication.

Op-Ed: Connectivity and the seafarer

By Kristin McGillicuddy, Senior Marketing Manager, Commercial & Leisure Maritime Before you begin reading this, stop and grab a pen and a piece of scrap paper. Really do it.  We promise it

Op-Ed: Ports as sites for security and defense

By Professor Basil Germond, Chair in International Security and co-director of the Security Lancaster Research Institute and Professor Jan Bebbington, Rubin Chair in Sustainability in Business and director of the Pentland Centre,

The commercial and state fleets split, ending the unified global tanker market and returning to the conditions of secrecy and smuggling.

Op-Ed: How the world tanker market split due to the Ukraine war  

By John Helmer In the war at sea between the U.S.-NATO alliance and Russia, the Russian shipping company Sovcomflot says its future has never been better. The U.S. State Department directing the

Shipping's emission reductions required this decade can mostly be unlocked by simply increasing vessel efficiency.

Op-Ed: How Formula 1 can help vessel efficiency

by Angus Whiston, Communications Director at DeepSea UMAS recently published a report which stated that, while the IMO’s GHG debates have mostly centered on the fuel transition, absolute emission reductions required this

Zero-carbon fuels like green methanol and ammonia will require new bunkering arrangements, training, and risk tolerances.

Op-Ed: Thriving in a multi-fuel market in an energy transition

By Margaret Kaigh Doyle, Alternative Fuels Program Manager, Transparensea Fuels The arrival of alternative fuels is transforming more than the energy sources powering ships—it is shaking up the fuel procurement process itself,

Rather than succumbing to sci-fi notions of AI dominance, ioCurrents focuses on leveraging human intelligence to create AI and advanced machine learning models.

Op-Ed: The human faces behind AI and machine learning

By Will Roberts, CEO, ioCurrents Rather than succumbing to sci-fi notions of AI dominance, ioCurrents focuses on leveraging human intelligence to create advanced machine learning models. Founded on the belief that collaboration

Op-Ed: What to look for when inspecting flexible couplings

By Bob Lennon, Regal Rexnord Of the many components that comprise the essential equipment used in the marine industry, flexible couplings are often overlooked during regular inspection and maintenance. This can be

Gene Price on cyber insurance for maritime

Insights into the changing landscape of cyber insurance

By Gene Price, Frost Brown Todd’s privacy and data security practice Pick your industry and you will quickly conclude that cyber-attacks on their systems are an empirical threat to commercial and industrial

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