By Ben Merrell The shipping industry is in an era of transformation. We‘ve written previously about green initiatives in the industry, and the pace of change will only increase. The IMO is putting increasing pressure on industry players to reach their climate goals and new technologies in vessel design, alternative…

By Ben Merrell For mining companies and ore carriers 2020 was a year especially full of disruption: the Covid-19 pandemic, the China-Australia coal dispute, and now shippers must adapt to a charter market that is reminiscent of 2008. …

By Ben Merrell The past year has been one of reflection at True North Marine. The Covid-19 pandemic has affected people around the world in profound and challenging ways; many have lost loved ones, experienced unemployment, or fallen seriously ill themselves. Similarly, it is hard to overstate the economic pain…

By Gurjeet Warya and Ben Merrell With growing urgency the shipping industry is finally taking concrete action to curb their GHG emissions and instituting shipping industry emissions regulation. Starting in November 2022, the first of the IMO’s ‘short-term measures’ aimed at reducing the shipping’s GHG emissions will come into force…

By Brian Hatter A few weeks ago, UKHO announced that it was beginning to phase out production of paper charts on the path to digitization. …