Data updated on 01.03.209! Still top 15 players remains the same! Most of the lines decreased level of controlled TEUs over last month! Also level of Top 30’s controlled world TEUs decreased of 0,5% and reached 90,5%.
The Port of Riga is an important hub of freight transportation corridor that links goods’ production and consumption markets in the EU and the CIS countries. It is one of the major ports on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. In terms of goods handled it ranks as one of ports between 30 largest ports…
Comparing data from 2018 with data from 2014 regarding world merchant fleet – top 5 shipowning countries have remained the same: Greece, Japan and China, Germany and Singapoure. The fleets of Greece, China and China, Hong Kong SAR have been growing. Japan, Germany and Korea show a decreasing trend. Total…
EMSA on 19.07.2018 published report on Seafarer Statistics in the EU ( www.emsa.europa.eu ). The statistical review presented in this report is based on data extracted from certificates and endorsements registered by EU Member States until 31 December 2016 and recorded in the STCW Information System.Reports represents a snapshot of…
This blog was posted at World Economic Forum Agenda on the 11th of January 2016 as part of an essay contest on the Fourth Industrial Revolution theme of the Davos WEF Summit later that month. Changes from one era to the next happen when mega trends converge at the same…
While there seems no end to the technological economies of scale in container shipping, the question is whether building ever bigger ships serves a purpose, for the firm itself and for society at large. In the process of scaling up, liner operators are mixing up size with growth. Big is…
This infographic reflects changes of fleet value for top 10 countries and is based on data from VesselsValue reports!
The data in this graph reflects data from top 35 shipowning countries in 2017 (according UNCTAD secretariat calculations) as they represent 88% in terms of number of world fleet and 95% in terms of controlled deadweight tonnage. Notes: Propelled seagoing vessels of 1,000 gross tons and above, as at 1…
The future is unknown for us, however sometime development trends can be clearly seen. In this case autonomous ships timeline shows development path of autonomous shipping from 1970s till 2018. Comments regarding autonomous ships timeline at various groups in Linkedin: Timeline was shared in various Linkedin groups. Bellow are…
Presented by Maurice Jansen at 20th International Conference MARITIME TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE – 2018 (Riga, April 19-20, 2018) hosted by Latvian Maritime Academy.