Houston, TX – September 21, 2026 - SHIPPINGInsight has announced that Christopher Wiernicki, former Chairman and CEO of American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), has been named Chairman of the SHIPPINGInsight Leadership Roundtable, an invitation-only forum bringing together senior maritime leaders…
Washington, D.C. – April 2026 – As the United States moves to strengthen its maritime industrial base, rebuild shipbuilding capacity, secure supply chains, and compete more effectively on the global stage, SHIPPINGInsight, in partnership with American Maritime Industrial Coalition (AMIC),…
November 19 2025 - SHIPPINGInsight, the premier North American platform for maritime innovation, fleet optimization, and industry collaboration, today announced its 2026 roadmap, a determined year-long program designed to accelerate the revitalization of the U.S. maritime industry. Building on the momentum…
Houston, TX – November 5, 2025 —As an output from SHIPPINGInsight’s Leadership Roundtable that took place on October 16th in Houston, TX, SuRe Strategy Group’s Dr. Beatriz Canamary has synthesized the insights from the meeting into a pivotal white paper…
After a steady diet of stories in the maritime trade press about shipping companies teetering on the verge of insolvency, it was refreshing to read the latest news from Neptune Orient Line (Lloyd’s List, Sept. 2). The Singapore-based shipowner reported…
If you want a snapshot of the state of the shipowning business, just look at the headlines in the August 16 issue of Lloyd’s List, reporting on quarterly earnings reports from publicly held shipowners. “Thoresen Shipping Reports Operating Loss” “Torm…
What if the predictions of economic recovery are wrong? Clay Maitland takes a hard look at the prospects for the future, and it's not necessarily a pretty picture. I commend to your attention the article posted earlier this month by…
Further proof that the glut of overtonnage is not going away anytime soon. MarineLink.com reported today that Korean shipowners are struggling to rid themselves of unsold ships at substantially lower than market prices. Daewoo is trying to sell a pair of 320,100…
More sad faces at major container lines. Hapag-Lloyd blames soaring fuel costs for 2nd quarter loss. Bloomberg today reported that Hapag-Lloyd AG, Europe's fourth-largest container line, reported a second-quarter loss after soaring fuel costs offset modest improvements in freight rates…
Even China's go-go shipbuilding industry is feeling the effects of the slowdown in international trade and shipping overcapacity, which shows no signs of easing in the short term. Shipping fleets will need to trim operating costs to survive in this…