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27 Dec 2024

Towing Vessel Safety Today, By the Numbers

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A famous racecar driver once deadpanned, “That which is in the rearview mirror is not my concern.” Here in the inland marine industry, we also like to keep our eyes on the forward horizon, but it is also instructive to look back every now then, especially with measurable metrics at our fingertips. Fortunately, the American Waterways Operators (AWO) and the U.S. Coast Guard collaborate annually to measure such important things.On August 5, 2024, AWO and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)…

09 Feb 2021

BIMCO Shipping Number of the Week: U.S. Soya Bean Exports via Containerships

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In the first four months of the 2020/2021 U.S. marketing year for soya beans (which started on 1 September), 2.5m tonnes of soya beans were exported in containers, accounting for 6.3% of total exports, while 37.1m tonnes departed the U.S. in dry bulk ships.Despite the record high containerized soya bean exports, the share of total U.S. soya bean exports being sent in containers has fallen from previous years and is currently at its lowest level since the same period in 2017. The…

15 Sep 2020

Container Shipping's Half-Century of Growth

Source: Allianz’s Shipping & Safety Report 2020

A great graphic from Allianz’s Shipping & Safety Report 2020 visually documenting the growth in the container ship industry over the past 50 years.Shipping, Ports & Logistics is a feature focus area of coverage in the October 2020 edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, with insightful interviews with leading ports, shipping companies and legislators.