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Standing coverage of the developments that keep coming back — Red Sea routing, canal restrictions, sanctions, decarbonisation, casualty investigations and the yard work that follows.
Collisions, groundings and casualty reports
Investigation reports are the most useful reading in the industry: they set out exactly which chain of decisions and equipment states led to a loss. Recurring themes are bridge resource management, distraction, pilotage, and machinery that failed at the moment it mattered.
Shipyards, orderbook and newbuilding
Yard capacity in Asia is booked years ahead, which pushes conversion and repair work toward yards in Europe, Turkey and the Middle East. Delivery slots, steel prices and the availability of specialist subcontractors decide more projects than the contract price does.