Shipping leviathans of the future....
Following on from my article regarding the 50,000 TEU vessels that McKinsey are predicting in the next fifty years, I decided to look a...
50,000 TEU coming your way...
In a recent report from the McKinsey Consulting Group there was a fascinating article about imagining the container shipping industry...
What Happened to Hub & Spoke
For most people who have flown, they will be familiar with the Hub & Spoke concept. You maybe board a small plane to take you from a...
Cosmic Changes
The Liner Shipping Industry is arguably, undergoing the biggest period of changes in it's history. The larger carriers get larger, the...
Stowage As A Profit Centre - Final
We hope that you've enjoyed the last four posts on Stowage As A Profit Centre. Click Here you can find and download the entire article in...
Stowage As A Profit Centre - Pt 4
Summary Stowage is not a department that can function independently of the rest of a carrier’s processes and departments. It has to work...
Stowage As A Profit Centre - Pt 3
Finally we can get down to the business of actually stowing our ship. Below are two examples where the first bay is completely utilised...
Stowage As A Profit Centre - Pt 2
So, what are the costs involved in stowing and operating a vessel? Firstly, you have the daily operational cost of running the vessel,...
Stowage As A Profit Centre - Pt 1
Stowage Coordination (or stowage planning) is probably one of the least understood aspects of container shipping operations. To put it...
Stowage in the New Economy
The container shipping industry is in turmoil. The big players are eating up the smaller players but this isn't the biggest threat....
