Insights & Opinion


Navigating 2026: Head inside, head outside

Navigating 2026: Head inside, head outside

MIT Sloan Management Review published an article recently that should be required reading for...

Navigating 2026: Head inside, head outside

28 July, 2026
MIT Sloan Management Review published an article recently that should be required reading for anyone running a cross-border logistics business. What CEOs Need to Know About Sovereign AI, by...
Navigating 2026: Head inside, head outside

INSIGHT: Strategic and legal status of Bab el-Mandeb

RECENT reports that Iran has requested Houthis forces to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait have once again exposed the fragile security architecture governing critical international maritime...
INSIGHT: Strategic and legal status of Bab el-Mandeb

OPINION: Strait of Hormuz blockades, cargo fees and impact upon supply chains

22 July, 2026
THE US plans to seize the Strait of Hormuz and reimpose a blockade on ships entering and departing Iranian ports. It also plans to impose a 20% fee for all cargo shipped through the Strait...
OPINION: Strait of Hormuz blockades, cargo fees and impact upon supply chains

OPINION: Is Australasian shipping ready for the strongest El Niño on record?

20 July, 2026
El Niño has returned to the Pacific, and while much of the attention has focused on its impact on agriculture and regional economies, its implications for shipping deserve equal attention....
OPINION: Is Australasian shipping ready for the strongest El Niño on record?

White elephants: Money wasted on port infrastructure in Timor-Leste

14 July, 2026
I RECENTLY watched a program on ABC TV about a ‘ghost airport’ in Timor-Leste, which was built in 2017 for the proposed Greater Sunrise gas project (its development is still in dispute...
White elephants: Money wasted on port infrastructure in Timor-Leste

OPINION: Vessel spoofing - Indonesia’s maritime blind spots and Australian implications

10 July, 2026
IN ITS Maritime Domain Awareness report launch in Jakarta on 7 July 2026, the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative (IOJI) findings show that Indonesia’s maritime domain is increasingly...
OPINION: Vessel spoofing - Indonesia’s maritime blind spots and Australian implications

US court ruling sharpens focus on detention fee fairness

COULD this significant decision out of the United States strengthen scrutiny of detention charging practices across the shipping industry? A U.S. federal appeals court has upheld a ruling...
US court ruling sharpens focus on detention fee fairness

OPINION: Key lessons for oil supply chains from the Strait of Hormuz shipping closure

8 July, 2026
FOLLOWING the memorandum signed between the USA and Iran to end the war, the Strait of Hormuz is expected to reopen for commercial vessels with the hope that the global oil supply soon will...
OPINION: Key lessons for oil supply chains from the Strait of Hormuz shipping closure

Maersk restores Suez transit

THERE'S another container service is returning to the Suez Canal. Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have announced that their AE15 service, operated under the Gemini Cooperation, will transition from...
Maersk restores Suez transit