NEWS & INSIGHTS
Every market note, claim write-up and company update from the Marcenta desk, in one place.
Every fixture assumes the vessel behind it is properly managed — crewed, maintained, classed, compliant and commercially represented. Ship management is the…
A charter party is not finished once it is signed — it is only just beginning to be executed. Charter operations is…
Shipbroking is a relationship business wearing the clothes of a transaction business. Any single fixture can, in principle, be won on rate…
Very little tonnage would trade without marine insurance standing behind it — it is the mechanism that lets an owner accept the…
Where international maritime law sets the framework, maritime commercial law is where a chartering desk actually lives day to day: the contract…
International maritime law is the framework that makes it possible for an owner in one country, a charterer in another, and a…
Shipping is one of the most internationally regulated industries in the world, and one of the least nationally uniform in how that…
Freight rates look, from the outside, like a single number that goes up or down. In practice they are the output of…
Maritime business management is the discipline that ties an individual fixture to the wider economics, law and organisation of the shipping industry.…
The Cargo That Looks Dry and Is Not Bauxite does not look dangerous. It loads like any other dry bulk ore, sits…
The Recap That Reads Two Ways A fixture recap is supposed to end an argument, not start one. In practice, the sentence…
A Valid Claim, Filed Correctly, and Still Worth Zero Every operator has seen it happen at least once: a demurrage claim with…
