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Recent sightings of Bladerunner the humpback and Split Fin the killer whale provide an opportunity to remind everyone to keep their distance and avoid collisions with majestic marine mammals.
Freeports have not reached their full potential in west Africa.
Two new wind farms began producing power in 2024, but several canceled contracts have left a dark cloud over the industry. A wind power expert explains why US offshore wind has been slow to scale up.
A civil engineer lays out the physics behind Dali’s crash into the Francis Scott Key Bridge pier.
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge is already affecting global supply chains.
A cargo ship leaving the Port of Baltimore collided with a bridge in a technological disaster that may have claimed the lives of up to six maintenance workers on the bridge at the time.
We’ll need to learn the lessons from this disaster.
A civil engineer explains why ships taking out bridges is rare, and describes how bridge builders protect the structures from ship collisions.
Bridges are getting safer – but their designers need to keep up with the ever-growing size of cargo ships.
Tea supplies are under threat as a shipping crisis continues in the Red Sea.
Since the outset of Israel’s invasion of Gaza, the West has aimed to prevent the conflict from escalating regionally. But strikes on the Houthis in Yemen by the U.S. and the U.K. may ensure it will.
The Houthis have found legitimacy through their actions, which will make them even harder to dislodge from power.
Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea have disrupted trade between Asia and Europe – could ships cross the Arctic instead?
EV manufacturers pause production in Europe as the Red Sea shipping crisis deepens.
One of the biggest consequences of insecurity in the Red Sea is a significant increase in the cost of global trade.
A new study reveals that 75% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are hidden from public view.
An Iran-aligned group has attacked ships in the Red Sea that it believes are heading to Israel, causing several companies to pause or divert shipments.
A US-led naval taskforce has deployed in the Red Sea and is considering strikes on rebel positions in Yemen.
Piracy off the Somali coast remains a high-risk undertaking with a low probability of success.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Culture & Climate, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Energy and Transport, UCL
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Research Associate, Shipping and Climate Change, University of Manchester
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Assistant Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain, University of Bradford
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Professor and Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
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PhD (Maritime Security), University of Greenwich
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Professor of International Relations, University of Copenhagen
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Professor of Practice & Director, Fletcher Maritime Studies Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director, Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center, University of Washington
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Visiting Academic in Decarbonisation, University of Manchester
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Industrial Researcher, University of Plymouth
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Research Fellow in Ocean Management, Stockholm University
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Professor of Climate Science and Energy Policy, University of Manchester
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Maritime Logistics Expert, Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics (CSCL), Deakin University
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Professeur émérite de géographie, Université de Montréal
