History & Culture
Dated records, ownership changes and maritime memory for readers who want history without a false sense of continuity.
A maritime systems magazine
Ships, systems
and the decisions between them.
Measured notes on vessels, operations, transition, safety, capital and the history that helps explain why maritime choices rarely sit in one department.
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Where does the decision begin?
The same voyage can be read through cargo, ownership, regulation, technology or capital. Start where your question is sharpest.
Transport & Logistics
Ship forms, cargo systems and measurements that explain how maritime transport moves goods between ports.
Business & Management
The decisions between owner, operator, charterer, port and crew that make a maritime business work.
Energy & Environment
Fuel, efficiency, shore connection and propulsion choices read against vessel class, route and regulation.
Safety & Regulation
Rules, training, automation and oversight explained through the roles that carry responsibility.
Finance & Markets
Ownership structures, asset cycles and transition finance without pretending unlike risks share one score.
News & Analysis
Dated notes on rules, evidence and decisions that are still moving through the maritime system.
Latest logbook
Questions with a date attached
Rules, technology and market language change. These are the latest entries from the desk.
24 August 2026 / News & Analysis
maritime regulation updates 2026
A dated logbook entry for readers tracking maritime rules, guidance and the difference between adoption, entry into force and discussion.
21 August 2026 / News & Analysis
MASS Code 2026 explained
A dated explainer on the IMO work around maritime autonomous surface ships and the questions a future code must answer.
18 August 2026 / History & Culture
Tschudi and Eitzen shipping history
A careful guide to reading the dated shipping history around Tschudi and Eitzen without turning an archive into a claim of continuity.
16 August 2026 / History & Culture
how to research an old shipping
A practical method for reading archived company sites, filings and directories while keeping dates, identities and uncertainty separate.
15 August 2026 / Transport & Logistics
types of cargo ships
A clear introduction to dry bulk, container, general cargo, tanker and specialised ships, with the limits of simple labels.
13 August 2026 / Transport & Logistics
deadweight vs gross tonnage
What deadweight and gross tonnage measure, why they are not interchangeable and where each number belongs in a shipping decision.
11 August 2026 / Transport & Logistics
chemical tanker vs product tanker
A measured comparison of chemical and product tankers through cargo handling, segregation, cleaning and regulatory context.
10 August 2026 / Business & Management
shipowner vs ship operator
Owner, operator, technical manager and charterer are different roles.
Signature resource
The Ship Transition Compass
A practical index for asking which source, rule or operating condition belongs in a transition decision. It refuses a universal score and keeps route, vessel, time horizon and evidence date in view.
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