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With mobility limitations leaving seafarers stranded and with port restrictions severely limiting port-based welfare, COVID-19 unveiled technology as a means to enhance the people’s performance.

The Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) will issue the findings of its ‘Green Maritime Survey’ at the COP26 climate change summit.

Environmental issues top the list of concerns that will have the most impact in the coming decade for the global maritime industry, according to the latest Global Maritime Issues report.

In line with greater awareness across the global business sector of the link of sustainability to business survival and longevity, sustainability has become a particularly relevant concept in shipping industry. 

While business leaders have recognized the urgency to build a diverse and inclusive culture, they have been slow to adopt traditional accountability measures and have failed to hold their leadership responsible for meeting and publicizing diversity and inclusion targets, according to a new UN study.  

21 months living with COVID-19 and the global shipping community, as well as the global supply chain, is still in crisis. On one hand, container shipping experiences unforeseen delays, while on the other hand, seafarers remain stranded, working with extended contracts due to the difficulties of crew changes. And what is worse; it seems that a return to normal is not on the cards just yet…

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an overhaul to our everyday lives, including our jobs. In fact, companies and employees had to adopt to a new reality, which brought new behaviors that are likely to stay, establishing new trends in the workplace.

Automation is slowly but steadily entering the maritime industry, offering new possibilities. New projects are emerging more and more often, showcasing that autonomous operations are starting to become a new reality for shipping.

In its latest report, Allianz reports that the shipping industry has shown great resilience through the pandemic but the crew change crisis, volatile trade volumes and constraints on capacity continue to have significant implications. 

Allianz published its Shipping and Safety review for 2021, identifying loss trends and a number of risk challenges for the maritime sector. According to the report, 49 total losses took place in 2020, which represent a 50% decline over a decade.