News and Knowledge

31/05/2023

Containerships Currently Moving at All-Time Low Speeds

A new report from Clarksons Research and BIMCO has revealed that the global container fleet moved at all-time slow speeds during Q1 of 2023.

03/05/2023

Shipping Industry Should Expect a ‘Multi-Fuel Future’ According to New Survey

A new survey conducted by the Global Maritime Forum, the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation, and the Maersk Mc Kinney Moller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping, has found that...

27/04/2023

Xiamen Port to Add Four New Container Ship Berths

China’s Xiamen Port is set to increase its annual handling capacity by 4.26 million TEU with the construction of four new container ship berths.

26/04/2023

What Are the World’s Biggest Ports?

Around 90% of the traded goods in the world spend at least some time at sea. As such, the world’s ports are essential cogs in the machine of global trade. Connecting major trade...

25/04/2023

World’s Deepest Offshore Wind Foundation Installed

SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies - the developers of the Seagreen Wind Farm site - have set a new record for the deepest installation of fixed bottom wind turbine foundations.

24/04/2023

Innovative Graphene-Based Propeller Coatings to Be Used by Stolt Tankers

Stolt Tankers, the world’s largest operator of sophisticated chemical tankers, has entered into a partnership with Graphite Innovations & Technology to apply a novel graphene-based...

24/04/2023

World Corrosion Day: Are Your Vessels in Top Condition?

Today - Monday 24th April - marks World Corrosion Day, an initiative from the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP). The awareness day has been created to act...

11/04/2023

Tribute to former partner

Captain John Third, a senior partner with Brookes Bell for many years, sadly passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, 19th March.

30/03/2023

Brookes Bell UK heads inland with new service offering

The maritime sector has long been Brookes Bell’s ‘bread and butter’ but, importantly, the company is not a one trick pony.