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Looking at multipurpose, heavy lift options as state-induced recession dampens box business in 2023 As we approach the third quarter, it is clear that the good old days of the Covid scare when container slots were sold at a premium and profits were stratospheric, are well and truly over.
This has brought about a sea change in the international shipping market, compounded by a recession in the in the world's leading economies and with tensions building between China and the West. 
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Dawning of the smart container is upon us - when will it come to dominate the world's ports and supply chains?
In all likelihood smart containers will become as ubiquitous as smart phones if the promises made on their behalf only meet half of their expectations. What gives them an edge is that any container in reasonable shape can become a smart container by installing sensors to monitor its contents with various metrics.
With the advancement of technology, smart containers bring together an array of techniques - Internet of things (IoT), Big Data, Blockchain and data pipelines.
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McKinsey Global Institute study shows poorer nations are becoming much richer at an increasingly rapid rate
Even in the distant past, before today's widespread corrupt practices, media found it difficult to report good news unless it promoted advertisers or causes close to their hearts. That's because news is defined as something new that stands in sharp contrast to normal day-to-day humdrum reality. Given that, news is usually something negative when all is right in the world.
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Questioning the carbon craze: Cursory enquiry shows little evidence to back a real need for CO2 eradication
Too many assumptions have been made in the absence of evidence and analysis about the drive towards a carbon free world that supposedly lies ahead for international shipping.
The UN's International Maritime Organisation (IMO), widely assumed to be a regulatory authority, when it is nothing of the sort, seeks to implement measures to reduce shipping's carbon footprint and cut emissions intensity to 40 per cent below 2008 levels by 2030.
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