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In late October 2026, at the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers’ (ICS) Controlling Council meeting in Cape Town, history was made in a quiet but consequential way. Natalia Margioli FICS assumed…
The Strait of Hormuz has long punched above its geographic weight. As one of the world’s most critical maritime arteries, this narrow waterway carries roughly a fifth of global oil…
Every year, the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) measures how long ships wait and work in port. The 2025 edition, prepared by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence,…
Tanzania and Angola have agreed to link their transport corridors so that the Benguela Railway—the spine of the Lobito Corridor on the Atlantic—connects through Zambia and the Democratic Republic of…
For over a decade following the peak of the Somali piracy crisis from 2008 to 2013, the international community largely viewed the problem as contained. A combination of naval coalitions,…