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The Year the Sea Started Watching Back

0bulk carriers25By Iakovos (Jack) Archontakis

Senior Maritime Strategy Consultant - Chartering Executive 

&

TMC Shipping  Commercial Director

How the oceans of 2026 became sentient, strategic, and far less forgiving

For generations, mariners repeated the same truth: the sea does not care. It moves with ancient indifference, swallowing ambition and certainty alike. But in 2026, that belief no longer holds. The sea is no longer passive. It observes, records, and reacts.

ICS Publishes 2025-2026 Flag State Performance Table Highlighting Strong Compliance with Global Standards

0GREEK FLAG SHIPThe International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has released the 2025-2026 Flag State Performance Table, continuing an over 20-year practice of providing an objective, data driven assessment of performance based on criteria such as Port State Control statistics and ratification of International Maritime Organization (IMO) and International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions.

China's dry bulk market usually fades into the Lunar New Year,

0Bulk Carrier loadingChina's dry bulk market usually fades into the Lunar New Year, yet the first three weeks of 2026 are doing the opposite: volumes are firmer year on year, tonne-miles are improving, and freight is refusing to "switch off". That matters for the S&P market because liquidity follows confidence, and confidence follows cargo.

Dry Bulk Market Finds Its Footing After a Prolonged Soft Patch

0bulker loading coalBy Iakovos (Jack) Archontakis

Senior Maritime Strategy Consultant - Chartering Executive & TMC Shipping  Commercial Director

and
Dr. Fotios-Evangelos Karlis
Maritime Executive & Shipping Consultant

After a challenging six‑week stretch of downward pressure, the dry bulk market is finally showing signs of meaningful recovery.

Riding the Ocean Currents:A Weekly Ultramax & Handysize Market Chronicle

0BulkerdeckandcranesBy Iakovos (Jack) Archontakis
Senior Maritime Strategy Consultant - Chartering Executive & TMC Shipping  Commercial Director
A Strategist’s View from the Bridge
In a week where global dry bulk flows shifted like a restless tide, the Ultramax and Handysize sectors navigated a landscape of mixed currents, subtle opportunities, and pockets of tightening supply. Across the major basins, the market displayed a blend of resilience and caution—an equilibrium familiar to those who have spent years reading the barometer of maritime trade.

Celestyal awarded Gold Feefo Trusted Service Award for customer service excellence

0Gold Trusted SmallCelestyal has been awarded the Gold Feefo Trusted Service Award, recognising the cruise line’s consistently high levels of customer service, based entirely on verified guest feedback.

International Chamber of Shipping launches comprehensive Deck Procedures Guide – Strengthening shipboard safety resources

0Deck Procedures GuideThe International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) today announces the release of its new Deck Procedures Guide, a vital addition to ICS’s suite of shipboard operational guidance.

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