Global onshore gas and liquid fuels storage operators have been enjoying buoyant market conditions over recent periods, with rising occupancy rates, healthy financial results, and an upbeat outlook.

The dramatic effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tanker market has been replicated to some extent in onshore storage markets, with a strong appetite for capacity emerging during 2020 and early 2021, compared with previous years.

A carbon-free maritime sector may seem a distant prospect, but the largest liner operators are aready making plans to comply with regulatory measures well in advance of the key 2050 deadline. However, many questions need to be answered and challenging decisions need to be made.

This month, coinciding with Mental Health Awareness Week, we spoke to Steph Rockett, Infospectrum's Global HR Manager based at our Oxford office. She shares with us her take on working at Infospectrum and what the company has been doing to support employees' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This month we spoke to Daniel Woodrow, a Senior Analyst at Infospectrum’s Oxford office. He shares with us his take on working at Infospectrum, and the challenges faced by the shipping industry at the moment.

Terminal velocity? The decline of U.S. coal mining

It’s been a funny old 18 months for CFOs and principals in the bunker sector.

This month we spoke to Eleonora D’Orio, Senior Business Analyst at Infospectrum’s London office. She shared what it is like working in shipping along with how the industry has evolved since her career began.

Sanctions, sanctions, sanctions! For those of us involved in risk and compliance, the seemingly never-ending increase in complexity around maintaining sanctions compliance can feel somewhat overwhelming at times.

Liner spot freight rates have recently defied traditional and current logic, reaching record levels. In early-March 2020 most freight analysts predicted Armageddon for the liner sector with cargo volumes falling off the proverbial cliff. What has since transpired?

With so many of us working from home, it can be difficult to share best practice amongst colleagues, and we have seen an increase in requests from our users about how best to use Infospectrum's services.  While each client we have uses our products in a different way, we are keen for our clients to get the maximum benefit from the relationship.

Here is a "top five", for starters: