A billion-dollar offshore deal, the boxship bonanza and concerning seafarer safety stats

In this episode of the Wavelength podcast:Dof Group of Norway this week announced a plan to buy fellow offshore supply vessel owner Maersk Supply Service for $1.1bn — could similar deals be on the way?Gianluigi Aponte’s Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will soon control one-fifth of the world’s container fleet but as the orderbook racking up, could there be a risk of fleet overcapacity on the horizon?Finally, new claims data collated by protection and indemnity insurer Gard shows a worrying rise in crew injuries and sheds new light on suicide at sea.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.