At 2:00 AM in heavy seas, a ship's officer makes a critical navigation decision. Fighting fatigue after a long day at sea, they reach for controls positioned awkwardly across the bridge console, squinting at displays that create glare from nearby lighting. At this moment, decades of ship design decisions either support human performance or undermine it. The difference between good ergonomics and poor design can mean the difference between safe navigation and catastrophic error. Maritime...

When a charter party dispute arises between a ship owner in Greece and a charterer in Singapore over a vessel operating between Brazil and China, which country's courts have jurisdiction? How are proceedings conducted when parties are spread across continents? What happens when an arbitration award needs enforcement in a jurisdiction with no connection to the original dispute? These questions illustrate why maritime arbitration has evolved as the preferred dispute resolution mechanism for the...

A container ship carrying $50 million worth of electronics encounters unexpected rough weather in the Indian Ocean. Traditional monitoring would alert the crew to basic conditions like location and speed. But artificial intelligence does something fundamentally different: it analyzes weather patterns, cargo movement sensors, temperature fluctuations, and historical data to predict potential cargo damage before it occurs, automatically reroutes the vessel to safer passages, and alerts...