KNOWLEDGE & INSIGHTS
Expert perspectives on the latest developments across our sectors and services.
Market Insight
Maritime Arbitration in Numbers: London Leads, Asia Surges, and New Hubs Emerge
In its 6th edition, HFW's new report provides a high-level analysis of global maritime arbitration activity, based on data either published by the…
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Market Insight
Sustainability Quarterly – September 2025
Amid geopolitical tensions, sustainability remains a key trend, in terms of market stability, navigating global dynamics, and in advancing the…
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Briefing
The UK standard conditions for towage: New conditions issued on 12 November 2024
On 12 November 2024, a new edition of the UK Standard Conditions for Towage and Other Services (the UKSCT 2024) was issued by the British …
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Briefing
Autonomous shipping: strength in diversity
Developments in maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) technologies continue to take diverse forms, ranging from …
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Autonomous Vessels: Demonstrating Diverse and Dynamic Developments
Welcome to HFW’s year-end market round-up detailing some of the most interest…
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Briefing
Mass Update Part 2 – Autonomous shipping: A Reality
Welcome to our latest market round-up of some of the latest and more interest…
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Mass Update Part 1 – Regulations: Catching up with technology
With Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships’ (MASS)-related developments being ann…
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Autonomous vessels: the momentum is building
Capturing a vast array of updates within the Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) arena from the past few months…
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Autonomous ships: The future is now
In this bulletin we look to capture the vast array of developments, concernin…
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Israel and Lebanon sign ground-breaking maritime boundary agreement
Israeli-Lebanese Treaty signed allocating maritime jurisdiction and natural r…
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NordStream leaks: are our arteries safe?
Just prior to recent events taking place in the Baltic Sea, the UK Government…
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Briefing
Autonomous ships: MASS for the MASSes
Since our last bulletin in January 2022, further promising developments have …
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