Research and innovation in supply chain & logistics in the ship equipment supply, product and services sector has stagnated in the last quarter. The most recent figures show that the number of supply chain and logistics related patent applications in the industry stood at 48 in the three months ending May – the same as 48 over the same period in 2021. Figures for patent grants related to supply chain and logistics followed a different pattern to filings – shrinking from 28 in the three months...