MarPoll
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Containers
Megamax interest cools
In an ongoing poll carried on this site, 61% of readers believe the ordering frenzy for ultra large container vessels…
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Operations
Reputation counts when choosing a service provider
Despite the chastened times for most in shipping over the past decade when it comes to picking a class society,…
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Operations
What’s the deciding factor for you when picking a flag?
What’s the most important factor when choosing a class society, flag or P&I club? Does it all come down to…
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Gas
LNG tipped as best shipping sector next year
Rates for LNG carriers are soaring at the moment, pushing north of $150,000 a day and Splash readers reckon the…
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Environment
Survey claims owners have left it too late to get scrubbers installed in time for the start of the sulphur cap
Owners have now left it too late to get scrubbers installed in time for the start of the global sulphur…
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Operations
Shipping’s $64bn question: What will be the price differential between MGO and HFO fuels by the end of 2020?
MarPoll, Splash’s quarterly survey, relaunches today with a series of topical maritime questions. The poll takes as little as two…
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Tankers
Tanker market yet to bottom out
The tanker market has yet to bottom out, according to a slim majority of Splash readers. With our latest quarterly…
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Tankers
VLCC newbuilding prices jump 8.4% this year
Newbuild prices for bulkers, tankers, boxships and gas carriers have climbed significantly in the first seven months of the year…
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Operations
MarPoll: ‘We’re no longer training seafarers; we’re training astronauts’
Today Splash reveals the results of our last survey, while detailing the questions we are posing for the next online…
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Bunkering
Industry divided on low sulphur fuel availability in 2020
The shipping industry is undecided whether or not there will be enough low sulphur fuel available when new environmental regulations…
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Dry Cargo
Handysize bulkers eyed as best asset play in 2018
Handysize bulkers, a very popular S&P item over the past 18 months, are Splash readers’ top pick still in terms…
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Operations
Which of the world’s largest shipowning nations is best at reading shipping cycles?
Our latest online survey, MarPoll, launches today with results to be carried in the Posidonia issue of Maritime CEO magazine…
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Gas
LNG narrowly tipped to be best performing shipping sector this year
With just three days to go until voting closes Splash readers are narrowly putting their bets on LNG as the…
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Greater China
Cosco seen overhauling Maersk as world’s top containerline in coming decade
Splash readers are predicting Cosco, China’s giant state-backed maritime conglomerate, will overhaul Maersk to become the world’s top containerline in…
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Containers
Will 2018 bring better freight rates?
Will the markets be kinder to shipowners in 2018 than this year? That forms the central thesis of the latest…
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Operations
Survey finds tech vendors do not understand challenges owners and crew face
Technology vendors do not understand the challenges shipowners and crew face, according to a survey carried on this site. The…
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Containers
Survey predicts liners will need fleets of above 1.5m teu to compete on the main east-west tradelanes
Consolidation within the liner sector is set to continue in the coming few years, according to a survey carried on…
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Containers
Record year for S&P ‘feels like a false dawn’
More than 60% of respondents in an ongoing survey carried on this site believe the current markets do not justify…
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Environment
Should IMO’s targets for its energy efficiency design index be tightened?
There’s a host of new topical questions posed today in the latest MarPoll, our quarterly online survey. Environmental matters rank…
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Regulatory
Shipping’s global regulatory framework under threat from lack of consensus
Shipping’s global regulatory framework is under threat from a lack of consensus on major issues, a survey has found. The…
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