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Why globalisation and its enemies matter
Andrew Craig-Bennett channels a former paramount leader of China in reminding readers to seek truth from facts. People like to…
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‘We need a convoy system past Yemen. Now’
Andrew Craig-Bennett knows how best to resuscitate Suez traffic. A lady I know has reminded me that the best way…
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Machismo and the art of shipmanagement
Andrew Craig-Bennett on the hard man culture afflicting shipping. Reading about the escape from disaster of the Alaska Airlines B737-9…
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What I’d like to see happening in shipping in 2024
We asked Andrew Craig-Bennett for his wish-list for what he would like to see happening in shipping in 2024, and…
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A year of too much news
Andrew Craig-Bennett, Splash’s lead columnist, is tasked with summarising the crazy year in maritime in 600 words. He fails. Such…
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What training can and cannot do
“If you think safety is expensive, try an accident!” – Stelios Hadji-Ionannou. Andrew Craig-Bennett loves aviation training, less so how…
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The training racket and the seafarer
Andrew Craig-Bennett bemoans our industry’s misguided approach to training. There is a dangerous idea – common amongst those who speak…
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The insidious food mile
Andrew Craig-Bennett hits out at foodstuffs moving by plane. Long ago, in an expensive hotel, I saw a menu that…
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Net is a weasel word
Andrew Craig-Bennett questions who let the marketing people loose on a question of science and engineering. He has serious issues…
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The dark side
Andrew Craig-Bennett gives readers his take on the rise of the shadow tanker fleet. In 1995, I wrote in a…
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Rising risks of cabin fever at sea
Andrew Craig-Bennett warns on the lack of communal get-togethers on ships today. On a Facebook page, one that is maintained…
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In shipping, when in doubt, don’t doubt
Andrew Craig-Bennett on what lessons we can learn from the fall of the house that Alfred Holt built. When Alfred…
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Two cheers for Mr Moller
Ahead of a landmark boxship naming ceremony today in Copenhagen, Andrew Craig-Bennett wishes there were more Maersks sailing the seven…
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The dual-fuel farce
Andrew Craig-Bennett pulls no punches in his overview of where we are today in our bid to decarbonise shipping. I…
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When blue fuels masquerade as green
Andrew Craig-Bennett questions who’s going to properly certify the origins of all these new fuels hitting the market. The Emperor’s…
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Shipbuilding in 2026
Andrew Craig-Bennett is back. In his first column since May, he mulls shipowners, shipyards and the realities of decarbonisation. I…
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East and West, but always just in time
Twenty-five years ago, people remarked that about 40% of the world merchant fleet was owned in Asia. No-one finds anything…
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Why I’m backing a return to sailing ships
Forget wind-assist, we need to go full on sail, argues Andrew Craig-Bennett. I asked the editor if I could write…
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Fuel magic and shipping’s third revolution
This newspaper told us a week ago that according to DNV there are 106 methanol-fuelled ships under construction or on…
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Anyone got a meth lab?
Andrew Craig-Bennett ponders the difficulties of using green fuels. A.P. Moller-Maersk seems to be going to pull off a coup.…
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