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The Panama Papers: part two
The electronic filing system of one – just one – Panamanian law firm dealing in the incorporation of companies in…
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The Panama Papers: part one
It is said that if you place a frog in a saucepan full of cold water, put the saucepan on…
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Liner shipping – a tragedy of the commons?
I could have called this The Emperor’s Got No Clothes, but I will go with Charlton Heston’s line from the…
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The most dangerous man in the industry
This is a true story; I have slightly tweaked the names and the geography. Quite a few years ago, I…
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Adam Smith and the shipowner
I would like to offer you a short quotation from Adam Smith’s masterwork, An Enquiry into the Wealth of Nations,…
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Why shipping is a third-world industry
You may recall a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen in which a young and vain emperor is persuaded into…
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Life in a silo and its consequences
There is a management-speak jargon phrase about people working in ‘silos’ such that they are unaware of what their colleagues…
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Place reserved for Mr Tsipras in the Museum of Political Irrelevance
One ought to be careful in writing anything about the Greek crisis, because the mercurial temperament of the prime minister…
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Is your organisation seaworthy?
This is a question for traditional shipowners in East Asia – “How is your office organised?” And is it organised…
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Paper, paper, everywhere
What is the point of issuing the master of a ship with bits of paper and requiring him to show…
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Growing regulatory pressures
An annual growth rate of 2.8%. That is not a figure for a nation’s rate of GDP growth, although it…
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On maritime ineptitude
I dare say most of us know that the concept of ‘CRM’ – cockpit, or crew, resource management – is…
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The great PMSC retreat
When I was six, I lived with my parents in Mogadishu. It was a delightful place to be a little…
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