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LNG as a fuel through to 2050
Peter Keller, SEA-LNG chairman, writes for Splash today 2020 was a year of tough choices for everyone in shipping. But…
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To the Point Communications: Telling shipping’s story
By common consent Mike Zampa is one of the good guys in shipping. Everyone who has had dealings with him…
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Virtual interactions are testing our Sitzfleisch
Banu Kannu, co-founder of uncommon conferences, on how to make for meaningful gatherings in 2021. It’s fair to say most…
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Building a future with autonomous shipping
Alexander Pinskiy, head of industry association MARINET, explains the long-term vision of the a-Navigation (autonomous navigation) project, its use in…
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My vow to help the lives of seafarers
Manish Singh, CEO of Ocean Technologies Group, outlines his new year’s resolutions to help improve the lot of seafarers, urging…
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Maritime Expert Ireland: Survey specialists
2020 was a challenging year for many in the maritime industry with shipping firms across a range of sectors facing…
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How to speed up weather routing
Dr Henry Chen, a retired naval architect, looks at where weather routing has gone wrong and how to improve it.…
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Which sectors will fare best and worst in 2021?
First we asked our readers, then a host of the world’s top shipping analysts. The runners and riders are identified…
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Cyprus Shipping: Island competitiveness
In June this year Vasilis Demetriades was appointed Cyprus’s deputy shipping minister. He’s been busy ever since developing the island’s…
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Caliber8: Tech hires
Caliber8, a Singapore-based recruitment firm led by young founders and focusing on maritime, accounting and finance, is looking to disrupt…
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Collaborative technologies for maritime transport at economies of scale
Mikael Lind and Almir Zerem from the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) are joined by Adam Roark and Michele Sancricca from AWS Transportation…
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Containership owners toast a ‘sold-out’ Christmas season
Shippers are squealing, ports are creaking and box-building is booming, but owners of small and large ships are sitting pretty,…
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Splash Extra: Beijing nears U-turn on recycling ban
Beijing is close to announcing a U-turn on its two-year-old decision to ban foreign ships from being recycled on its…
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Beijing set to reverse ship recycling ban
China is looking at reopening its ship recycling yards to foreign owners from as early as next year. Chinese shipbreakers…
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December 2020 Review
The 14,000 teu ONE Apus made headlines across the world after it got battered in a storm in the Pacific…
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2020 Annual Review
The coronavirus pandemic dominated every facet of the shipping industry, sending markets in a tailspin, providing logistical headaches and upending…
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‘Tis the season for awards
Splash Extra is madly in love with awards and the ceremonies that follow, not anything like our founding fathers who…
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The Raspberries of the tanker sector
The Shipping Academy Award for biggest gamble of the year goes to Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud colloquially…
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Containers hog the limelight
Equipment of the year at our inaugural, tongue in cheek Shipping Academy Awards goes to the forty-foot container, the first…
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Analyst Abstract
Tankers Aframaxes, the workhorses of the tanker sector, seem especially troubled in the current malaise hitting the crude segment. Last…
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