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All at sea: how are seafarers faring in an age of mental wellbeing?
Richard Turner, CEO of Tapiit Live, on the challenges we face to ensure happiness at sea Having been overlooked and…
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Synergy Marine: The technical partnership model for shipmanagement
Founded 15 years ago, Singapore’s Synergy Marine Group has grown very fast to become one of the world’s largest shipmanagers…
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Conflict at the top for LNG in the race for decarbonisation
Ned Berry, an environmental analyst at MCA Consulting, on the pros and cons of LNG as a fuel. The International…
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A deepfelt worry for those at sea
Carl Martin Faannessen, the CEO of Noatun Maritime, on the danger of the mental ‘infinite loop’ which leads to lack…
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Kongsberg Digital: Today’s newbuilds are digital-ready
Collecting data, contextualising and using it in the correct way is increasing in importance, says Hege Skryseth, executive vice president…
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We have played this plague game before
Carl Martin Faannessen, the CEO of Noatun Maritime, uses a phone game to hammer home that crewing is not good…
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Crew change dagger in the back
Steven Jones, founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, is acutely worried about the plunging morale at sea. In asking seafarers…
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Spot the mistakes
Nick Coverdale from Agreefreight.com on where carriers are getting it wrong in their spot offerings. Years ago I was asked…
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Flex LNG: Flexible by nature
Norwegian LNG shipping specialist Flex LNG is eyeing a new round of expansion, taking advantage of the promising outlook of…
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Shipping’s decarbonisation requires both the IMRB and an MBM
John Butler, president and CEO of the World Shipping Council, writes for Splash today, laying out the liner lobbying group’s…
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Can LNG carriers make the leap to carbon neutrality?
Greater design efficiency and the application of an array of proven technologies will provide a pathway to longer term emissions…
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Eveon Containers: Digital box vendors
The buying of metal containers has finally got the Amazon treatment. Long an antiquated part of the shipping business, it’s…
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Pacific Basin: The tramp trades must wait for green tech to filter down
After nine years in the job, Mats Berglund announced this January he’s stepping down at the end of July from…
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Container shipping could go carbon neutral right now
$5.1bn. That’s the surprisingly small cost for the whole liner fleet to go carbon neutral today. Vespucci Maritime’s Lars Jensen…
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Splash Extra: Carbon credit credentials assessed
As shipping waits for its magical silver bullet to resolve its pressing decarbonisation issue, many shipowners are beginning to offer…
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Carl Büttner: 165 not out
The Carl Büttner shipping company celebrated its 165th anniversary in March with a subtle rebrand, fresh from taking on its…
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Splash Extra: Amazon rattles forwarders on the transpacific
Not content with disrupting the high street, Amazon is displacing the traditional role of freight forwarders and others involved in…
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BW Group: Andreas Sohmen-Pao on the characteristics tomorrow’s shipowner must possess
With the accelerating pace of change, businesses have a lot of things to consider. Few have been so proactive to…
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Islands and industry say it’s time for a carbon tax. Can Kerry help deliver it?
Jimmy Nuake, deputy secretary at the Ministry of Infrastructure Development of the Solomon Islands, writes for Splash today demanding more…
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Amazon reshapes transpacific trade flows
Amazon.com, America’s top e-commerce company, is rapidly but quietly reshaping tradeflows on the transpacific, becoming a discreet top 10 non-vessel-operating…
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