February 13th, 20190Regular livestock contributor Dr Lynn Simpson makes her 2019 debut warning there’s still plenty to fix in this trade.
Where to start? A quick update of current live...
February 4th, 20190The Lunar New Year starts tomorrow so what does the Year of the Pig hold for shipping ? Splash consults occasional contibutor Bei Hong to sift through the opinions of...
January 30th, 20190Bunker demand in 2020 will be determined by scrubber usage, fuel availability and the degree of global compliance, writes Tim Smith, director of tanker and energy...
January 25th, 20190Andrew Fenner, CEO of Swiss-based BitNautic, argues the blockchain revolution could be as important as the containerisation of global trade itself.
Having been...
January 24th, 20193Crude tanker stocks are ready for takeoff, argues J Mintzmyer from Value Investor's Edge.
As I discussed in a Splash article last month, shipping stocks had been...
January 23rd, 20196Regular contributor Jeffrey Landsberg from Commodore Research warns he has been seeing some bizarre trade forecasts lately. “I can't remember the last time some...
January 22nd, 20197A single dominant and proprietary platform is not only unlikely to succeed, but also highly undesirable, argues Nick Chubb from Intelligent Cargo Systems.
While the...
January 15th, 20192Greg Atkinson from Japan’s Eco Marine Power on the growing interest in wind power among shipowners today.
Recently there has been a relative surge in interest...
January 14th, 20190The IMO 2020 sulphur regulation has been an effective brake on new orders for larger vessels, writes Daniel Richards from Maritime Strategies International.
The...
January 10th, 20190With 2020 fuel price increases on the cards owners and operators need to look at every way to cut bunker bills, writes Andreas Glud from Hempel.
With a year to go...
January 8th, 201915Shipping is still a black box – it is opaque. We know that folks are cutting corners, or just making uninformed mistakes, but without real visibility and...
January 7th, 20193The Revd Canon Andrew Wright, secretary general of The Mission to Seafarers writes exclusively for Splash today, outlining his seafarer safety forecast for the year...
January 3rd, 20190Some predictions for the year ahead from Helix PR’s Ed Ion.
As communicators working in the maritime industries our clients often ask us how they can stay ahead of...
January 3rd, 20196Could seafarers’ experiences of mental health management be adding to the problem? Carolyn Graham investigates.
Would talking about health in committee meetings on...
December 24th, 20180Former soldier Steve Regis, now COO of ARX Marine, writes about seafarer mental health, a critical issue at this festive time of the year.
A seafarer. What does the...
December 19th, 20180A carrier-agnostic approach needs to be taken to solve one of container shipping’s great riddles for 2019, argues Stefan Kukman, CEO of CargoX.
It seems every day...
December 12th, 20182Why did the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom ban commission-based fee systems among investment advisories, and what does it tell us about the...