Contributions
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The minutiae of war and shipping
A merchant seaman, Mr Hadisur Rahman, third engineer onboard the bulk carrier Banglar Samriddhi, has already been killed in this…
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Alliances, consortiums and cartels
Alison Cusack, principal lawyer at Melbourne-based Cusack & Co, on the ramifications Down Under of Joe Biden’s decision to target…
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Will 2022 be the year when shipping shifts focus to immediate action on decarbonisation?
Digital technologies will be crucial if shipping is to meet growing pressure to fast-track its decarbonisation efforts, says ZeroNorth CEO…
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Ukraine’s maritime industry must do more to be trusted
Ivan Niyakii, the vice president of the Ukraine Maritime Chamber and CEO of Craneship, writes for Splash today on his…
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Shipping, we have a new stakeholder: the ocean
Matthieu de Tugny, president of Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, has a new book out this week. Today he writes…
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What is social responsibility in shipping?
Nima Roshanaei from the Maroos Shipping Group on our industry’s path to understanding and incorporating social responsibility into day-to-day operations.…
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Decarbonisation should be the priority of cash-rich lines
Director of Global Shippers Forum (GSF) James Hookham has a clear message for container lines pondering what to do with…
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Open data is the only way to the common good
Mikko Heikkilä, who sails as a master and is doing research towards a PhD in atmospheric sciences, applauds Maersk’s recent…
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Love thy freight forwarder, soon they might not be there to return your love
Kris Kosmala on the similarities between transporting containers and passengers. The outrageous container rates between Asia and European and American…
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The sea word
Steven Jones, the compiler of the Seafarers Happiness Index, writes for Splash today on the potential for a cryptocurrency solution…
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Has the lockdown party ended for dry bulk?
New Year but same old shipping markets? Splash Extra examines the numbers. During the Asian tiger economy years of the…
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The year in maritime technology
Su Yin Anand and Tabitha Logan, the co-founders of maritime pitch competition The Captain’s Table, identify the likely tech trends…
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Forwarders in the firing line
Bjorn Vang Jensen, vice president at Sea-Intelligence Advisory Services, on what he terms Maersk’s ‘burn the boats’ strategy, and its…
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The glorious year of 2022
The editor asked me to write something about a wish list for 2022. The first wish is dead easy. I…
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Improving employee relations onboard ships
Dr Carolyn Graham from the Caribbean Maritime University on a more collaborative approach to making life at sea better. A…
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It’s time for the industry to stand up and be counted in support of our seafarers
Frank Coles is frustrated at the limited take-up to date of a petition to enable proper treatment of seafarers during…
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Scrap prices in 2022
With scrap prices more than doubling in 2021 and the year closing out above a remarkable $600 per ldt, questions…
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Tankers still seeking the recipe for sustained recovery
Disparate factors must converge for the market to construct and maintain a recovery in 2022, writes Tim Smith, MSI. The…
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The embarrassment of riches
I stole that title from a book by Professor Simon Schama, who, before he was famous, was one of my…
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The stalled energy transition
Showered with cash like never before, what is it that containership owners know that the rest of us have yet…
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