Contributions
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2019 predictions and beyond
As is customary at this time of the year the editor tells me to stick my neck on the line…
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Scrutinising the entire ecosystem central for full vessel optimisation
Kim Skaarup, the CEO of e-procurement platform ShipServ, writes exclusively for Splash today. The proposal for an experience building phase…
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Be careful what you wish for
Andy Lane from CTI Consultancy takes issue with the recently published International Transport Forum report on container alliances and a…
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Something has to change in shipping’s platform quest
Stefan Kukman, founder and CEO of CargoX, looks at the past, present and future of maritime’s efforts to conduct business…
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Smaller bulkers are a larger gamble when it comes to scrubbers
Danish maritime advisory Liengaard & Roschmann runs the numbers on scrubber installations. Over the last couple of months, the discussions…
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Live Animal Export: Review dismembers current Australian regulations
Dr Lynn Simpson gives her verdict on the Moss review looking into Australia’s Live Animal Export industry. Several months late…
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Training strategies for millennials
Speaking at CrewConnect today in Manila, Anglo-Eastern’s Captain Pradeep Chawla makes the case for changing how training institutions operate. “Dealing…
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Why shipping should be worried about China’s rail dreams
Being a presenter at the recent TPM Asia conference gave me a few insights into the current thinking within the…
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Three ways to invest in shipping without buying ships
Thanos Sofios from Athens consultancy Novisea gives readers some ideas where to put their money. “God must have been a…
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What’s killing our seafarers?
It is easy to forget the strength and brute force that the ocean can render. Few appreciate this more than…
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Why there’s no love for shipping equities
Many shipping sectors are rebounding, but IPOs remain thin on the ground. J Mintzmyer, lead investor at Value Investor’s Edge,…
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Are we looking at terminal infrastructure the wrong way around?
Tom Bebbington from consultancy Container Logic makes the case for flying boxes in and out of ports rather than using…
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Green ships, scrubbers and all things digital
The challenge for shipping today is to deal with environmental and tech issues based on facts and science, and not…
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A pragmatist’s guide to MEPC73
The IMO’s 2020 sulphur cap is rapidly descending into a colossal regulatory fail, argues Jeffrey McGee from Makai Marine Advisors.…
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Scrubber-fitted dry bulk vessels will command 2020 premiums
A two-tier market will reward early adopters with higher time charter rates and asset values as cost of low sulphur…
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Scrubbers: the industrialisation of pollution or saviour of the planet?
It has been a brutal month for purveyors of open-loop scrubbers. Yes, sales tills continue to ring, with many manufacturers…
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The container conundrum
Santosh Patil tries to fathom how carriers managed to get into such an oversupplied situation. Having been a part of…
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Are EEDI shortcomings shipping’s smoking gun?
With the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) about to sit down for crunch talks at the International Maritime Organization the…
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2020 HSFO-MGO price differential likely to rise, but scrubber case still uncertain
Ishaan Hemnani from BunkerEx has investigated where existing 3.5% HSFO bunker demand will go, how this will be replaced and…
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China’s clever tariff tiff with the US
I am somewhat bemused by news headlines here in Australia and abroad that China’s response to the US shows a…
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