Contributions
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Just what is green finance?
There sure are a heck of a lot of conferences these days focused on so-called green finance. The term has…
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Confusion surrounds sustainable ship recycling options
Amit Malhotra, a senior trader at GMS Japan, on the risks posed by competing ship scrapping regulations. Environmental issues are…
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Fat cows, foolish virgins, and the snows of yesteryear
The carriage of goods by sea is one of the things that Sir Richard Branson hasn’t tried (yet) so the…
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Is orbit envy the new battle of the bands?
Increased choice is coming to maritime communications with benefits to shipowners; digitalisation demands options writes Tore Morten Olsen, Marlink. Many…
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Shipping’s Ugland House problem
Santosh Patil on shipping’s continued way of avoiding paying tax. I’m not sure if many are aware of the infamous…
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Singapore shipping bosses, please check in on your minority colleagues
Banu Kannu from Uncommon Conferences on sustained casual racism at many workplaces in Singapore. The raft of racially motivated acts and attacks against…
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Shipping needs to improve its automation game to make wind propulsion work
Terje Lade, Vindskip project manager, writes for Splash today. Wind propulsion systems, when it comes to installations, are already outpacing…
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Can tanker owners hope for a better second half performance?
While the spot market languishes, the timecharter market hints at increased optimism, writes Tim Smith, MSIThe tanker market continues to…
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An alternative view of the Carbon Intensity Indicator
Edwin Pang, founder of UK consultancy Arcsilea and chair of RINA’s IMO Committee, reckons emissions cutting agreements agreed upon this…
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An alternative view of EEXI
Edwin Pang, founder of UK consultancy Arcsilea and chair of RINA’s IMO Committee, reckons emissions cutting agreements agreed upon this…
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Why human interaction with seafarers matters now more than ever
As we emerge out of lockdown, a return to the simple acts of kindness delivered through routine ship visits is…
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Seafarers’ invisibility renders them forgotten
Carolyn Graham, associate fellow at the Seafarers International Research Centre, writes for Splash on today’s Day of the Seafarer. June…
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Maritime’s PR weakness
Ben Pinnington’s new book, Making Waves: PR strategies to transform your maritime business, has just been published. The Polaris Media…
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Re-writing the rules on risk management
In a world that is more digital and less co-located than ever, actively engaging frontline workers in risk management, has…
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Sustaining crew while decreasing emissions
Crew awareness is crucial in making the global fleet greener argues Mikael Laurin, the CEO of Lean Marine. As the…
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Environmental collision regulations
Wade Allison, emeritus professor of physics at the University of Oxford, on why nuclear power is such an obvious choice…
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Will the Carbon Intensity Indicator re-shape the shipping industry?
Attention so far has been on the impact of the EEXI, but the CII could have a dramatic effect on…
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The practical and pragmatic plan to get to zero emissions
LNG as a future fuel has been on the receiving end of an enormous amount of flak of late. Niels…
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Denmark versus Finland last Saturday needs to be a wake-up call for us all
Christian Ayerst from Mental Health Support Solutions watched on in horror as a Danish football player collapsed on the pitch…
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How the X-Press Pearl disaster could have been avoided
Shipping man and author, Carlos Luxul, questions why the X-Press Pearl was not allowed to offload a leaking box of…
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