Contributions
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Why we must regulate grey water now
Dr Wei Chen, Mark Beavis, Oliver Jost, Felix von Bredow and Markus Joswig are the co-authors for a Splash special…
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Safety gap threatens transformation
Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO DNV Maritime, argues that the industry’s safe transition to a decarbonised, digitally enabled future is under threat.…
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Cutting oil use at sea
Peter Tedder and Rebecca Bridgen from Leo Maritime on best practice for sustainable oil management. Rather like all Olympics teams…
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The five Rs: embrace remote technology, depend on people
The maritime industry is moving towards a new paradigm and owners can already embrace the change, writes Tore Morten Olsen,…
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Green as standard
Jon Chaplin from Lucion Marine on the realities of sustainably recycling a ship. An email from Lucion HR arrived last…
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Tankers: Calling the rebound
After a year of extremes, how, where and when a recovery materialises are the questions that preoccupy owners, writes Tim…
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Coronavirus and seafarer mental health – the good news
There’s no vaccine against poor mental health, writes Johan Smith from Sailors’ Society. As so many have said, we live…
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Never let a good crisis go to waste
It was Britain’s favourite Briton (according to TV polls at least) who declaimed that faced with a crisis, one should…
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The Andy Warhol moment
Splash’s chief opinion writer, Andrew Craig-Bennett, reflects on shipping’s 15 minutes of fame. “There were no wrecks, and nobody drowned…
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From meme to you
Steven Jones from the Propeller Club Liverpool on the unique opportunity the grounded Evergreen vessel has given shipping to engage…
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Market- or performance-based compensation?
With dry bulk rates reaching heights not seen for more than 10 years, it is a good opportunity to discuss…
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‘You cannot sell a man who isn’t listening’
Gray Page’s James Wilkes argues shipping ought to be advertising its usefulness to the general public more often. Have you…
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Why we’re not stretching the men we have as much as we could
Heidi Heseltine provides readers with key takeaways from a recent webinar hosted by the Diversity Study Group. A total of…
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‘Sod globalisation, protect the citizens’
Carl Martin Faannessen, managing director of Manila-based Noatun Maritime, is very worried about what vaccine passports will mean to the…
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From pipeline to pipe dream: why there’s no such thing as shipping carbon-neutral LNG
There’s been a lot of talk about carbon-neutral LNG in recent weeks. It’s all fake news, argues Wijnand Stoefs, shipping…
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Rebranding shipping: We owe it to our very own VIPs
Gina Panayiotou, founder of the Oceans Arena, on how the industry needs to ensure its heart is in the right…
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Opening the silos: data-sharing is key in port call collaboration
Change of industry mindset needed for ship voyage optimisation to curb costly port congestion and cut emissions, industry forum is…
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Could wind propulsion fund the full decarbonisation of shipping?
Gavin Allwright, secretary at the International Windship Association, has seen a lot of speculation and discussion around the costs and…
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This ‘moonshot’ isn’t rocket science
Andrew Craig-Bennett is not happy with Wednesday’s $5bn R&D submission to the IMO by shipowning interests. “Da mihi castitatem et…
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Producing electrofuels needs a reliable, cost effective energy source
Producing hydrogen, ammonia and methanol requires an enormous amount of energy – wind and solar just don’t cut it on…
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