Contributions
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Two popes and a pestilence
There is a historian’s in-joke going round to the effect that if you ever wanted to know what the fourteenth…
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Zero carbon vessels will require investment, technology – and community – readiness alignment
More than ever, decarbonisation of shipping will require substantial collaborative effort across maritime and energy stakeholders and beyond, writes Katharine…
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Smart ports: On the move to becoming global logistics information exchange hubs
Four experts – Hanane Becha from TRAXENS, Mikael Lind from the Research Institutes of Sweden, MSC’s André Simha and CMA…
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Living in the material world
Di Gilpin from the Smart Green Shipping Alliance on the complete rethink shipping needs to go through once ‘All This’…
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Two horsemen of the apocalypse
It’s too late to buy that VLCC. It’s far too late to sell anything, but you might want to try…
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Nasty, brutish, but short; shipping must navigate gaping downside risks to avoid a great depression
A rapid market recovery is dependent on the success of policy responses and failure could be disaster, writes James Frew…
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Volatility and uncertainty on the tanker front
Rebecca Galanopoulos Jones, head of research at Alibra Shipping, takes a look at the tanker market outlook for Q2. For…
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Covid-19 highlights gaps in smart port development
One of the many focal points coming out of Covid-19 has been the increasing role being played by technology. Technology…
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Vanishing food waste flouts maritime and national law
Many ship waste systems allow potentially hazardous food waste to disappear into sewage and grey water, by design and with…
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The global recovery will come on ships
Alfonso Castillero from the Liberian Registry on the need for authorities across the board to collaborate to see us through…
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Remote working employees – communication, management and supporting well-being
Amid the current global health crisis, much of the shipping and maritime industry’s workforce is now having to work from…
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The silver lining that can shine on the five pillars of maritime growth
Angelica Kemene, CEO of Optima-X, writes for Splash today on the urgent need for maritime collaboration to overcome the coronavirus…
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Unprecedented uncertainty sparks new ship finance conundrum
I’ve been in this wonderful shipping business for more decades than most and I can state categorically that I’ve never…
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Ship agents in the 2020s
Mikael Lind from Research Institutes of Sweden and Juan Carlos Croston from Manzanillo International Terminal (Panama) rethink how a crucial part…
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Five stages of crew relief grief
Steven Jones, founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, on how those stuck at sea are reacting to the coronavirus. Every…
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The positives from coronavirus
I am annoying. For those who know me, it probably isn’t for the reasons you might think, well not on…
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The best man for the job; why the shipping industry so often misses the point of diversity
In 2008 fans watched with bated breath as the world’s fastest runners lined up to compete in the 100 m sprint…
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What key behaviours and attributes make a successful shipping mogul?
Ahead of the publication of the latest MarPoll survey conducted by this site here’s my perspective as a recruiter on…
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Is China’s Belt Road Initiative the start of a new Cold War?
Whilst there has been much commentary around the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) and its geopolitical intentions, not much has been…
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On the subject of thought leadership
Mark Stokes, a director at BLUE Communications, has some communications advice for the shipping industry. Thought leadership is seemingly in…
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