Contributions
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Why seafarers value having a ‘friend’ in port
Dr Esteban Pacha, acting chair of the trustees of Apostleship of the Sea, writes exclusively for Splash today. Hardly a…
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Known unknowns on tanker terrorism
Security consultant Lars Bergqvist questions why shipping was not put on high alert prior to the tanker attacks off Fujairah…
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What are we waiting for?
The sulphur cap might not be the silver lining many in the tanker sector are hoping for, argues BIMCO’s Peter…
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Shippers can take advantage of BAF variation
Lars Jensen from SeaIntelligence Consulting explains how savvy clients can game sulphur cap surcharges. With the low sulphur rules being…
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Nor-Shipping ought to celebrate finance achievements
I’m more involved in this year’s Nor-Shipping than normal, helping Jannis Kostoulas get his first Oslo Mare Forum up and…
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How to explain the handymax sales rush?
Commodore Research’s Jeffrey Landsberg tries to get to grips with a quirk in the S&P scene this year. Notable in…
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The PSC regime needs to be more human
Captain Pradeep Chawla from shipmanger Anglo-Eastern is speaking today at DNV GL’s Port State Control Seminar. He shares with Splash…
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CEO Chronicles 4: Oh My Boss!
In CEO Chronicles 2, we discussed five traps we should not fall into when dealing with bad bosses. In CEO…
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Ships ought to be designed with dismantling in mind
Panagiotis Galanis, aged 14, is a grade nine student at the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation. He writes exclusively for Splash on…
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A box management ecosystem to solve the empty container dilemma
We need to re-oriente our thinking towards container management, argues Nicholas Press from CEC Systems. Visibility is a high priority…
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What can maritime learn from the Boeing 737 Max disaster?
Wallem Group CEO Frank Coles compared the Boeing 737 Max disasters to maritime last month at the Maritime CEO Forum,…
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The rebels versus the deckchair shufflers at MEPC74
Peter Jackson from BLUE Communications looks at the narrative aspects of the Extinction Rebellion protests outside the International Maritime Organization…
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Bunker price volatility can erase owner’s TC earnings
The team at BunkerEx provide Splash readers with a case study on the importance of always recalculating all bunker options.…
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Aframax price spike explained
Matthew Freeman from VesselsValue identifies why there’s such a strong appetite for ageing aframaxes. There has been a steady flow…
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Is Singapore’s new megaport a strategic masterstroke?
Singapore has successfully built itself into a maritime powerhouse through exploiting its strategic location within the old trade routes. Innovation…
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Improving organisational agility through improved engagement
As a final part to the mini-series on leadership and talent management, Axel Knudsen, a certified talent optimisation consultant and…
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CEO Chronicles 3: Managing the boss
Welcome to the third chapter of CEO Chronicles – the serial guide to navigating your liferaft in corporate rapids. In…
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Go slow movement driving shipping away from decarbonisation breakthroughs
Two wrongs don’t make a right. That was one of my Dad’s most annoying maxims that he’d deploy to drown…
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Shipping’s Uber moment far off
Mr Prospector doesn’t mind taking a few cheap shots at the broking community, but admits their role in the industry…
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Employee engagement is the responsibility of functional leaders
As a sequel to their article on talent management last week, Andy Lane, a partner at CTI Consultancy and Axel…
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