Contributions
-
Dreams, delusions or fantasies: Making sense of the G7, SCO and China’s BRI
Geopolitical events in the Sino-Asian region have evolved quickly. Significant international events provided an intriguing glimpse into possible future directions.…
Read More » -
Should HMM stay or go?
On March 16 2017, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) inked a three-year strategic cooperation agreement with Maersk and MSC’s 2M alliance.…
Read More » -
Could ship finance help resolve crew abandonment?
David Galea, a partner at Ince & Co, based in Dubai, has this contribution on how to solve ‘one of…
Read More » -
Are we nearing peak container?
The TT Club and McKinsey have recently issued an 80-page report looking at how the container business might develop through…
Read More » -
How to approach the rebound in container vessel owner values
In January I wrote for Splash on Pacific Basin valuation approaches. Bulk has been in a rebounding form from low-lows…
Read More » -
Drilling into human data at sea
Steven Jones, the founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, writes exclusively for Splash today, stressing the importance of bridging the…
Read More » -
Five key differences between Posidonians and Vouliadonians. Which are you?
Jon Chaplin from Spinnaker Global has the final, wry word on last week’s mammoth series of events in and around…
Read More » -
A measured path to success in maritime digitalisation
Badrinath Setlur, assistant VP at digital consultants Cognizant, gives readers three strategies to a fully mature connected shipping system. Digitalisation…
Read More » -
Murphy’s law of freight
The most important human factor in logistics is your relationships, writes Marta Kuzma from Tuscor Lloyds. ‘Logistics is generally the…
Read More » -
Buoyant Posidonia paints its own picture of the markets
Athens airport this morning tells its own tale of the jamboree that was Posidonia. Slouched and decidely delicate with dark…
Read More » -
All eyes on Vale
The Brazilian miner has laid out some very robust iron ore production targets, writes Jeffrey Landsberg from Commodore Research. As…
Read More » -
Sulphur distraction
Captain Ed Enos, a keen Splash reader, laments a missed opportunity by shipowners this week to properly address the looming…
Read More » -
In logistics, trust is still a four-letter word, but that’s changing
Stefan Kukman, the founder and CEO of CargoX, writes exclusively for Splash today. A few years ago, logistics companies would…
Read More » -
Better performance monitoring depends on open standard and data-driven solutions
Stein Kjølberg, global concept director of Jotun Hull Performance Solutions, writes exclusively for Splash today. The method most ship operators…
Read More » -
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil. The market will eventually recover, writes BIMCO’s chief shipping analyst, Peter Sand. Shipping cycles are…
Read More » -
‘Paralysis by analysis does not exist in Greek shipping’
Maritime CEO assesses the mindset of a Greek shipowner, and why this nation is so good at getting shipping cycles…
Read More » -
Money for the masses
So here we are at Posidonia once again and my, oh my how the mood of owners descending on Athens…
Read More » -
Posidonia, it’s a marathon not a sprint
Simon Ward from Ursa Shipbrokers on his six steps to getting through this hectic week in Athens. Here we are…
Read More » -
Mind the sulphur cap
The shipowners of the world, with a handful of specific exceptions, are not going to be scrubbing their funnel flue…
Read More » -
Talking points at the world’s most famous shipping show
We will get a chance to hear what’s uppermost in owners’ minds at Posidonia in the next few days. Posidonia…
Read More »