Contributions
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Themes that will dominate ship finance for the next 12 months
There’s been some pretty big wake-up calls for traditional ship finance players in recent months with a raft of tech…
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Real-time team collaboration in dry bulk shipping
Jenna Brown from Shipamax on how modern workplaces are evolving. With a historic role in the growth of modern…
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HMM puts its marker down for global status
Neil Dekker, container consultant at ClipperMaritime, assesses the big picture on the Korean carrier’s decision to reenter the Asia to…
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Change will come, but not unless we make it happen
Rashid Baba, chief commercial officer at Thuraya, writes for Splash on where shipping is today in terms of embracing digital…
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Why LNG as the ship fuel of the future is a massive red herring
Dr Tristan Smith from UCL Energy Institute takes issue with a feature we ran last week on France’s push to…
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France’s joined-up thinking gives it the lead in race for LNG as a ship fuel
Public and private sectors have come together to push the European nation to the front of the LNG bunkering revolution.…
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Environment over economy key to China’s containerised trade outlook
Chinese industry is key to the global box market writes Sam Williams from ClipperMaritime, a consultancy that has this month…
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Myanmar’s emerging belt road dilemma: China versus India
Preparations for speaking engagements in China as part of my doctorate research into the Belt Road Initiative (BRI), have revealed…
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Time to put the champagne on ice
Markets are on the up but the post-downturn landscape will be complex and nuanced, says Dr Adam Kent, director of…
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Maritime is missing out on the skills and talents of outstanding women
Rachel Morgan from recruitment firm Spinnaker Global takes on the issue of gender inequality in shipping. Women who work in…
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Volatile as a Rottweiler
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang assesses shipping’s fortunes in the Year of the Dog. The Chinese Year of the Dog takes…
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Managing data and losing skills
Panos Patsadas from DS Multibulk questions shipping’s digital transformation. There are a few prominent figures in shipping, who see the…
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Owners of old jackup rigs realise their gamble isn’t paying off
David Carter Shinn from Bassoe Offshore gives readers some stark realities about many failings in the rig sector. They’re cheap…
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Hire a Chief Technology Officer, now!
Yes, we can discuss the price of oil and its peregrinations. Or the pressing need for and surprising lack of…
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Live Animal Export: Emissions reprieve?
Dr Lynn Simpson ponders whether environmental rulings might spell the end of much of the livestock carrier fleet. Here’s a…
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Is there intelligent life in shipping?
“Is there intelligent life on Earth?” read a graffito on the wall of the Old Schools Building, Downing Street, Cambridge,…
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The ship tech bubble debate
Oddbjørn Slinning, a partner at Norwegian legal firm SANDS, joins our growing debate that has raged this week on the…
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Dynamic positioning inventor dies
Russell Hodge from Pirie Smith pays tribute to Howard Shatto, the father of dynamic positioning, who died earlier this month…
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Entrenched attitudes versus technology adoption
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang asks whether the mindset of those working within maritime is holding the industry back from becoming…
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Counter cyclical handysize bulker asset plays
Court Smith from VesselsValue makes the investment case for smaller bulk carriers. When assessing asset values and looking for those…
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