Contributions
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China’s water and pollution transfer
Jeffrey Landsberg from Commodore Research suggests politicians in Beijing will play into shipowners’ hands. As China continues to modernise, its…
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Take the offshore current when it serves
We have reached and passed the three-year mark from when oil prices took a nosedive in October 2014. Since then,…
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Merger mania intensifies for Chinese yards
China’s top 10 yards will hold 70% of yard capacity within three years, Jason Jiang reports. The modus operandi ahead…
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The decarbonising debate
Dr Jenifer Baxter, head of environment and energy at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, muses on what she took away…
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The revolution will be digitised
Maurice Meehan, director of shipping operations at the Carbon War Room, writes exclusively for Splash today on future tech trends.…
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Owning the future
Diane Gilpin from the Smart Green Shipping Alliance reports from Monday’s Ambition 1.5oC: Global Shipping’s Action Plan – an event…
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Where pigs can swim
The tit for tat between the republic of the Marshall Islands and the International Chamber of Shipping this week over…
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A tech guy’s view about Paris MoU’s decision to restrict data access
George Wang, a professor with Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, argues that going forward shipping will have to get…
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We are all in the same boat
Diane Gilpin from the Smart Green Shipping Alliance exhorts readers to quit pussyfooting around when it comes to embracing the…
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Flag states and crew abandonment
I have been following Splash’s work on seafarer abandonment with a great deal of interest. Sam and the team are…
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Is shipping a climate friend or foe?
Maria Bruun Skipper, a director at Danish Shipping, helps set the scene for this week’s UN-convened COP23 climate talks taking…
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Why Port State Control is like toothpaste
Rod Johnson, a former Port State Control officer, laments news the Paris MoU is likely to make its data harder…
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The seafarer of the future
Captain Pradeep Chawla, chairman of GlobalMET, the association of maritime education and training providers, and managing director of QHSE and…
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It’s time to nip crew abandonment in the bud
‘Seafarer abandonment should be called-out for what it is: the flagrant exploitation and neglect of vulnerable people. And in other…
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Shipping into a changing world
Ship finance veteran Paul Slater firmly believes that the Chinese are now in control of the shipping markets that they need…
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Timing is not everything
The dry bulk industry has seen increased sale and purchase activity lately with investors getting excited over the attractive deals…
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Can we be honest about the damage we are all doing?
Amongst this week’s contributions to the gaiety of nations we may include the attempt by our industry’s lobbying bodies to…
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The best time to invest? Perhaps, but don’t lose sight of the Three Es
The industry is getting excited about asset values relative to earnings potential but keep a weather eye on the downside,…
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Live Animal Export: Dirty deeds, done dead cheap
“One sheep becomes multiple swollen, gelatinous and often gas filled slimy lumps with shedding wool, discoloured skin and eyes, tongues,…
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Why now might not be the best time in the last 30 years to invest in shipping
A report carried on this site yesterday stating that now is the best time since the 1980s to invest in…
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