Contributions
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The asset appreciation play has yet to leave port
The so-called ‘asset play’ investment strategy, buying low and selling high, is a well-known way of generating outstanding profits in…
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What’s in a name?
When spending millions of dollars on a new vessel, it’s understandable that most shipping companies will opt for a sober,…
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How to keep cyber criminals at bay
Louise Zucchi of Towergate Insurance on lessons to be learned from Maersk’s bad week at the hands of cyber criminals.…
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A wake-up call? We’ve been hitting ‘snooze’ on cyber risk for too long
Ian Millen, security and intelligence advisor at Global Navigation Solutions, passes comment on this week’s ransomware attack. Despite the recent…
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Does One Belt, One Road make commercial sense?
Following the recent summit held in Beijing in which the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) was the centrepiece, there has been…
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Credit is due to shipping finance
The freight market has been disappointing recently, for dry bulk, tankers and containerships, while asset prices too have been on…
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Shipping needs greater enforcement of current regulations
Glynn Thomas, currently serving as a first engineer, suggests the IMO should focus on nailing down existing rules rather than…
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Live Animal Export: Australian horse transportation by sea for slaughter
Dr Lynn Simpson returns with a depressing look at horses being shipped around the world. Horses at sea? Really? I’ve…
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Marianamax containership class introduced
Jean-Paul Rodrigue, a professor at Hofstra University has this tongue in cheek look at the future of container shipping. Yesterday,…
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Wärtsilä and China’s coming maritime digital transformation
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang has been in Shanghai all week on a press tour with Wärtsilä. Below are his key…
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Preparing for the inevitable – cyber-attacks a matter of when, not if, for shipping
Rory Macfarlane from Ince & Co in Hong Kong warns the recent WannaCry global attack is just the tip of…
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Why has shipping got it so wrong?
The arrival of spring brought fresh bloom on the trees and flowers on the plants but there is no spring…
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Location, location, location
In his ongoing series for Splash looking at how to conduct business in China, Charlie Du Cane, the head of…
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Charisma, competence and foie gras: Leadership in China
Charlie Du Cane, the head of Clipper (Hong Kong), kicks off a regular new series looking at how to do…
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Unsafe at any draft – Part three
The published accounts by the two survivors of the loss of the make very sobering reading. The speed with which…
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One Belt, One Road: Changes to shipping in Southeast Asia?
There has been much commentary surrounding the development, conception, and now the roll out of the New Silk Road (One…
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Are ships set for shorter lifespans?
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang discusses how prevailing market sentiment are changing scrap options for owners. The continued pressures in the…
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Myanmar offshore supply base development: Further chaos or progress?
There has been a recent spate of news reports on the granting of an MIC approval to invest in an…
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Ten women to watch in shipping
Lena Göthberg from the Shipping Podcast outlines a new initiative to highlight female leaders in our sector. We all know…
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A last (D-word) on Nor-Shipping 2017
‘You can’t stop the waves but you can learn how to surf’ read the sign in the window of a…
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