Contributions
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The perfect storm of digitalisation and commoditisation
Frank Coles, the CEO of tech firm Transas, kicked off the Transas Global Conference in Malta today with his unique…
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Live Animal Export: International regulations needed for crew, animal and consumer safety
Award winning writer Dr Lynn Simpson warns no ship trading today is perfectly suited to let animals thrive. As with…
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OSVs brace for harsher 2017
Hold on to your hats, batten down the hatches, reach for whatever stormy, depressing metaphor you can as today Splash…
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Scrubbers are not shipping’s solution … yet
Khalid Hashim, the managing director of Precious Shipping, is not opening his wallet anytime soon to buy a scrubber for…
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EU must debate strategic maritime reorientation
We’re midway through European Shipping Week. Who better than Olaf Merk from the OECD to ruminate on what the EU…
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Turbulence ahead for shipping’s smart future
I happened to be flying from Hamburg to London last week when storm Doris was doing her worst to disrupt…
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Wind forecast to become a force in ship propulsion
In his weekly Splash feature chief correspondent Jason Jiang assesses what hurdles wind power faces as a credible source of…
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A long winter beckons
Paul Slater from First International Corporation is in a pessimistic mood looking at almost every sector of shipping. As the…
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Big data: The top 5 priorities the maritime industry should know
Dutch website Shipbuilder has the following useful checklist for Splash readers. Big data. Many maritime organisations are preparing to start…
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Shipping leaders set course for digital future
Momentum is growing across sectors as leading companies collaborate to realise efficiencies through digitalization, writes Stuart Brewer, founder of Norway’s…
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Live Animal Export: Contributing to the global development of superbugs?
Dr Lynn Simpson, the outspoken Australian vet, is back with her first article for Splash in 2017. She takes a…
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Operational transparency: The dark side of shipping
Thomas Timlen gets the thoughts of Union Marine’s Vinay Gupta and Colin Ip from CaledonDenny explain how owners are missing…
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Where laytime fits into shipping’s great digitisation drive
Simon Francis, founder of online layime management tool Falmor, adds to our growing series on the future of shipping. There…
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Obituary: Hanjin Shipping
Hanjin Shipping, a global container carrier of note, was born in 1977 and passed away on 17 February 2017, a…
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Further consolidation is imminent for heavylift shipping
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang assesses market prospects for this niche sector. The year of 2017 is likely to be another…
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Bitship: ship finance in the digital era
Dr Roar Adland, shipping chair professor at Norwegian School of Economics, muses how soon until ship finance digitises and we…
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Technology and automation point the way to success for forwarders
Ferry Heilemann, CEO and co-founder of FreightHub, continues our series on how digitisation will effect freight transport. An ongoing debate…
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What dry bulk owners need to know about the internal dynamics of China
George Nordahl from Affinity Research highlights the complexity of the Chinese industrial machine, and its role in determining import demand.…
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Dr Martin Stopford on the future of shipping
The world’s most famous shipping analyst presents Splash readers with a compelling picture of the challenges facing the maritime industry…
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The human touch required in a shipping deal
Simon Francis, founder of online laytime startup Falmor, and a former Levelseas man, brings our shipping/digitisation week of contributions to…
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