Contributions
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Downturn specialists
Hong Kong owners know when to snap up a bargain. Hong Kong shipowners know better than most how to take…
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Live Animal Export: Simply safer ships
Australian vet Dr Lynn Simpson highlights flaws in livestock carrier designs. There’s an old saying: “Amateurs built the ark, professionals…
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Hong Kong is attracting more owners
As a cub reporter starting out covering the shipping industry 16 years ago in Hong Kong I knew next to…
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Stormy seas as Trump becomes president-elect
If there ever was a sound argument for increasing scrapping, the US election gave it to the shipping world with…
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Farewell, the Gutenberg Galaxy; hello, the Zuckerberg Zoo
Today the world has seen the end of two centuries of Anglo-Saxon dominance – a hundred years of Britain, from…
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Live Animal Export: Trapped at sea
What happens when animals try to escape ship? Dr Lynn Simpson explains. Get me out of here! That’s normally how…
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Cadets in servitude and human rights
Barista Uno reports from Manila on how crewing CEOs are using maritime cadets as flunkeys. It tells a lot about…
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China’s oresome 2016
China has confounded many analysts this year by taking in far more iron ore than predicted. Jason Jiang ponders what…
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The role of improved connectivity in the rollout of smart shipping and the human factor
An abridged version of a speech given by Frank Coles, CEO of Transas, to the UAE Maritime Leaders Seminar in…
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Live Animal Export: Monitoring sheep for the long haul
In 2015 Australia exported 2.01m sheep, 12,560 (0.62%) died and were thrown into the ocean. Cruiseships don’t operate like this.…
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Myanmar offshore supply base debacle or miracle in waiting?
In a recent briefing regarding the development of an offshore supply base conducted by Asia Pacific Connex, there was much…
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Holy scrap!
When one wants to express strong astonishment, ‘Holy mackerel!’ is a nautical expression that does the trick well. We heard…
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The tale of two canals – game theory in action
What comes to your mind when you think about the Suez and Panama Canals? Marvels of engineering? An exotic waterway…
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Evoke the racing mindset – reflections in respect of MEPC70
Diane Gilpin from the Smart Green Shipping Alliance sets the scene for a possible momentous announcement from the IMO. I’ve…
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Cloud solutions at sea – the intelligent future of ship inspections
Alexander Buchmann, CEO of Hanseaticsoft, on changing drydock practices in the internet era. In times of the globalisation of markets…
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Solomon’s justice in maritime China
Veteran Shanghai lawyer Peter Murray writes on the changing structure of the legal set up in the People’s Republic. The…
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Is the Federal Reserve finally waking up?
Does the Federal Reserve finally begin to realize their low interest policy has failed? For example in the minutes from…
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Owners face backlash as crew abandonment cases soar
What should happen to shipowners who choose to ditch their seafarers? Jason Jiang investigates. As the economic downturn’s impact on…
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Live Animal Export: Bodies overboard
What happens when animals die in transit? Dr Lynn Simpson has the gruesome details. Unknowingly, at birth, farm animals enter…
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Missing the decommissioning boat?
When recently watching an episode of Air Crash Investigation, the opening scenes made me ponder the state of affairs of…
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