Contributions
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Petty-wise, pound foolish: Are breaches of ISPS Code minimally significant?
Maritime consultant Thomas Timlen explains why the downplaying breaches of international maritime security measures can have globally catastrophic consequences. I…
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Are we closing in on a Volkswagen moment in shipping?
The haze from illegal fires in Indonesia yet again descended on Singapore and KL, so not much concern here with…
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No comment: Five tips to working with the shipping media
There are few business sectors as insular or as tight-knit as shipping, and few where reputation means as much —…
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Three shipping champions emerge in Italy
Nicola Capuzzo was among 3,000 guests at last Friday’s Shipbrokers and Shipagents Dinner held in Genoa. The Italian shipping industry…
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After the Lord Mayor’s show
Shipping calendars these days are so frenzied that as soon as one event ends, a raft of others hove into…
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A seasonal fall
Ship finance expert Paul Slater is not at all optimistic about the shipping markets. As shipowners and investors return from…
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Myanmar: Headwinds or progress?
Over the last few weeks we have seen several significant developments within Myanmar, and I thought it appropriate to give…
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RBS quitting leaves huge hole in London’s shipping claims
Back in the late 1970s and the early ‘80s as CFO at Klaveness I was a very, very regular visitor…
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Online or cut off?
Should broadband be available to all at sea? Seafarers have their say. Poor connectivity is the single largest factor disincentivising…
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Industry divided on the connectivity debate
Unsurprisingly owners and managers have different needs from maritime communication suppliers than seafarers. Maritime communications spent a long time being…
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Lowest number of capesize deliveries since 2008
As well as the much reported scrapping in the big bulker sector Jeffrey Landsberg from Commodore Research points to limited…
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Storm rising
SeaIntel’s Lars Jensen on the growing volatility plaguing the liner trades. It is by now not news to anyone in…
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The top 10 crude trade flows into Asia
West Africa is rising fast, writes Poten’s Erik Broekhuizen. Through its extensive spot fixture database, Poten has a feel for…
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Beware of Chinese proverbs
It may be due to the ubiquitous Chinese fortune cookie, but nowadays, all Chinese proverbs seem to be purpose-written for…
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Life in a silo and its consequences
There is a management-speak jargon phrase about people working in ‘silos’ such that they are unaware of what their colleagues…
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Hatches battened down
The offshore marine space continues to be operating in high stress mode with even the most noble and well run…
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What digital marketing is and why you should care
When it comes to marketing and communications, shipping companies combine an ‘old-school’ mix of brochures, PDF newsletters, tradeshows, and simple…
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Container shipping 2015: Catching the slow winds
The month of August is nearing its end and many people and companies are still running in vacation mode. Not…
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Safe harbour for liner cooperation?
Hong Kong’s shipping industry braces itself for new competition law, writes Suzanne Rab, a barrister at Serle Court Chambers in…
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Is this the start of consolidation in the shipmanagement sector?
Long time shipmanagement commentator Edward Ion from Helix Media discusses the potential consequences of the Anglo Eastern – Univan tie up. Anglo…
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