Contributions
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Three reasons why global trade will reach its peak
Olaf Merk, a ports and shipping expert with the OECD, warns of very challenging times ahead. Maritime transport is driven…
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Splash Chat providing unique insights into shipping and offshore
I think I have learned more about the real goings on in the shipping and offshore industries via the opening…
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The gloom of waiting for the turnaround
As OOCL’s CC Tung pointed out earlier this week major global economic issues will hold back box shipping for the…
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Shipping the Zika virus around the world
Videotel has produced a video and companion digital workbook on the dangers of this growing virus. Fleet owners, shipmanagers, masters:…
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Live Animal Export: Animal hospitals at sea
Dr Lynn Simpson, a leading Australian livestock expert, puts pen to paper once again, this time detailing what happens to…
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SGX and the Baltic: a passing of the baton
Living in China for much of this century I always recall how much the locals liked Singaporean delegations coming to…
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Where’s the growth in trade?
With the dry bulk freight market limited to bouncing along the bottom for now, most of the resources – when…
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What does an expanded Panama Canal actually mean for global trade?
Every time I think about the Panama Canal, I cannot resist wondering what the international shipping would look like if…
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The gods of the copybook headings, and the Dunning-Krueger effect
Few people reading this will know what a copybook is. They are seldom used now, but when Kipling (who was…
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CSOs: Expect more, demand less
Maritime risk intelligence is highly elastic, writes Harry Pearce from Ambrey Risk. For risk managers, success is never final. The…
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Shipping cycles: something nasty in the woodshed?
Before reading on, do take a look at what I wrote yesterday about shipping cycles. There are two nasty things…
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Pokémon GO and the world of container shipping as we knew it
Rahul Kapoor, head of Drewry Financial Research Services, tries to decipher the effects of the evolving consumer psyche and how…
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Shipping cycles and trick cycles
The editor asked for my thoughts on the idea that the ‘shipping cycle’ might become a thing of the past,…
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Dry dockings lag behind other asset-intensive operations
Industry benchmarking and assessment firm AP-Networks looks at dry docking practice and performance trends. Asset Performance Networks has announced the…
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Livestock cooked alive at sea
In the fourth of a searing series for Splash, leading Australian livestock expert Dr Lynn Simpson explains what happens when…
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The offshore industry and modern slavery
Slavery is a matter for history, not for the oil and gas industry. Or is it? Simon Hems from law…
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All offshore roads lead north
Despite a slump in oil prices, there has been a surge of activity in the North Norwegian offshore sector. Herman…
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Making seafarers happier at sea
Alastair Fischbacher, chief executive of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative, on a new onboard charter. There can be no doubt that…
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Myanmar offshore: The walking dead meets how green is your valley?
Asia Pacific Connex recently conducted a briefing / workshop update on the provision of a supply base to support offshore…
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When Uber enters the shipping industry
Jan Wilhelmsson from Eniram says shipping has failed to realise the importance of connectivity and digitalization thus far. As a…
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