Contributions
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Paper, paper, everywhere
What is the point of issuing the master of a ship with bits of paper and requiring him to show…
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Could MiFID II prompt freight trading to set sail for Singapore?
Hanne Johansson, head of global sales at NASDAQ Commodities, writes exclusively for Splash on how the latest EC directive on…
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Why today’s austerity vogue is bad for shipping
Economic data for the first quarter of 2015 is poor. Retail sales in the United States went nowhere in April.…
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Shipping regulation in uncharted waters
Never again, seems to be the consensus industry view on the Ballast Water Management Convention and the revision of Marpol…
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Growing green pressure is an opportunity
Christer Sjödoff from GAC Group on shipping’s urgent need to change its mindset. The largest challenge for the current and…
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Material adverse change in light of falling oil prices
June Ho and Joe McGladdery from Wikborg Rein discuss a clause we may hear a lot more about as oil…
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Myanmar: Still the Field of Dreams or Nightmare on Elm Street?
Having attended and presented a paper at the April Myanmar Offshore Oil and Gas Summit, it was apparent that there…
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Event fatigue
So another Singapore Maritime Week fades away. What a week it was – almost impossible for anyone to keep up…
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Demographic danger facing Singapore
On the face of it Singapore is doing a fine job in future proofing its transport infrastructure whether it be…
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Austerity drive
A year ago we were in a very different setting. Oil was hovering comfortably above $100 per barrel, new vessels…
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Contrasting sentiments
Dagfinn Lunde experiences a resurgent US economy and a downcast shipping mood while attending this year’s CMA. I have recently…
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Escape and evasion during Singapore Maritime Week
Singapore: Maritime conferences are generally hard work and educationally focused. As such, a smart attendee should plan for both diurnal…
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How will climate change deals affect shipping?
The structure of international trade in energy commodities will inevitably change, writes Mark Williams from Affinity Research. March 31 quietly…
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Gas guzzling
Mark Williams from Affinity Research looks at an important bill in the US designed to cut taxes on LNG for…
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Beijing’s anti-coal stance will hit bulk earnings for years to come
In this week’s impressively frank assessments of both the markets and how he had got them wrong last year, Jens…
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Preparing for the future
Alastair Fischbacher, chief executive of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative, casts his crystal ball. In an increasingly dynamic and volatile world…
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Strategy versus tactics
Recently various approaches to deal with the prolonged downturn in the dry bulk sector of shipping are being tried. For…
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Rise of the third umpire in shipping
Eniram’s Captain Melvin Matthews questions the role of classification societies in the 21st century. To understand the significance of a…
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Corruption jackpot
Although I’m no gambler I’ve always had a soft spot for Macau. The city bares no resemblance to its pre-Vegas…
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Growing regulatory pressures
An annual growth rate of 2.8%. That is not a figure for a nation’s rate of GDP growth, although it…
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