Splash Extra

SplashDecember 18, 2020
Beijing set to reverse ship recycling ban
China is looking at reopening its ship recycling yards to foreign owners from as early as next year. Chinese shipbreakers…
Read More »
Sam ChambersDecember 18, 2020
Top of the in-tray for Toft at MSC
So after nearly 13 months to stew over how he might reinvent Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), Soren Toft’s gardening leave…
Read More »
SplashDecember 18, 2020
December 2020 Review
The 14,000 teu ONE Apus made headlines across the world after it got battered in a storm in the Pacific…
Read More »
SplashDecember 18, 2020
2020 Annual Review
The coronavirus pandemic dominated every facet of the shipping industry, sending markets in a tailspin, providing logistical headaches and upending…
Read More »
SplashDecember 18, 2020
‘Tis the season for awards
Splash Extra is madly in love with awards and the ceremonies that follow, not anything like our founding fathers who…
Read More »
SplashDecember 18, 2020
The Raspberries of the tanker sector
The Shipping Academy Award for biggest gamble of the year goes to Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud colloquially…
Read More »
SplashDecember 18, 2020
Containers hog the limelight
Equipment of the year at our inaugural, tongue in cheek Shipping Academy Awards goes to the forty-foot container, the first…
Read More »
SplashDecember 18, 2020
Analyst Abstract
Tankers Aframaxes, the workhorses of the tanker sector, seem especially troubled in the current malaise hitting the crude segment. Last…
Read More »
SplashDecember 18, 2020
No office parties bring more Christmas sales
The last month was not the gentle tail-off to Christmas that we are used to in most years. Perhaps with…
Read More »
SplashDecember 18, 2020
Which sectors will fare best and worst next year?
Throughout October and November - a period of time when container shipping was smashing records while crude tankers suffered -…
Read More »
SplashDecember 18, 2020
Tracking abandoned seafarers
It was on a family trip to Wales that Matthew Ader became engrossed and captivated in Ian Urbina’s bestseller The…
Read More »
SplashDecember 18, 2020
Key Shipping Statistics
... ⊗ To continue reading, please login below or subscribe here.
Read More »
SplashDecember 18, 2020
Don’t get stranded
In the lexicon of climate change jargon, the term ‘stranded assets’ has become increasingly common this past year. Simply defined…
Read More »
SplashNovember 25, 2020
Consolidated shipyards stick to production schedules
The far greater consolidated nature of the global shipyard scene has led to a remarkably solid performance during the pandemic…
Read More »
Sam ChambersNovember 25, 2020
The right to lead
The editorial policy of ex-seafarer turned shipping’s most famous editor, Michael Grey, during his tenure at Lloyd’s List newspaper was…
Read More »
SplashNovember 25, 2020
November 2020 Review
Member states at the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) rubber stamped plans for short-term measures to…
Read More »
SplashNovember 25, 2020
Sergio Leone meets shipping
The good With a few days delay, the launch of the Crew Dragon on November 15 lifted the Baltic Dry…
Read More »
SplashNovember 25, 2020
The bloodbath
The good Global oil demand is going to grow for the next 10 years, according to World Energy Outlook 2020,…
Read More »
SplashNovember 25, 2020
A fistful of dollars
The good Spot freight rates across the board remain high, charter rates are above the levels of early in the…
Read More »
SplashNovember 25, 2020
Analyst Abstract
Dry Bulk Amid a gloomy year for dry bulk overall, one bright spot has been China’s imports of soybeans, which…
Read More »