April 29th, 20190The first step in making a change is acknowledging the need for change and by that marker, the maritime industry should by now be well along with the process of digital transformation. To judge by the attention lavished on digitalisation at the Sea Asia exhibition earlier this month, the topic ranks ahead of regulation and profitability...
April 23rd, 20199Just what do owners and operators need to have prepared by the end of this month in order to be on track to comply with the global sulphur cap? The topic formed the basis for a special IMO 2020 workshop as a bonus feature to the Maritime CEO Forum in Singapore earlier this month. The session, sponsored by Cockett Marine Oil, provided...
April 18th, 201935The first quarter for dry bulk was a “total train wreck”, but is that just down to a series of unfortunate events or is there something more fundamentally wrong with the sector? That was the opening question posed by moderator Tim Huxley from Mandarin Shipping at last week’s lively dry bulk session during the exclusive Maritime CEO...
April 17th, 201916Is shipping innovative or does it just harness technology to save a few cents here and there? That was the question posed by moderator Neville Smith from Mariner Communications at last week’s digital session during the exclusive Maritime CEO Forum held in Singapore. Watch as the current and immediate past bosses of Inmarsat Maritime...
April 16th, 20197Scrubbers present a commercial advantage for tanker owners, maintained a majority of panellists speaking at last week’s tanker session during the Maritime CEO Forum. Moderator Mark O’Neil, the head of Columbia Shipmanagement, kicked off the panel discussion by asking four tanker owners whether or not they had decided to invest in...
April 15th, 201912Watch Ralph Leszczynski, global head of research at Banchero Costa, give his take on the dry bulk markets. Leszczynski took the hot seat for the opening quick-fire Q&A markets salvo at last week’s Maritime CEO Forum held at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore. The analyst told the exclusive shipowner gathering that dry bulk will...
April 12th, 201911A shipmanager, a shipowner, a fuel reseller and a fuel verification expert made the perfect panel for Monday’s special IMO 2020 workshop, a bolt-on event ahead of the Maritime CEO Forum held at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore. The workshop, sponsored by Cockett Marine Oil, was designed to inform owners and operators exactly what they...
April 11th, 20196Shipping is innovative, but has yet to get disruptive and the massive fragmentation of digital offerings is not helping the industry advance. That was the takeaway from a lively debate at the Digital on Deck session at Monday’s Maritime CEO Forum, the exclusive, by-invite-only shipowner gathering held at the Fullerton Hotel in...
April 10th, 20191The basic business model of dry bulk shipping came under scrutiny at Monday’s Maritime CEO Forum with a host of owners suggesting that the industry is fundamentally broken. Moderator Tim Huxley from Mandarin Shipping set the tone describing the first quarter as a “train wreck”. Martyn Wade, CEO of Grindrod Shipping, mused...
April 9th, 20194Ralph Leszczynski, global head of research at Banchero Costa, took the hot seat for the opening quickfire Q&A markets salvo at yesterday’s Maritime CEO Forum held at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore, using the platform to warn dry bulk owners that 2019 will remain a very tricky year. Citing the series of disasters that have hit...
