MarPoll
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Operations
25-year ship lifecycle questioned
Are the days of the 25-year lifecycle over for ships? Two-thirds of Splash readers in our latest quarterly poll believe…
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Operations
Is dual fuel the newbuild new normal?
Is dual fuel the newbuild new normal? That’s one of eight questions posed in the latest MarPoll, our quarterly survey…
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Operations
The greatest impediment to the widespread adoption of nuclear power across the merchant fleet?
What’s the single greatest thing holding back atomic energy from being deployed as a major form of ship propulsion? Nuclear…
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Operations
Container bull run tipped to run into 2021, while crude tanker woes continue
It’s as you were for the shipping markets if the readers of Splash are to be believed. The container sector,…
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Operations
Which shipping sectors will perform the best in 2021?
Which shipping sectors will perform the best and worst next year? That’s part of the latest set of questions posed…
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Environment
Shipping all at sea when it comes to defining decarbonisation
Shipping has no clear understanding of what decarbonisation means in real terms for the industry, a new poll suggests. Prompted…
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Operations
Shipowning: A sunny place for shady people
“A sunny place for shady people”. That was how the English novelist Somerset Maugham brilliantly summed up the principality of…
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Operations
When will shipping volumes return to 2019 levels?
When – if at all – will shipping volumes return to 2019 levels for the container, dry bulk and tanker…
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Containers
Which sector will be hit hardest by the coronavirus?
Coronavirus has infected the latest quarterly survey carried on this site with readers asked to pick their winners and losers…
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Operations
What is the most important characteristic of a successful shipping magnate?
A rich dad was one snarky reply to the question posed above, one of the more left-field topics raised in…
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Containers
Which carrier is furthest down the line towards digitalisation?
IMO 2020 costs, carrier digitalisation and workforce diversity are some of the topics covered in MarPoll, our latest online quarterly…
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Greater China
China’s ascent crowned the most important shipping story of the decade
In our poll of polls, the final quarterly survey of the decade, more than 1,000 Splash readers have given their…
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Operations
Shipping bids farewell to the gut feel freight market
Nearly two thirds of Splash voters in an ongoing poll believe shipping is at the the end of the ‘gut…
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Containers
What has been the most important story in shipping this decade?
We’re into the final quarter of the decade, one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of commercial shipping.…
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Operations
Maritime conferences slammed
Organisers of maritime conferences have been sent a stern message today to buck up and make their events more relevant…
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Operations
MarPoll: Shipping and millennials
Is shipping worse than other industries at attracting and retaining millennials? The question is one of eight posed in the…
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Containers
Consortia block exemption regulation proves divisive among readers
A majority of Splash readers taking part in our latest online survey believe that liners should not continue to enjoy…
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Environment
Huge swathe of the merchant fleet predicted to fail to be ready for the sulphur cap
A very significant swathe of the global merchant fleet will be non-compliant during the first year of the sulphur cap,…
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Containers
Proof of alien life forms deemed more likely than a correct five-year shipping forecast
In a damning rebuke to today’s crop of shipping analysts, a vast majority of Splash voters reckon the chances of…
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Environment
Survey launches looking at IMO 2020 compliance
Today sees the launch of our quarterly survey, MarPoll, results of which will be carried in the next issue of…
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