The editorial policy of ex-seafarer turned shipping’s most famous editor, Michael Grey, during his tenure at Lloyd’s List newspaper was simple: “Safety at sea, and don’t knock the IMO”. Mercifully, Mike, a mentor of mine for many a year, is not a subscriber to Splash Extra.
There’s a certain irony that as Donald Trump, a man who has lambasted international institutions over the past four years, exits the White House to be replaced by someone who is widely believed to be keen to repair the ...