Strange days indeed…
It’s been an exciting seven days on MaritimeInsight, though it’s taken a while to get the words to the page. To start with, we finally learned what’s eating Jim Dodez and it…
The more things change…
The future is already here, sci-fi sage William Gibson once mused, it just isn’t very well distributed yet. He might just have been talking about maritime satcoms if such a subject wasn’t…
Intelsat EPIC under the spotlight
The era of HTS communications is coming ever closer, with players including Inmarsat, Iridium, Intelsat and newcomer O3B all planning launches of next generation satellite capacity in coming years. Just how much…
More threats (and opportunities) for the VSAT vendors
A final dispatch from the recent GVF seminar in London, not because it didn’t bear reporting sooner, more that it might serve as a springboard going forward. Amid optimistic forecasts of a…
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Neville Smith
Maritime Media Consultant to a roster of international shipping industry clients. Former maritime journalist with 16 years’ experience reporting the shipping and marine insurance markets and former Deputy Editor at Lloyd’s List, I assist clients with matching their communication needs to publications and media channels that gain them their desired level of exposure.
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Sagitta Marine Managing Director Thomas Zaidman thinks the #Handysize and #Supramax segments could see positive fortunes for the balance of 2024 thanks to firm demand and lingering market risks, reports @drycargomag
https://www.drycargomag.com/sagitta-marine-forecasts-volatility-and-opportunity-for-small-bulker-sector
#drybulk #commodities #panamacanal
Again.
Must admit I felt a little low this morning. So I did what I always do in these circumstances and sought out the Dr Hedgeh note. There now! Feeling much better.
Always works.
Baku Shipyard has agreed a new deal to implement the ShipConstructor design and modelling software system from @SSI_CAD, to support new digital workflows and improve efficiency and precision in its #shipbuilding projects.
The key to understanding the dark fleet/sanctions conundrum is that compliant players in the shipping industry are over-regulated and the non-compliant ones aren't regulated at all.