Who is driving, and to where?
When we talk about shipping’s business model, what do we mean? An inefficient, debt-laden, asset-heavy industry mired in manual procedures, unable to leverage data or achieve genuine innovation perhaps? That is one…
January 14, 2020Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Maritime London to host ‘Maritime Leadership and the Near Horizon’ conference
UK Maritime Minister among speakers to high level event aimed at encouraging new thinking on the education, skills and training in the maritime sector London, Oct 2 2019. The Institute of Chartered…
October 2, 2019Are we through the looking glass on sustainability in shipping?
As I write [24/9] , the #GretaThunberg Twitter stream I just created is updating too fast for me to read it. The response to this teenage climate protester is unprecedented; as is…
September 27, 2019Does shipping need a licence to sail?
Compliance with regulation is considered as a license to operate in the shipping industry. For good reasons, most owners and operators can assume that even if regulations are formulated to provide a…
May 20, 2019This time it’s different
Sometime in the not so distant past, a bit less than 20 years ago in fact, I had the enviable task of reporting shipping’s first dotcom boom. As a youngish and eager…
September 2, 2018Buy in July? MSI tips Capes for strong six month performance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Buy in July? MSI tips Capes for strong six month performance Consultancy forecasts strong Q4 rates for large bulkers as iron ore producers continue to ramp exports and supply…
July 19, 2018They think it’s all over…
If you’re a football fan (and let’s face it for the past two weeks, you’ve had little choice) you’ll have your own favourite encomium. Whether it’s Bill Shankly’s immortal ‘it’s not a…
July 11, 2018Closing the gaps between people and machines
The airline industry is often held up as an exemplar for maritime to follow with its greater standardisation, tighter risk control and more efficient operations. And while shipping is moving towards more…
May 21, 2018Five technology trends to watch for in 2018
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, the great Mark Twain remarked, it is time to pause and reflect. The New Year seems the perfect time to do just that…
February 26, 2018Shipping is not having a ‘Weinstein moment’, but maybe it should
With the debate raging about the conduct of those in high office and positions of power and how to hold them to account, it seems we are in autumn of discontent. And…
November 28, 2017
About
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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By no means a good thing - in fact a very bad one - but this has a terrible inevitability about it. Kind of where the cheerleading meets the minefield. Or something.
Sagitta Marine is delighted to welcome Nina Bjerregard who joins the #handysize and #supramax #drybulk operator as a Senior Trader, based in the new Sagitta office in Oslo, Norway.
I don't think it was supposed to be this way...
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
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