Measuring the risks of social media in shipping
Social media is a serious business. We all understand that, right? Apparently not. Too few of us appear to consider who can access the information about ourselves we pile onto social media…
Yes we can! (maybe)
With the political fervour in the US growing daily stronger it seemed appropriate that the 2016 Satellite show followed hard on the heels of the Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor…
Maritime satellite gets with the programme
Maritime communications spent a long time being of little interest to most people. Beyond safety requirements, it took the dotcom boom to generate a significant uptick in activity, as software entrepreneurs discovered this…
Five things it would be good to hear at Satellite 2015
Young people tell me that the listicle is the way to go (flexible length, no need to build narrative flow) so here’s what I’m hoping for from Satellite 2015 next week. From…
High noon for the noon report?
During last year’s DigitalShip CIO Forum in Rotterdam I was asked whether I had changed my position on unmanned ships and the potential use of autonomous systems for navigation. I replied that…
Safety divided by competition won’t go
There have been some puzzling headlines in the past week or so following the decision by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to give recognition to the bid by satellite services provider Iridium…
Not the end of history: some ruminations on maritime communications
Tim Farrar is an analyst and blogger who has been covering the satellite industry since the mid-1990s. We had crossed paths before, notably discussing his End of History blog and when he posted…
So poke me. Do seafarers really need always-on communications at sea?
In the second part of my interview with Intermanager Secretary General Kuba Szymanski we get off topic. That is to say, beyond Intermanager’s work with VSAT vendors and into an area of…
![]()
Crew retention is the tip of the digital iceberg
Almost 12 months ago an ambitious project began to take shape. Roger Adamson of Stark Moore Macmillan, Vizada (now Astrium Services) and two of the largest crewing agencies in the world, Philippine…
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.
From our Twitter
Should PR Consultants writing OpEds under their own names disclose the clients they represent whose interests the OpEd article promotes?
In April, wind power generated more electricity than coal in the US for the second month in a row, according to @EIAgov data. Wind beat coal once before in April last year, but this time it’s by a much larger margin and for two consecutive months.
Amazon will not now begin services on Project Kuiper until 2025 at the earliest - having aimed to start deploying more 3,200 #LEO satellites in 1H 2024 - aiming to commence beta trials with potential customers including Verizon says @SpaceNews_Inc
Delighted to be nominated (against my will, mind ) as one of the 'Top 10 Leaders Shaping the Future of Maritime Industry in 2024' I just want to know how the emails keep getting past my spam filter.