Who’s afraid of disruptive change?
Guest contributor Kevin Tester of Marine IT and Electronics has kindly shared this post written to cover the recent Gordon Hodge Memorial Lecture given by Nick Lambert of the UKHO. Lambert makes…
A Rake Too Far?
Trying to keep my head above water pre-Nor-Shipping but I was passed this blog post by a longtime colleague who drew a parallel with the Inmarsat Service Enablement Platform which will manage…
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…
Smarter shipping means having communications you can rely on
The opportunity for a conversation with Intermanager Secretary General Kuba Szymanski is not to be missed, but you do have to pick your moment. True, he is to be seen on many…
Owners speak – and you might not like everything they have to say
I was commissioned out of the blue earlier this year to write an article for Via Satellite magazine. I was flattered to be asked frankly – time for writing is a rare…
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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…
A year has gone by…
…since I started MaritimeInsight and March again finds me in Stamford once again, where the Connecticut Maritime Association moves and shakes for the next three days. Over the last year I’ve tried…
Cold winds and tough times
Last week’s DigitalShip Hamburg conference was a living testament to the troubles that are threatening to wash away many shipping companies. Registration was strong but attendance was a little lower than previous…
Shipping’s money men get a lesson in seafaring
Below is the follow-up installment of my ongoing grapple with social media and the image of shipping for my BIMCO column.Perhaps no great revelations here but kudos to Citi’s Robert Parker for…
The battle lines are drawn – but who really wins?
Next week sees the DigitalShip conference bandwagon land in Hamburg and the scene is set for another confrontation in the ongoing battle between Inmarsat, shipowners and competing vendors on the issue of…
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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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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.