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Who’s next? We need to stop gaslighting the energy transition
Last week it was questions about methanol, this week it’s the safety of ammonia. The arguments against hydrogen are well rehearsed; LNG needs to fix its supply chain emissions. What’s next one…
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A team sport without a level playing field?
A week under the Oslo sun can have a big impression on one’s level of optimism versus reality. Leaving aside Norway’s advantages when it comes to the resources needed to tackle decarbonisation,…
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Work in progress: making the energy transition safe
We know that the industry is embarked on a long voyage towards lower carbon operations and any remaining doubters at the recent Singapore Maritime Week would have swiftly been converted. But there…
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Just in time makes all the difference
About the decarbonisation challenge facing the industry we can say two things. The long run will be about clean fuels which don’t at present exist in enough quantity to be useful, so…
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The problems of being future-proof
Investing in anything carries an element of risk. Next generation technology will fall in price and grow in functionality the moment you buy the current model; the car you are considering offers…
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Increased voyage efficiency can’t arrive soon enough
Congestion has been a fact of life in the shipping industry for years. Neither has it always been a dirty word. For spot trading ships, a strong market encourages charterers to take…
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Just grin and bear it?
First the good news. The Seafarers Happiness Index, published by the Mission to Seafarers, took a move upward in the second quarter of this year as a range of efforts to improve…
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Better technology for safer seafaring
Digitalisation is almost as close to the top of shipping industry priorities as its cousin decarbonisation. The two are inextricably linked, one the enabler of the other, or at least the means…
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Can shipping join the circular economy?
In case any doubt remained, it should be clear to everyone remotely involved in shipping that the next 20 years will be nothing like the last couple of decades. The decarbonisation agenda…
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Data, sensors and soft skills
As has regularly been observed in these pages, the next decade will be when data comes into its own as the vital differentiator between efficient, profitable shipping companies and the rest. As…
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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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
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