Happy New Year to all 7.6 billion people all over Planet Ocean!
I suppose one thing one could say is that there have never been so many cross-currents for international shipping – in other words you have the demands created by the sulphur cap, with its conflicting ‘solutions,’ various dual-fuel formulae to power ships, the emergence of LNG as both cargo and fuel, the imminence (perhaps) of autonomous ships, the advantages of new technology, the risks of cyber-fraud, and the chaos of other...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/01/happy-new-year-happy-2019/