Conferences

Tripartite Forum: Shipping Industry meets in Tokyo

From the Tripartite 2019 – pic credits MND

Tripartite Forum: Shipping Industry meets in Tokyo

Over 90 representatives from ship builders, ship owners and classification societies met in Tokyo on the 17th and 18th October at the 2019 Tripartite Forum. This year, the participants acknowledged that close and transparent cooperation between all stakeholders will be more than ever necessary in view of the significant environmental, economic and technological challenges being faced by the shipping...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/11/tripartite-forum-shipping-industry-meets-in-tokyo/

World-Link appraises Cybersecurity solution at IMarEST UAE

90 delegates attended

World-Link appraises Cybersecurity solution at IMarEST UAE

Dubai, 7 Nov 2019

World-Link Communication in conjunction with the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) UAE Branch hosted a knowledge sharing session for 90 delegates who connected with the developing world of ship-shore communications while understanding how to future-proof their investments in safe data transmission and analytics, to enhance vessel operation efficiency and comply with...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/11/world-link-appraises-cybersecurity-solution-at-imarest-uae/

ADIPEC 2019 – BMT Delivers Real-Time Integrity Monitoring for Malaysia’s Helang FPSO

Mooring Installation

ADIPEC 2019: BMT delivers mooring line monitoring system for Helang FPSO

BMT teams with LMC on turret moored FPSO for field development

(ADIPEC 2019: ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 AT 1130 GST (LOCAL) / 0730 GMT; ABU DHABI NATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE) – BMT has delivered a Mooring Line Monitoring (MLM) system to London Marine Consultants (LMC) for the Helang FPSO project in Malaysia. The MLM technology that has been developed by BMT has been supplied to LMC...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/11/adipec-2019-bmt-delivers-real-time-integrity-monitoring-for-malaysias-helang-fpso/

Ship Finance and Trade conference speakers stress the need for collaborative working

Tien Tai, HFW; Capt. S.R. Patnaik, International Shipping & Logistics; Zhang Wei, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC); Bobby Varghese, Abu Dhabi Port; Chris Peters, Emirates Ship Investment Company LLC; Martin Aarup, Abu Dhabi Ports; Clive Woodbridge, The Maritime Standard; Trevor Pereira, The Maritime Standard; Capt. Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Abu Dhabi Port; H.E. Eng. Ahmed M. Shareef Alkhoori, Federal Transport Authority-Land & Marine; Capt. Abdulkareem Al Masabi, ADNOC...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/10/ship-finance-and-trade-conference-speakers-stress-the-need-for-collaborative-working/

ECB-German charm offensive, Transparency lays bare Fed disharmony, and more

Olaf Scholz

ECB-German charm offensive, Transparency lays bare Fed disharmony, and more

THE WEEKEND REVIEW

Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world

4-8 November 2019, Vol.10 Ed.45

Most-Read Commentary
ECB-German charm offensive:In the first act in an elaborate series of manoeuvres aimed at papering over cracks between the ECB and German politics, Olaf Scholz, German finance minister, has called for action to complete Europe’s banking union. The move was coupled with a well-scripted...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/09/ecb-german-charm-offensive-transparency-lays-bare-fed-disharmony-and-more/

Factum: The BDI@1378; Grammenos’ event a sea change…

John Faraclas

Factum: The BDI@1378; Grammenos’ event a sea change…

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost 50 points earlier on today and now stands at 1,378; it also lost 319 points since last week’s 1,697 points; Geopolitics entering a more than perplexed and messy period. Grammenos’ event an extraordinary experience. John Faraclas’ daily and weekly recap:

The BDI has lost its 1,600, 1,500 and 1,400 points threshold and things might get sour – let’s hope not!

The Capes’ BCI lost 73 points and now read...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/08/factum-the-bdi1378-grammenos-event-a-sea-change/

ECB-German charm offensive, The future of the euro area: Capital market integration

Olaf Scholz

ECB-German charm offensive, The future of the euro area: Capital market integration

Thursday 7 November 2019  –  Vol.10 Ed.45.3

Commentary: ECB-German charm offensive

By David Marsh in London

The European Central Bank’s long-awaited charm offensive aimed at German public opinion has started – and the Germans are reciprocating in kind. In the first act in an elaborate series of manoeuvres aimed at papering over cracks between the ECB and German politics, Olaf Scholz, German finance...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/07/ecb-german-charm-offensive-the-future-of-the-euro-area-capital-market-integration/

Markets collapse but Grammenos’ brigade makes waves

John Faraclas

Markets collapse but Grammenos’ brigade makes waves

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) fell down to 1,533 points  – minus 123 since yesterday proving the volatility, unsustainability and the difficult times ahead amid a perplexed Geopolitical environment; John Faraclas’ brief daily recap:

The Capes lead the way with 249 points lost with the BCI down to 2,726 – remind you that yesterday when the BCI was up a bit (29 points following the continuous fall in the previous days) we mentioned...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/06/markets-collapse-but-grammenos-brigade-makes-waves/

IBIA Annual Convention 2019

Convention Gala Dinner

IBIA Annual Convention 2019 

With the global 0.50% sulphur cap just weeks away, the IBIA Annual Convention 2019 took place at the historical Çırağan Palace Kempinski in Istanbul. We gathered in this unique and historically significant city that straddles two continents across an important waterway at a time when our industry is undergoing significant historical changes for the benefit of human health and the environment. The transition to the global low-sulphur regime is...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/07/ibia-annual-convention-2019/

IMCA’s diving heritage to the fore

Allen Leatt

IMCA’s diving heritage to the fore

The International Marine Contractor’s Association (IMCA) is participating as a partner in the globally renowned Bergen International Diving Seminar in Norway on 13-14 November 2019

NUI AS is hosting the seminar on behalf of the Association of Operators for Hyperbaric Lifeboat Reception Facilities. Held biennially, this year’s theme is ‘Are we adapting to a volatile market?’.

IMCA’s CEO, Allen Leatt who is part of the NUI Industry Management Advisory...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/07/imcas-diving-heritage-to-the-fore/

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