Conferences

9th Hydra Shipping Conference “Romanticism in Shipping”

John Sahinis fifth from the left with speakers and delegates

The 9th Hydra Shipping Conference, organized by the Fraternity of the Athenian Hydriots (www.aya.com.gr)  successfully concluded on Saturday , September 15th, 2018 at the Conference Hall of the Holy Cathedral of Hydra, under the auspices of the Ministry of Shipping, the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, the Hellenic Marine Environment Association (HELMEPA), the Hellenic Shipbrokers Association (HSA), the Piraeus Marine Club, The Yacht Club...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/25/9th-hydra-shipping-conference-romanticism-in-shipping/

Celebrating the UK’s Year of Engineering at INEC/iSCSS … and Exhibitions News

  • 18 countries represented by speakers and delegates
  • STEM Day being held for students from four schools at INEC/iSCSS
  • Young presentation authors also being lauded

In less than two weeks speakers and delegates from 18 countries will meet in Glasgow at INEC 2018 – the 14th International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition, incorporating the International Ship Control Systems Symposium (iSCSS).

Being held 2 – 4 October at the Technology & Innovation Centre at the University of Strathclyde,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/24/celebrating-the-uks-year-of-engineering-at-ineciscss-and-exhibitions-news/

Proposals for new Brexit statecraft, Launch of Absa Africa Financial Markets Index

Commentary: Proposals for new Brexit statecraft

By Joergen Oerstroem Moeller in Singapore

After the failure of the EU Salzburg summit to agree Theresa May’s plan for withdrawal, the chances that Britain will leave without a deal have risen significantly. What is needed is a different statecraft mapping out how this outcome can be turned into a partnership that both parties can accept.

Britain must realise that it was not asked to leave; it decided to leave. Equally, Brussels must accept that it is...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/24/proposals-for-new-brexit-statecraft-launch-of-absa-africa-financial-markets-index/

Chios: Navigator takes us back to our maritime roots!

Danae Bezantakos at the podium introducing the event and welcoming speakers and delegates

The kick start of Navigator Forum’s First ever Shipping Decision Makers weekend is now a reality!

Our Chian contributor Galatia Paradisis was there with her camera covering this more than timely event at a full house amphitheatre downtown Chios’ University of the Aegean!

A great welcome by Danae Bezantakos, Navigator’s Shipping Consultants CEO, in her always vibrant and full of pathos and to the point words...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/22/chios-navigator-takes-us-back-to-our-maritime-roots/

OI 2019 Americas: The marine technology community wants to hear from you

Abstract submissions due by end of September

There is still time to submit your abstract for the Oi Americas technical conference programme. The deadline is Friday 28th September.

Topics include:

  • Unmanned Vehicles and Robotics
  • Navigation and Positioning
  • Observation and Sensing
  • Hydrography, Geophysics and Geotechnics
  • Aquaculture
  • Ocean ICT
  • Marine Pollution and Environmental Stressors

If you have any questions about the tracks or how you can get involved as a speaker, chair or contributor,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/21/oi-2019-americas-the-marine-technology-community-wants-to-hear-from-you/

Remembering Reggie Dale, Banks prepared for ‘guillotine Brexit’, Islamic finance podcast

Reginald ‘Reggie’ Dale, 1940-2018

Obituary: Reginald ‘Reggie’ Dale, 1940-2018

Reginald ‘Reggie’ Dale, OMFIF advisers network member, who died on 18 September, was a much-admired commentator on European politics and economics with a matchless catalogue of contacts in Brussels. He spent many years with the Financial Times, reporting on Britain’s negotiations to join the European Economic Community, and latterly served as the newspaper’s US editor before joining the International Herald Tribune and...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/21/remembering-reggie-dale-banks-prepared-for-guillotine-brexit-islamic-finance-podcast/

Capes fall further with …“rich” pickings for BDI; CAUTION!

John Faraclas

The BDI gained 23 points and now stands at 1,396 trying to go over and above the 1,400 point threshold. Geopolitics full of sins govern the day yet again. John Faraclas’ daily recap:

The Capes lost another 27 points and the BCI now stands 1,838 points; ultra-caution should be observed as volatility is here to stay…

“Recuperating” Panamaxes show its BPI clinching 27 points – now at 1,527… Take a deep breath!

Gains for both the Supras and Handies; the BSI with 1,169 – up ten and the...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/20/capes-fall-further-with-rich-pickings-for-bdi-caution/

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