Zane Berry from marine surveyors Pirie & Smith identifies what really needs to happen to make autonomous shipping a reality. Autonomous cars, planes, drones and seagoing ships seem to becoming a reality, from a systems control perspective they are already in operation. From a shipping perspective...
https://splash247.com/offshore-sector-shows-the-autonomous-way/
Industry consultant Neil Dekker reckons a healthy dose of transparency will be vital for liners starting next year. The way in which ocean carriers will price their services will significantly change in 2019 because of new IMO fuel regulations. They will be more cost driven and will focus on yield...
https://splash247.com/how-will-the-container-industry-recover-60bn-in-higher-fuel-costs/
Carriers and shippers are heading for a contentious 2019, according to Lars Jensen from SeaIntelligence Consulting. A traditional, simplistic, economic view would be that the price for any product is governed by supply and demand. If supply exceeds demand, prices drop. This could be either because...
https://splash247.com/increasing-box-rates-will-be-necessary/
Constantine Komodromos from VesselBot charts shipping’s digitalisation path from the turn of the century. A few days ago, VesselBot hosted a meeting with the representatives of a large shipping company. Our purpose was to discuss the problems they face when undertaking and executing transactions...
Shipowners and managers want to make comprehensive changes to how we go about training crews. Splash identifies what are the key adjustments being sought. You have to hand it to Esben Poulsson and the team at the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), they certainly know how to set an agenda....
As the territory kicks off its latest maritime week Splash looks at what local authorities are doing to make maritime a greater source of business. At the time of Hong Kong’s reunification with China 21 years ago it was the undisputable maritime centre of Asia. Successive administrations that...
https://splash247.com/hong-kong-looks-to-reassert-its-shipping-credentials/
Andy Lane from CTI Consultancy takes issue with the recently published International Transport Forum report on container alliances and a call for the EU’s block exemption for liner shipping to come to an end. The OECD/ITF recently published a long report entitled ‘The impact of alliances on liner...
Kim Skaarup, the CEO of e-procurement platform ShipServ, writes exclusively for Splash today. The proposal for an experience building phase (EBP) put forward by a number of flag states at the recent Marine Environmental Protection Committee meeting (MEPC 73) showed that we can expect a number of...
https://splash247.com/scrutinising-the-entire-ecosystem-central-for-full-vessel-optimisation/
Stefan Kukman, founder and CEO of CargoX, looks at the past, present and future of maritime’s efforts to conduct business online. The shipping industry has a thing for platforms. Ever since the industry started to embrace technology, the idea of having a single place for all parties to interact and...
https://splash247.com/something-has-to-change-in-shippings-platform-quest/
Danish maritime advisory Liengaard & Roschmann runs the numbers on scrubber installations. Over the last couple of months, the discussions about the potential impacts of IMO2020 has been picking up. A vast variety of opinions have been exchanged about anything from refinery capacity and price...
https://splash247.com/smaller-bulkers-are-a-larger-gamble-when-it-comes-to-scrubbers/