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End of the ‘flat world’, City Lecture with James Bullard

Commentary: End of the ‘flat world’

By David Skilling in Singapore

A few years before the 2008 financial crisis, journalist Tom Friedman captured the zeitgeist with his argument that ‘the world is flat’, that all competitors in the global economy have an equal opportunity to succeed.

But if it was once possible to argue that (Western-led) politics and technology were creating a flat world, today they are combining to create a more lumpy, multipolar system. Developments in North America, Europe...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/05/end-of-the-flat-world-city-lecture-with-james-bullard/

Working together, IMCA’S annual seminar in Hague

Capt Andy Goldsmith, Technical Adviser – Marine, IMCA

  •  ‘Working Together: Getting back to business – oil companies and contractors finding new ways of working’
  • Highly relevant and topical programme looking at remote DP trials, CPD for the offshore sector, and featuring sector energy efficiency initiatives
  • Ideal briefing for all DP vessel operators, DP consultants and classification societies

The two-day International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) Annual Seminar, with the...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/05/172791/

Argentina and the IMF – Take Two, Absa Africa Financial Markets Index

Argentina President Mauricio Macri

Commentary: Argentina and the IMF – Take Two

By Mark Sobel in Washington

Amid a plunging peso and falling confidence in Argentine economic policy, President Mauricio Macri turned to the International Monetary Fund for the second time in three months. His government is working with the Fund to implement a viable programme, owned by Argentina.

With a revised framework at hand, some commentators have advanced criticisms of Argentina and the IMF, which I highlight...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/04/argentina-and-the-imf-take-two-absa-africa-financial-markets-index/

Falling BDI@1,554 “thanks” to the Capes’ volatility…

John Faraclas

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) fell earlier on today 20 points; it was an expected result following yestedays perplexed figures… the Geopolitical and mainly economic chaos and environmental “concerns” all over Planet Ocean will affect everything. John Faraclas’ brief daily recap:

The Capes’ BCI lost 51 points and now stands at 2,148 – still a good level, but… The most volatile of all indices sends alarms around…CAUTION

A bit of good news from the Panamaxes; a good 27 points plus recovery...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/04/falling-bdi1554-thanks-to-the-capes-volatility/

Capes’ contained rise and perplexed figures rule the day… plus the 2020 saga

John Faraclas

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) gained four points and now stands at 1,574; Geopolitics in total mess and the Environment another issue to be appropriately tackled… John Faaclas’ daily recap:

The Capes’ BCI was up 51 points and now stands at 2,199… Are the capes sustainable or just volatile, or another bubble? We shall see…

Just one point plus for the Panamaxes’ BPI now at 1,679 points; caution…

The Supras too on one point; the BSI managed to clinch  this one very special point and now...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/03/172713/

IMCA announces impending launch of code of conduct for members and “doing business without bribery” e-Learning module

Allen Leatt, CEO of IMCA

  • Highly successful IMCA Contracts & Insurance Seminar attracts contractors, oil companies, legal and insurance firms
  • Code of Conduct for IMCA members to be launched Q4 2018
  • IMCA-endorsed ‘Doing Business Without Bribery’ e-learning module lined-up for Q4 2018 launch

Two key announcements on ethics and compliance were made at the International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) Contracts & Insurance Seminar, chaired by Nathalie Louys, Subsea 7 General Counsel and...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/03/172629/

Overcoming fragmenting geopolitics, OMFIF at the IMF

Commentary: Overcoming fragmenting geopolitics

By Mark Sobel in Washington

The IMF’s expert staff, surveillance and technical assistance are important public goods, as is its machinery for international financial co-operation. Financial crises will remain endemic. In those moments, even the most reluctant shareholders will turn to the Fund to be the first respondent. Out of self-interest they will ensure that the IMF has the resources to do its job. The Fund’s greatest challenges come foremost...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/28/overcoming-fragmenting-geopolitics-omfif-at-the-imf/

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/

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/

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/

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