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...
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/
‘Two degrees’ overtaking ‘2% inflation’, Brazil’s economic outlook and challenges ahead
Tuesday 5 November 2019 – Vol.10 Ed.45.1
Commentary: ‘Two degrees’ overtaking ‘2% inflation’
By Gary Smith and Danae Kyriakopoulou
The climate change agenda supports the argument that two degrees Celsius will become a more important figure for central banks than 2% consumer price inflation. As regulators of the financial system, and as institutions with a broad range of instruments at their disposal, central...
Tourism minister Theoharis
Greece pledges a sustainable approach to cruise tourism
By James Brewer
Greece’s new tourism minister has said he is working on plans which in effect could save the country from the blight of cruiseship-led over-tourism.
Harry Theoharis told a press conference at the World Travel Market 2019 in London that he will have discussions to ensure the highest standards in ships so that they leave the smallest possible environmental footprint. The country did not want to have...
Allen Leatt
IMCA to give opening address at the International Underwater Operations & Offshore Industry EXPO 2019 China
The International Marine Contractor’s Association’s (IMCA) Chief Executive Officer, Allen Leatt will address the opening ceremony of the fourth International Underwater Operations & Offshore Industry Expo and participate in the sixth International Diving & Salvage and Marine Engineering Technology Forum in November.
UO Expo 2019, organised by the China Diving & Salvage...
Prof. Evangelos Markopoulos testing the technology at TUAS Game Lab prior the conference presentation.
Finnish innovative research in Virtual Reality for Maritime Safety wins two first place awards in the 10th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive InfoCommunications
Maritime Safety Education with innovative VR applications seems to be a new way to address major safety training challenges faced today in the maritime sector.
The research paper on Maritime Safety Education with VR Technology...
2019-2020 WISTA International Executive Committee. l to r: Fabiana Simoes Martins, Sanjam Gupta, Alexandra Anagnostis, Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, Connie Roozen, Angie Hartmann, Naa Densua Aryeetey.
WISTA International Elects New Board Members and Honors 2019 Personality of the Year
‘Only one justification’ for fresh ECB QE, Libra: Practicalities, technology, and the future of payments
Wednesday 30 October 2019 – Vol.10 Ed.44.2
Commentary: Only one justification for fresh ECB QE
By Valentin Lazea in Bucharest
In November the European Central Bank will restart its quantitative easing programme. It has made several arguments to justify this decision: some transparent (feeble economic growth) and some veiled (over-indebtedness of some states, firms and households, and a need to...
In conversation with Libra co-creator Christian Catalini, Asia launch of Gender Balance Index
Tuesday 29 October 2019 – Vol.10 Ed.44.1
In Conversation: Libra and the global monetary system
Christian Catalini, Teunis Brosens and Bhavin Patel
The Libra Association’s proposed global digital currency, Libra, has caused a stir among regulators and finance ministries. Christian Catalini, co-creator of Libra and head economist at Calibra, the Facebook subsidiary that is developing a digital wallet for...
LSLC’s 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner – Have you booked your place?
A celebration of the learning and debates that it continues to provide to the shipping community
We have pleasure in inviting you to join the London Shipping Law Centre, its members and key shipping figures at the Savoy Hotel, London to celebrate our 25 years of achievements on:
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A Champagne Reception and a superb three-course dinner will be followed by notable...