Geopolitics

New World order: Navigating Geopolitics with English Law

30 APRIL 2025 09:00-10:15 BST
Register for the webinar:
NEW WORLD ORDER: NAVIGATING GEOPOLITICS WITH ENGLISH LAW
Join us for the webinar entitled ‘New world order: Navigating Geopolitics with English Law’ on Wednesday 30 April at 9am (UK time).

Geopolitical tensions, shifting tariffs, and trade restrictions are creating real uncertainty for the shipping industry. In this environment, English law provides a stable, trusted framework for resolving disputes and managing risk in contracts....

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/29/new-world-order-navigating-geopolitics-with-english-law/

Europe’s ports welcome EP’s Budget Committee’s plea for greater funding for transport, energy and dual-use infrastructure within the next MFF

Isabelle Ryckbost
The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the report of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee voted on 23 April, titled On a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world, by co-rapporteurs  Siegfried Mureşan (EPP) and Carla Tavares (S&D). The compromise amendments and the full report can be found here.

The report stresses the need for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to allocate significantly greater funding to energy and transport

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/24/europes-ports-welcome-eps-budget-committees-plea-for-greater-funding-for-transport-energy-and-dual-use-infrastructure-within-the-next-mff/

Nor-Shipping 2025 – Deep Sea Minerals: Unlocking the future of sustainable resource extraction

Hans Petter Klohs, Executive Director & Co-founder, Adepth

As demand for critical minerals escalates, stakeholders worldwide are looking towards the seabed as a potential solution to supply constraints. With geopolitical tensions, environmental concerns, and technological advancements shaping the conversation, the upcoming First Deep Sea Minerals Conference at Nor-Shipping 2025 aims to facilitate critical discussions on the future of sustainable extraction. We spoke with three domain...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/23/nor-shipping-2025-deep-sea-minerals-unlocking-the-future-of-sustainable-resource-extraction/

Industry Leaders and Cutting-Edge Discussions Set to Define Multimodal 2025 Speaker Programme

The 18th annual Multimodal exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC is poised to deliver unparalleled insights for logistics professionals with its most comprehensive speaker programme to date.

Supply chain and logistics professionals attending Multimodal 2025 are set to gain invaluable knowledge from a record-breaking line-up of industry experts. The event will feature over 100 speakers across 71 conference sessions, alongside 275 exhibitors, making it the most comprehensive event in its 18-year history.

E...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/17/industry-leaders-and-cutting-edge-discussions-set-to-define-multimodal-2025-speaker-programme/

Delphi Economic Forum 2025 Wraps Up: Greece Charts a Path amid Global Uncertainty

by Themeli Maria Marketing & Communications Strategist

Delphi Economic Forum 2025 Wraps Up: Greece Charts a Path Amid Global Uncertainty Delphi, Greece | April 9–13, 2025

The Delphi Economic Forum 2025, held from April 9 to 13, brought together global leaders, policymakers, and entrepreneurs to address the shifting economic landscape. Against the backdrop of U.S.-China rivalry, Greece positioned itself as a Mediterranean hub for innovation and sustainability, leveraging its strategic location and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/16/delphi-economic-forum-2025-wraps-up-greece-charts-a-path-amid-global-uncertainty/

Death of Diplomacy – part 3

by John Faraclas

Further to part 2, we are faced with undiplomatic and in some cases undemocratic manoeuvres – that the bargaining chips in what one might generously call “the new diplomacy” are tariff threats and… migrant flows and expulsions.

Moreover, the death throes of diplomacy turns out to have been a warning that the rules of global trade were going to be rewritten, too –and now it seems that there are no such rules any more.

Without genuine diplomacy, where do things stand between...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/08/death-of-diplomacy-part-3/

ERT’s Antonis Karagiannakis questions John Faraclas of allaboutshipping on current geopolitical issues in a very uncertain global environment

Shipping analyst John Faraclas on “KALES THALASSES” (Smooth Seas)

The shipping analyst, lecturer on shipping issues in educational institutions and organizations abroad and especially the United Kingdom, member of the Chios Marine Club, of the HESGB (Hellenic Engineers Society of Great Britain), author and co-founder of allaboutshipping.co.uk , John Faraclas spoke on the program “KALES THALASSES” (Smooth Seas) about the current geopolitical situation and its consequences for Global Shipping.

We...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/24/erts-antonis-karagiannakis-questions-john-faraclas-of-allaboutshipping-current-geopolitical-issues-in-a-very-uncertain-global-environment/

Navigator Assembly 2025 – 20th March 2025 – Grand Hyatt Athens

NAVIGATOR SHIPPING CONSULTANTS & AKEREON are pleased to invite you to the
NAVIGATOR ASSEMBLY 2025 Smart Shipping discussionon Thursday 20th of March 2025 at
Grand Hyatt Athens from 16.30 to 20.00.

The Navigator Assembly serves as an exclusive gathering, bringing together decision-makers from prominent Greek shipping companies. It offers a unique platform to engage in roundtable discussions on crucial industry topics, including:

• Decarbonization
• Human Element
• Smart Shipping
• ESG (Environmental,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/13/navigator-assembly-2025-20th-march-2025-grand-hyatt-athens/

+ More