UK freight association seeks members’ views on container shipping market
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is surveying its entire membership to ascertain their views on the current practices undertaken by container shipping lines, as well as their opinions on the easements and exemptions provided to those lines under competition law.
BIFA Director General, Robert Keen, says that over the last several months, the Secretariat has received many...
Demand growing for greater focus on diversity, equality and inclusivity in shipping, reports DSG Annual Review
LONDON, UK – 18 November 2021: Shippi...
How do attitudes to digital payments differ around the world?
Friday 5 November 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.44.5
Meeting: Consumer attitudes to CBDC
Tuesday 9 November, all day
OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute and Giesecke+Devrient are convening a private launch of the ‘Consumer attitudes to CBDC’ report. The roundtable will highlight the key findings from the OMFIF-G+D survey on consumer attitudes to central bank digital currencies. The survey spanned four jurisdictions: the US, Germany, Indonesia and...
ANEK’s Olympic Champion-ship
One might think that we exaggerate with this title, but we don’t. Nothing is by chance and this year, the actual year of the Olympic Games, the Bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence, the year we begin to make a breakthrough with Covid-19, we have yet another alignment – as in 2018 when we sailed with ANEK’s Hellenic Spirit from Patras, Greece to Ancona, Italy and that was more than a banner year!
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/20/aneks-olympic-champion-ship/
Ex-ECB chief comments on key findings of OMFIF GPI survey
Thursday 22 July 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.29.4
Report: Global Public Investor 2021
The renminbi is on course to become a much more influential part of the global financial system as central banks add the Chinese currency to their reserve assets, reveals the eighth annual Global Public Investor. OMFIF surveyed more than 100 GPIs – central bank reserve managers, sovereign funds and public pension funds – on their asset allocation strategies,...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/22/ex-ecb-chief-comments-on-key-findings-of-omfif-gpi-survey/
Maritime employers get thumbs up from shoreside staff for COVID response, but more progress needed on diversity and discrimination
Positive response from shoreside employees, in contrast to COVID impact on seafarers
Survey shows need for action to tackle discrimination and boost diversity & inclusion
21 July 2021 – Shipping’s employers have responded well in looking after their shore-based teams during the ongoing COVID...
New survey set to explore working conditions in the UK fishing industry
The Seafarers’ Charity, in partnership with researchers at University of Nottingham, launch a unique survey to explore working conditions in the UK fishing industry
The Seafarers’ Charity today released a new survey to better understand the reality of working conditions for fishing crew across the UK. The 20-minute research survey covers subjects including contracts and crew accommodation, facilities, and...
Next Generation EU issuance will boost euro’s reserve status, How to close the sustainable infrastructure gap, and more
THE WEEKEND REVIEW – OMFIF
Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world
14-18 June 2021, Vol.12 Ed.24
Most-Read Commentary
Next Generation EU issuance will boost euro’s reserve status: The Next Generation European Union fund exceeded all expectations with the debut bond deal for its €800bn programme, prompting issuers, investors and bankers alike to herald its potential...
Chinese debt transparency and new OMFIF survey in sustainability reporting
Wednesday 12 May 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.19.3
Commentary: Should China change its narrative on debt transparency?
By Clive Horwood in London
Zhongxia Jin, executive director for China at the International Monetary Fund, staunchly defended China’s state-linked lending to lower-income countries during an OMFIF fireside chat on 10 May, insisting that the same rules must be applied to its lenders as those from other countries. His...
World Sailing Trust launches global Participation Study
The World Sailing Trust is today launching a global Participation Study to assess the status of sailing in terms of equity, diversity and inclusion.
Almost two years after the launch of the Trust’s global survey on women in the sport, the Participation Study will serve as a benchmarking survey to assess the sport of sailing in all its disciplines, on a global scale.
| The mission of the Participation Study is to... |
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/03/02/world-sailing-trust-launches-global-participation-study/