Four container spills in the space of 47 days in the North Pacific, nearly 3,000 containers lost and insurance claims likely to top $100m. Ought we to christen a certain patch of the world’s largest ocean the Hawaiian Triangle? Ship designers and the liner community will pore over the four...
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Speculation mounted that the global economy could be be on the cusp of a commodities supercycle. An extraordinarily cold winter across East Asia sent prices for coal and LNG through the roof, sparking sensational growth in freight rates for LNG carriers and capesizes as utilities scrambled to keep...
2020 was such a fun year. Yet, Splash Extra still recalls that it was such a mess too – that anyone could say anything – and (almost) get away with it, because no one could claim with certainty that what they presented was the whole truth. The regular season What was the truth in 2020 …
2020 was such an unorthodox year yet Splash Extra found quite a few recognisable trends ranging from the pathological liars in the White House to Beijing’s dislike with anyone who questions what goes on inside its borders. The regular season During the regular season of ‘dry bulk football’, China...
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Shipping’s newest sector – liquefied hydrogen (LH2) – is now trading with Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) looking at building more ships to carry this ultra-chilled substance. The world’s first LH2 carrier, the Suiso Frontier, built by KHI, arrived fully laden in Japan from Australia on...
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