The crew change crunch dominated the shipping news agenda once again with the crisis now making mainstream media headlines. The International Transport Workers’ Federation last week gave its blessing for seafarers who have completed their contracts to down tools in potentially one of the greatest...
Splash Extra June 2020
The new reality of lower mobility
When was the last time you stepped inside your local bank? For me, I reckon sometime in November last year and that was probably the only time in the last 18 months. I ask the question as it was something that cropped up in conversation recently with Thomas Bagge, the CEO of the Digital Container …
Carbon levy back on the agenda
A carbon tax for shipping is firmly back on the agenda as a way to get zero emission ships ordered before 2030. Members of the Getting to Zero Coalition made the case for a carbon tax on shipping at a high-level webinar convened by the World Economic Forum earlier this month. “We ask the...