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Death of Diplomacy – part 5

Thank you all for your comments on our last and today we will try to draw some interesting parallels to open your appetite / interest so we all try and create peace on Planet Ocean…

Shipbroking and in particular Ship Sale & Purchase is at the end of the day very much like Diplomacy, particularly in sorting out any dispute between two parties – or two or more nations.

In Ship Sale & Purchase, buyer and seller have to perform the Agreement, the MOA, which has been drawn up / construed after both...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/18/death-of-diplomacy-part-5/

Tariff uncertainties add to problems in monitoring sanctions

The panel on a l to r: Sacha Patel,Patrick Murphy, Ian Woods(moderator), Elly-Mae Toole, and Andrew Stevens, with Dr. Aleka Mandaraka -Sheppard founding director of LSLC(5th from the left).

Recent developments on the sanctions and tariffs front are clearly having a significant effect on international shipping and trade.

Speakers gathered at a London Shipping Law Centre seminar on April 30th had no doubt that the volatility and unpredictability surrounding the extent and timings of US-inspired...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/16/tariff-uncertainties-add-to-problems-in-monitoring-sanctions/

The relation between Geo-Policy, Strategy and the Economy

by Commodore (HN Rt) Kostas Papachristodoulou (pictured above)

The Platform-table simulates the relation among Geo-Policy/Strategy/Economy

What is frequently speculated by the internet

• Many articles introduce the relation between Geo-Policy and Geo-economy, as the following;

Geo-politics is “realism”.Geo-economics is its “economic means.” By admitting the complexity of the world in GEOPOLITICS & GEOECONOMICS, the dangers of the “fragility” that lies in economic interdependence, AMANO Tatsushi,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/11/the-relation-among-geo-policy-strategy-and-the-economy/

“The Strategy of Battle”…

…Possibly (?) is transformed to “A race of Strategy and Luck”

by Commodore (HN Rt) Kostas Papachristodoulou (pictured above).

International and National institutions in order to create a concept for translating the pursuit of power formulated a Geo-politic concept which will explain how powers is going to pursue or how they translate the alliances and conflicts in the global with uncovered or covered initiatives. Strategic and Economic pursuits tend to represent this competition as a game of...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/07/the-strategy-of-battle/

DEFEA 2025 Opens Tomorrow in Athens!

We are just one day away from the grand opening of DEFEA – Defence Exhibition Athens, which takes place from 6 to 8 May 2025 at Metropolitan Expo.

DEFEA 2025 is set to welcome hundreds of leading defence and security companies from around the world, showcasing cutting-edge technologies, systems, and solutions across land, sea, air, and cyber domains.

This year’s edition features:

– 436 exhibitors from 37 countries
– 18 international pavilions from key global players
– 98 Official delegations from...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/05/defea-2025-opens-tomorrow-in-athens/

Fighting for Freedom of Navigation

by Steven Jones MNM FRSA AFNI

Admiral Pavlopoulos’s illuminating presentation at the 2nd Maritime Security Conference provided a sobering assessment of the current threats to maritime security, particularly along what he termed the “axis of war and turbulence” stretching from the Black Sea to the Red Sea. His observation that “TRUST has to be restored” in these vital shipping corridors prompted reflection on the fundamental importance of freedom of navigation in our global system.

While his...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/04/07/fighting-for-freedom-of-navigation/

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/

Five reasons to join us in Thessaloniki on 8 and 9 May for ESPO’s Annual Conference !

20 March 2025 – On 8 and 9 May, the European Sea Ports Organisation is holding its Annual Conference in Thessaloniki. This year’s conference can simply not be missed, for various reasons. We are listing the five most important ones here.

1° The theme: “Towards a strategy for Europe’s ports in the post-2024 era”.  With important elections reshaping political priorities in Europe and the U.S., escalating geopolitical tensions, and multilateralism under pressure, we are entering a new world order....

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/20/five-reasons-to-join-us-in-thessaloniki-on-8-and-9-may-for-espos-annual-conference/

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