IMO leader uses Foresight event to praise shipowners’ response to 2020 greener fuel challenge

Ravi Mehrotra greets IMO’s Kitack Lim.

International Maritime Organization secretary-general Kitack Lim has taken advantage of his guest appearance at one of London’s top maritime social events to express his appreciation of the shipping industry’s alignment with the global strategy to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

Mr Lim was speaking during the 2019 winter barbecue of Foresight Group International, organised in a huge marquee in the garden of the south London home of Dr Ravi K Mehrotra,...

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Markets and Geopolitics: Between the devil and the deep blue sea* …and a Winter BBQ to remember!

John Faraclas

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) gained  35 points earlier on today and now reads 1,112; on a weekly basis though the BDI was down  57 points – from 1,169 (11/1/2019). Geopolitics in total disarray.  John Faraclas’ daily and weekly recaps:

Capes’ unprecedented volatility develops mess rather than optimism; the BCI gained 169 points now at    2,037  but on a weekly basis the “rise” wasn’t that good – “only” 71 points plus from the 1,966 from last week’s closing…

The fall continues with the...

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