Greece & Cyprus 2021: The new temple of maritime tech?
The Greek capital has a number of advantages that are fuelling its emergence as a hub for companies at the cutting edge of digital technology solutions for shipping
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Nobody ever won an argument with a customer. Especially not when he’s Jeff Bezos
LNG is increasingly being written off as a fossil fuel without a scalable pathway to genuine zero-emissions fuels, and that should give pause to those with their pen hovering over the orderbook
Daily Briefing October 25 2021
Nobody ever won an argument with a customer. Especially not when he’s Jeff Bezos | West of England chief defends robust and decisive rate hike | The Lloyd’s List Podcast: Should shipping be singing the GI blues?
A bigger picture on autonomous ships
In anticipation of the evolving regulatory agenda, classification society ClassNK in recent years has prioritised laying the groundwork for autonomous ship development
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Block off your schedule, dust off your suitcase — from January 10-13, you are cordially invited to join your fellow industry decision makers in Oslo and Lillestrøm for Nor-Shipping 2022
As part of our Future of Shipping programme industry leaders and sector experts map the path to a sustainable and profitable future.
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Expert Focus: How emissions accounting can help decarbonisation
In this Expert Focus video, produced as part of Lloyd’s List’s Future of Shipping programme, RightShip chief executive Steen Lund, talks about how transparency and accounting can play a key role in shipping's sustainability push
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Expert Focus: Overcoming the barriers to digitalisation
In this Expert Focus video, produced as part of Lloyd’s List’s Future of Shipping programme, Bjørn-Johan Vartdal, Digital Director and head of Maritime Incubator at DNV, discusses the current state of digital transformation and innovation in the maritime industry
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Expert Focus: The business model in a zero-carbon future
In this Expert Focus video, produced as part of Lloyd’s List’s Future of Shipping programme, OrbitMI chief executive officer Ali Riaz discusses how business models can play a role in shipping’s decarbonisation.
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Expert Focus: Shipping's dual-fuel transition
In this Expert Focus video, produced as part of Lloyd’s List’s Future of Shipping programme, Wärtsilä director of R&D and engineering Juha Kytölä talks about the potential of a dual-fuel transition for shipping
Nobody ever won an argument with a customer. Especially not when he’s Jeff Bezos
LNG is increasingly being written off as a fossil fuel without a scalable pathway to genuine zero-emissions fuels, and that should give pause to those with their pen hovering over the orderbook
Ruling out LNG from shipping’s green path is ‘incredibly short-sighted’, say backers
Amazon and other important retailers have joined Maersk and the World Bank in refusing to support liquefied natural gas as a ship fuel, and methane is also increasingly portrayed as a climate villain. But how much does this sway owners looking to buy LNG ships?
China port congestion crucial to dry bulk rates direction as demand slows
Port congestion that has help propel bulk carrier rates to 13-year highs appears to be unwinding as China’s demand for bulk commodities slows
West of England chief defends ‘robust and decisive’ rate hike
‘I don’t think we’ll be one of the smaller general increases, but my prediction is there will be other clubs in and around where we are,’ says marine mutual chief
The Lloyd’s List Podcast: Should shipping be singing the GI blues?
On this week’s podcast, we are assessing the outlook for general increases, or GIs to those in the know, at the next P&I renewal round. The past two renewal rounds have seen most clubs ask for mid to high single-digit rises and early indications suggest we should brace for more, but significantly, a handful have explicitly rejected the notion of GIs altogether. We get the expert analysis from Mark Cracknell, head of cargo and marine at megabroker Marsh JLT Specialty, Stephen Hawke, managing director of Lockton’s P&I broker affiliate PL Ferrari and West of England’s chief executive Tom Bowsher.
Reefer sector loses its allure
Reefer cargoes, with their more expensive freight rates, used to be the darlings of the container sector. But the battle for capacity has relegated them to poor relations
The Lloyd’s List Podcast: The evolving risk of subterfuge shipping
As scrutiny of the subterfuge shipping fleet skirting sanctions to deliver blocked cargoes has intensified, the tactics being deployed by the murkier end of the maritime sector have rapidly evolved. This week’s edition of the podcast peers behind the increasingly complicated network of opaque tactic and institutions being set up to obfuscate sanctions evasion at sea. Featuring insights from: BIMCO, Lloyd’s List Intelligence, sanctions expert Michelle Wiese Bockmann and C4ADS, a non-profit group that investigates how data impacts security and international conflicts
Lloyd’s List special reports take a deep dive into the issues that matter. With in-depth reporting from our team of experts from across the globe offering an insight into the opportunities and threats driving the industry agenda. Subscribers can access and download the latest report by clicking here.
Greece & Cyprus 2021: Shipping and independence celebrate their kinship
The 200-year anniversary of the outbreak of the war of independence provides yet another reminder that Greek shipping’s adaptability has been baked into it historically
Greece & Cyprus 2021: Prime movers answer the call
Exclusive Lloyd’s List Intelligence data underlines that, despite the coronavirus shock, Greek shipping’s contribution to serving the needs of global seaborne trade was undiminished in 2020 as it answered a surge in demand in Asia
Greece & Cyprus 2021: Making leadership look easy
Greek shipping remains as ready and resilient as ever in adapting to whatever the markets throw at it, but appears to have put political turbulence in its homeland well behind it
Spotlight
Supramax market could erase gains
Average spot rates edged towards a record $40,000 per day on the Baltic Exchange on Thursday. They have since retreated by 1.1%
Capesizes drop a further 10% in one day
Spot daily rates are heading towards the $50,000 mark for the first time since September 10, which is 20% lower than a week ago. But, despite lower iron ore shipments, tonnage remains tight
Special Reports
The Shipping Podcast
The Lloyd’s List Podcast: Should shipping be singing the GI blues?
On this week’s podcast, we are assessing the outlook for general increases, or GIs to those in the know, at the next P&I renewal round. The past two renewal rounds have seen most clubs ask for mid to high single-digit rises and early indications suggest we should brace for more, but significantly, a handful have explicitly rejected the notion of GIs altogether. We get the expert analysis from Mark Cracknell, head of cargo and marine at megabroker Marsh JLT Specialty, Stephen Hawke, managing director of Lockton’s P&I broker affiliate PL Ferrari and West of England’s chief executive Tom Bowsher.
The Lloyd’s List Podcast: The evolving risk of subterfuge shipping
As scrutiny of the subterfuge shipping fleet skirting sanctions to deliver blocked cargoes has intensified, the tactics being deployed by the murkier end of the maritime sector have rapidly evolved. This week’s edition of the podcast peers behind the increasingly complicated network of opaque tactic and institutions being set up to obfuscate sanctions evasion at sea. Featuring insights from: BIMCO, Lloyd’s List Intelligence, sanctions expert Michelle Wiese Bockmann and C4ADS, a non-profit group that investigates how data impacts security and international conflicts
The Lloyd’s List Podcast: Why training the next generation requires next-generation training
Wärtsilä Voyage’s Cloud Simulation capability has been made available on Ocean Technologies Group’s Ocean Learning Platform only six months after the two companies formed a partnership
The Lloyd’s List podcast: Why shipping needs more people
In a week when there weren’t enough truck drivers to deliver petrol across England, and crops rotted in the field because of a labour shortage, the Lloyd’s List podcast asks: How is shipping planning for the future?
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Webinar: How to decarbonise shipping
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