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Adam Sharpe
Managing Editor

Adam was previously Publishing Director for IEG Vu and IEG Policy, Editor of Agra Europe, and held senior reporting roles for market-leading publications such as The Public Ledger and Foodnews.
Before he became a journalist, Adam worked in the marketing industry for leading UK and multinational companies. He has a BA (Hons) degree in management from the University of Brighton.
Latest From Adam Sharpe
Economic Outlook: Vaccine rollout key to rebound in global economy
Coronavirus knocked trillions of dollars off global GDP last year and resulted in economic momentum shifting away from western countries towards Asia. Technological developments kept the world moving, but an effective rollout of vaccines is needed for growth to return
From the News Desk: What’s in store for shipping in 2021?
Time will tell what lessons shipping has learnt from the pandemic-led disruption of this year, but 2021 will bring issues such as the transition to decarbonisation and digital integration closer to the fore
IMO condemns ‘no crew change’ clauses in charterparties
Clauses in charterparties that prohibit crew changes are undermining efforts to resolve the crew-change crisis and go against calls to designate seafarers as key workers, the International Maritime Organization has stressed
From the News Desk: The Seafarer stands tall in our annual rankings
Selecting a list of the most influential people in shipping is never an easy task — there will always be those who disagree with certain inclusions, exclusions and positions within the top 100 and those disagreements will probably last until the following year. But in 2020, there was no dispute over who would be number one
The week in charts: Survey finds key drivers for digitalisation
A new report from Lloyd’s List/Inmarsat revealed the main factors behind shipping’s push towards digitalisation. Meanwhile, hydrogen is considered the fuel technology that offers the best chance of achieving zero-carbon shipping by the middle of this century, according to the 2021 Shipping Outlook poll
From the News Desk: Major Asian economies reject EU decarbonisation plans
Representatives from Asia’s three major shipbuilding states have joined the calls for the European Commission to change course on its plans to include shipping in the EU Emissions Trading System, marking the growing concern over the direction of international carbon reduction efforts