Rajvanshy believes the best business decision he ever made was to launch Fleet’s own crewing and personnel department two years after the company was set up

Caravel Group chief’s uncanny ability to time his decisions has not been lost on industry participants

There are dozens of ballast water management system providers. That can cause difficulties for crew members, who have to get accustomed to a new BWMS that they may end up using for just six months before heading to a new ship with a different system

As the non-maritime world grows ever more litigious, the need for shipowners to work more closely with law firms, insurance companies, shipmanagers and specialist agencies becomes clear

More than half of the respondents in a survey that prefaced the Outlook Forum said fuel technology will be a greater challenge over the next five years than regulatory, supply chain digitalisation and change management issues

Regulations designed to promote competition and transparency may, unintentionally, be an impediment to shipping’s efforts to clamp down on misdeclarations, it emerged during a London forum