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London Shipping Week 2019

Shipping’s future lies beyond Brexit and beyond shipping
The agenda during London International Shipping Week made clear that the generational shift required to survive the disruptive headwinds blowing in would be less an adjustment, more a wholesale reinvention of business models
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The Lloyd’s List Podcast: LISW Day 5 – Our key takeaways from the week
The Lloyd’s List team have squeezed into their finest formal attire, popped a cork and gathered round the microphone to give you a prosecco-fuelled reflection on the blur that was London International Shipping Week. From zero carbon politics and 2050 targets to training and of course Brexit — we’re not short of an opinion or five on the biggest issues of the day. Consider this the digestif after the full fiver course tasting menu we’ve been serving you up all week in audio form.
The Lloyd’s List Podcast: Red flags in a sea of transparency
In the first of a daily series of London International Shipping Week Podcasts, Lloyd’s List Editor Richard Meade dissects the current sanctions risk facing shipping with the help of Lloyd’s list’s tanker tracker-in-chief Michelle Wiese Bockmann and input from the panel of experts pulled together to talk at Lloyd’s List’s Transparency in Shipping Forum
Zero-carbon shipping to double freight costs
Shipping is one of the most expensive sectors of the economy to decarbonise, says the chair of the UK’s Energy Transitions Commission, Lord Turner
Futurist: Digitalise or die
The music scene failed to recognise its own digital revolution and chief executive of The Futures Agency Gerd Leonhard fears history will repeat itself for shipping and logistics
UK Flag shakes off ‘Brexodus’ with new vision to become top performer
UK flag seeks to widen the net and establish industry partnerships that will grow the flag after a recent period of Brexit-induced instability
UK banks ‘no good at shipping’, claims Citi’s Michael Parker
‘Frankly, British banks were no good at shipping. They lost a lot of money and it wasn’t very important to them,’ says Citigroup shipping and logistics chair
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UK royal pays tribute to shipping sector
‘Maritime is nothing if not resilient. London International Shipping Week 2021 will focus sharply on what should turn out to be a very bright future,’ said Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
Only a vaccine holds the key to maritime’s virtual lockdown
Senior medical professionals say that work to find a vaccine for Covid-19 won’t be successful until the first quarter of 2021. Widespread vaccination might not be completed until the end of 2021 at the earliest
How to future-proof shipping
Attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities follow an economic battle between presidents Trump and Xi, climate change, populism and digitalisation: all seem to be pushing shipping towards greater collaboration
From the News Desk: 2050 is the new 2020 — an overview of London International Shipping Week
London International Shipping Week was dominated by discussions about the acceleration in the climate change agenda and how the shipping industry must deal with the ever-increasing spotlight on sanctions
Men must work on shipping’s diversity push, BIMCO boss warns
BIMCO president Sadan Kaptanoglu and a panel of industry figures in London discussed how the industry can move from diversity talk to action
The Lloyd’s List Podcast: LISW Day 5 – Our key takeaways from the week
The Lloyd’s List team have squeezed into their finest formal attire, popped a cork and gathered round the microphone to give you a prosecco-fuelled reflection on the blur that was London International Shipping Week. From zero carbon politics and 2050 targets to training and of course Brexit — we’re not short of an opinion or five on the biggest issues of the day. Consider this the digestif after the full fiver course tasting menu we’ve been serving you up all week in audio form.
The Lloyd’s List Podcast: How to change the shipping industry
As we near the final mile of the London International Shipping Week marathon, we join two of the race leaders to reflect on the major themes of the week’s debate, including: political backing for shipping, financing the fourth industrial revolution and the benefit of robust debate, along with a little hirsute finance leadership. Joining Lloyd’s List Editor Richard Meade from the LISW conference today are Harry Theochari, global head of transport at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and chair of Maritime UK, and Michael Parker, chairman of Citi’s shipping and logistics business.
Wan Hai wary of escalating Asian ‘skirmishes’ on trade
Trade volumes may not be affected as much from US-China trade spat, but tensions are also rising between Japan and South Korea
Yellowhammer blow to UK ports may bring new opportunities
Ports condemn lack of Brexit planning but changing trading patterns could be of benefit
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