Towards a knowledge-based shipping industry
A combination of formal and tacit knowledge can produce better results in the shipping industry, writes Torger Reve I grew up in Farsund…
November 10, 2014 – Uncategorized
Does shipping really need a Steve Jobs?
Martin Stopford is right. Or at least, when he said recently that shipping needs a Steve Jobs, perhaps what he really meant is that the indust…
October 2, 2014 – Uncategorized
Twilight of the Gods? The future of German shipping
In the final part of our review of the German shipping industry, we ask the big question; does the maritime cluster have a future and if so, w…
September 4, 2014 – Uncategorized
Show me the money: how does German shipping grow?
In our first piece on the prospects for the German shipping market (http://greatcircle.co/article/german-shipping-getting-smarter-survive), we…
August 28, 2014 – Uncategorized
When in Hamburg – do as the locals do
The opportunity to visit the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is one that any traveller should enjoy. Sprawling, but with many local centre…
August 15, 2014 – Uncategorized
A roundup of the news in July
As the industry settles in for the silly season there was still plenty of serious news, with plans for new tracking services, potential choice…
August 6, 2014 – Uncategorized
German shipping: getting smarter to survive?
If there is a compound word for the degree of suffering a shipping community can go through before it experiences some kind of recovery, Germa…
July 29, 2014 – Uncategorized
Only human? An interview with Jens Rolfsen of Norwegian risk management consultancy Safetec
Compared to other transport modes, the shipping industry is a comparative latecomer to the concept of integrated risk analysis and mitigation.…
June 30, 2014 – Uncategorized
Eye to the telescope? The shipowner’s view of e-Navigation
When John Murray of the International Chamber of Shipping delivered the keynote at the recent e-Navigation Revolution conference in London, he…
April 28, 2014 – Uncategorized
