A round up of news in December 2014 A round up of news in December 2014

This month the focus has been on the human factor: from self-assessment of safety and the high level view of supply and demand, to learning to…

December 30, 2015 – ニュース

Twelve things we learnt this year Twelve things we learnt this year

It’s been a fascinating year for shipping, in spite, or perhaps because of the poor state of the markets. With the exception of the tanker s…

December 21, 2015 – Uncategorized

But who will guard the guards themselves? But who will guard the guards themselves?

“We’re on the cusp of a very interesting decade on the seas and oceans,” Satellite Applications Catapult consultant and former UK Natio…

December 15, 2015 – Uncategorized

Climate, environment, corruption and more Climate, environment, corruption and more

November was a busy month for the industry – not least for the horse trading and position-taking ahead of the COP21 meeting going on in Pari…

December 7, 2015 – ニュース

A match made in orbit A match made in orbit

In a previous article we looked at how an individual company is trying to leverage an open API (Application Program Interface) platform to bri…

December 2, 2015 – Uncategorized

Too much data? Try some better information Too much data? Try some better information

Ecosystem is a word with a number of interpretations but in its digital sense is defined by Wikipedia as ‘a distributed, adaptive, open soci…

November 28, 2015 – Uncategorized

Smoke signals and mixed messages from China Smoke signals and mixed messages from China

China is sending the shipping market a raft of mixed messages and the smoke doesn’t look like clearing any time soon. To the downside, the s…

November 25, 2015 – Uncategorized

Open standards, innovation and a cloudy outlook Open standards, innovation and a cloudy outlook

Little to celebrate in the world of shipping last month except the firm tanker market. The Tripartite group gave a gloomy prognosis of the out…

November 5, 2015 – ニュース

All roads lead to Shanghai All roads lead to Shanghai

Until Chinese Premier Xi Jingping’s visit to the UK last week, it was probably fair to say that the ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiati…

October 30, 2015 – ニュース