The Need for Personal Connections
For many of us, it is week 7 of our lockdown (some of you have more, or less, notches on your belts- if you are wearing belts these days!). This was a necessary step taken around the world to prevent…
SHIPPINGInsight and CMA Create North American Shipping Week
April 30, 2020- Carleen Lyden Walker, Chief Evolution Officer of SHIPPINGInsight, and Joe Gross, President of the Connecticut Maritime Association announced today their collaboration to produce North American Shipping Week to be held October 12-16th in Connecticut. SHIPPINGInsight 20/20- A…
ON BOARD BUT NOT ALONE!
Steps to protect mariner wellbeing abroad ship during Covid-19 by Maria Christopoulou Our seafarers are ON BOARD BUT they must NOT feel ALONE! Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the maritime industry once again faces a great challenge to overcome this…
An alternative to panic: Think positive!
Those of you who know me well know that I am a positive thinker. Yes, I was that woman on the Titanic who was complimenting the orchestra on their playing when the ship was sinking! Yes, I watched every television…
Decade of Disclosure
Decade of Disclosure- between regulatory requirements and tracking tools, the industry is being driven to transparency. With the recent outbreak of the coronavirus, the world’s eyes are turning to the level of transparency in the reporting of the outbreak. Would the…
Net Environmental Impact
Despite learning this week that Japan plans to construct 22 new coal plants in response to their shift away from nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster, I think it is appropriate to say that industries and countries are trying to…
20/20- The Decade of Decarbonization
Our planet is clearly feeling the impacts of human activity. Efforts to mitigate these impacts include the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out by the United Nations, and the reduction of greenhouse gasses goals set by the IMO—40% reduction by…
A Vision of the Decade – Funding Maritime’s Future
This week brought a bit of reality to the discussion of maritime’s future efforts to meet environmental goals when the Getting to Zero Coalition and UMAS announced a $1trillion price tag for meeting 2050 decarbonization goals in maritime. Once I…
Shipping is Changing. . . but is it Innovating?
I had the pleasure yesterday of meeting with Dr. Zoran Perunovic, Director of Executive Education at Rice University in Houston. Dr. Perunovic is a technical scholar who has spent a lot of time studying the state of change in industry,…
SHIPPINGInsight 20/20: A Vision for the Decade
Welcome to a new year- and a new decade! We are facing the most dynamic and pivotal period in maritime history- and SHIPPINGInsight is right in the middle of it! SHIPPINGInsight 20/20 will feature expertise from around the world on…