July 29, 2020—Connecticut SHIPPINGInsight-- the Fleet Optimization and Innovation Platform-- and the Connecticut Maritime Association’s CMA Shipping 2020 Conference and Exhibition announced today they will be producing their events virtually as part of North American Shipping Week. The events will…
Earlier this month, a survey was conducted by Morgan Marketing & Communications to assess the global maritime industry’s sentiments about media preferences, webinars and physical/virtual events. It turns out that most of you prefer digital to print, yet you are…
For years when I have addressed “JQ Public”, I have referenced shipping as the “second oldest industry in the world, but first global business”. As an industry, we have progressed through the millennia from local, to regional, to hemispheric and…
A few years ago, there was a major announcement that Apple and Microsoft were going to collaborate on a shared platform. The fact that these tech giants—and fierce competitors—were joining forces to produce a product that would enhance the customer’s…
As far back as 1970 with Kermit the Frog’s lament about his color (and about 8 years after the publication of “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson which was the catalyst for the creation of the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency),…
This week has brought a rash of announcements about new technologies and innovations, which heartens maritime industry aficionados who are excited by the rapidity with which the industry is moving in order to become more environmentally and economically efficient. On…
The past three years we have seen disruption in shipping operations due to regulatory and commercial impacts. The past three months we have seen disruption due to the COVID-19 virus and its impacts on markets, mariners, office workers and more. …
These past few days have reminding me of Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio- the Roller Coaster Capital of the World—with its ups and downs. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, oil price uncertainty, and recent social unrest there was…
Nimble. Resilience. Agility. These are the buzzwords in today’s pandemic era. The margin for success now is determined by how adaptable companies are to the “new normal”. Not surprisingly, companies that were already down the digitalization road are finding the…
Nimble. Resilience. Agility. These are the buzzwords in today’s pandemic era. The margin for success now is determined by how adaptable companies are to the “new normal”. Not surprisingly, companies that were already down the digitalization road are finding the…