This week saw 300 shipowners and charterers come together to plead the case of mariners in our crew change crisis. Last October, we saw charterers come together to launch the Sea Cargo Charter and 18 months ago was the creation…
The Benefits of Being Virtual With SHIPPINGInsight 20/20- A Vision for the Decade Virtual Conference and Exhibition, you are going to see AND experience: Expansion of industry participation to global. Gone are the constraints of the physical!! We will be able to…
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…
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- 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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
