All Barry Parker articles

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    Interesting Times

    2026-05-05T13:46:00Z

    “We live in interesting times” is a cliché with broad applicability across the maritime business. Lately, it seems to be directly on target. Barry Parker

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    Sticks to Carrots

    2026-03-05T17:00:00Z

    The potential of trade corridors and the impact on shipping fuels.

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    Backwards & forwards

    2025-11-20T17:00:00Z

    The on again, off again, backwards, and forwards action on the tariff front, along with similar course shifts (at least temporarily) on fees tied to vessel ownership, continues.

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    Election: full steam ahead

    2024-11-22T12:00:00Z

    On “the day after”, I am hoping- along with millions of others, for some calm, after one of the most contentious election seasons in memory.

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    STS cranes – navigating a way out of the political rip currents

    2024-07-25T12:00:00Z

    While the ports, and business entities within them, are buttressed by the ideas underlying “free trade,” they are not immune from being caught up in political rip currents.