The Strategist

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

All hail the potential of digitalisation to positively impact shipping’s decarbonisation!

19th April 2024

New study highlights the decarbonising power of digitalisation

19th April 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Mid-January saw the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcome the European Parliament’s recognition of and support for the vital role Europe’s ports play in the European economy and society.

27th February 2024

ESPO underlines “there is no time to lose” in implementation of new strategy

27th February 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Talking to my ever-optimistic car dealer he tells me 2025 is the year to have in mind when electric cars will come into their own – suffice it to say I am…

24th November 2023

Matching batteries to in-port vessel decarbonisation requirements

24th November 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

It is quite remarkable that the US International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has been compelled to declare bankruptcy and enter Chapter 11 over a dispute at the Portland…

9th October 2023

ILWU: what do the lessons of Portland tell us?

9th October 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

It is interesting to note the detailed remarks of SagittaMarine, a dry bulk operator primarily active in the handy-ultramax segments…

29th August 2023

Panama canal problems: micro and macro

29th August 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Just before PS was about to go to press, I was sitting in the basement coffee shop of Waterstones bookshop in Piccadilly…

26th July 2023

Clean energy marine hubs initiative launched

26th July 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Let’s backtrack a bit and reference two interesting reports that came out a few months ago.

1st June 2023

Two reports worth catching up with

1st June 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has conducted an assessment of the US Coast Guard’s Foreign Port Security Programme…

9th May 2023

USA looks to strengthen foreign port security assessment

9th May 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Technically you can’t say the ban is over because it was never formally in place but in reality there is a change of attitude by the Chinese authorities which is seeing a…

20th April 2023

A new order in China – Australia coal trade?

20th April 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

In November last year the Tbilisi International Film Festival featured a documentary film entitled, The Port that Never Was. It refers, of course, to the proposed new deep-sea port of Anaklia on Georgia’s Black Sea coast.

6th April 2023

The port that never was

6th April 2023