India’s promising green investment opportunity By K Mukundan From an investment perspective, India offers both immense scale and exciting growth opportunities. Its strong growth story is underpinned by demographic advantages, economic…
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From Crisis to Contingency: Evaluating the Effects of Baltimore’s Bridge Collapse on Maritime Trade
From Crisis to Contingency: Evaluating the Effects of Baltimore’s Bridge Collapse on Maritime Trade Around 01:28am on Tuesday, March 27th, the Singapore-flagged vessel – DALI – collided with Baltimore’s iconic…
Intensified scrutiny of greenwashing ads reaches shipping sector By Voirrey Davies, lawyer at global law firm Reed Smith Greenwashing has become a prominent issue, especially with the EU Taxonomy’s possible extension…
A Half Century of Occupation is Unacceptable Supreme President Savas C. Tsivicos, a native son of Paphos, Cyprus, has issued a statement on the 50th dark anniversary of the illegal…
Towards a European Capital Markets Union: An update on revived moves for a single market in savings and investments The upturning of the geopolitical world order in the aftermath of…
We are pleased to attach here below the latest HCOB World Trade Tracker from Hamburg Commercial Bank . Hamburg Commercial Bank analyses the development of real world trade on a monthly…
Vergina’s TV Christina Tsorba interviews John Faraclas live on the latest international geopolitical and other issues
Once again we were privileged to be live on Vergina TV with Christina Tsorba responding on: The assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the consequences and what will come out if…
Thomas Niederer takes over as new Country Manager Land Transport Switzerland / Predecessor Oskar Kramer retires Altenrhein / Lauterach, July 17, 2024. The start of July saw Thomas Niederer (51)…
Steve Clayton, head of equity funds, Hargreaves Lansdown: “Inflation figures released this morning show the Consumer Prices Index holding at 2% for the second month in succession. The headline figure…
UK turns to private finance to boost infrastructure investment By Peter Sedgwick Given the constraints on public sector borrowing in the UK, the new Labour government wants a substantial increase…
by Amelia Rocos* In the dynamic and unpredictable world of shipping, ancient philosophies continue to provide timeless and profound guidance. Rooted in the heart of Athens and China’s Yellow River…
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: “The FTSE 100 has struggled to gain ground, opening lower in early trade as investors assess the struggles in the retail…
ATHENS, GREECE, July 11, 2024 – Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, today announced…
In a world where deglobalization has become the fashionable political sentiment, the idea of isolationism seems increasingly popular. Yet the interconnectedness of economies, cultures, and societies across the globe has…
New from the Blog in ShippingStrategy.com The Interconnected Global Community: Defying Isolationist Notions In a world where deglobalization has become the fashionable political sentiment, the idea of isolationism seems increasingly popular.…
LSEG Shipping Research – Extreme weather disruptions at the Cape of Good Hope bring container traffic to a standstill
London, July 10th, 2024: Severe weather conditions near the Cape of Good Hope has brought container traffic to a halt this week according to analysis by LSEG Shipping Research. Since Monday…
Steamship Mutual has issued London Circular L.446 and Europe Circular E.101 setting out details of the European Union’s 14th Package of sanctions targeting Russia. View London Circular View Europe Circular
Oslo, Norway – 10 July, 2024 Global demand for ocean freight container shipping hit an all-time record in May amid soaring spot rates and severe port congestion. The 15.94m TEU…
Stockholm, July 10, 2024: Envirotainer, the specialist in temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments, has announced significant enhancements to its testing capabilities, with the addition of three new testing chambers. With the capability to…
9th July 2024 As NATO marks its 75th anniversary, we, as unions representing merchant seafarers across several NATO member states, urge the alliance and its members to recognise the vital…
We bring you here below this morning’s ERT’s live radio interview; Thanos Choupis’ straight questions on the results which brought the Labour Party in UK, after 14 in opposition, with…
Bulk carrier “VELA STAR” On 18 April 2024, the Bulk Carrier “VELA STAR” (GT 44,146 – DWT 83651) – pictured above), in partly laden condition, ran aground at km 12…
by John Faraclas In modern times it was the late Sir Winston Churchill who first brought the besieged British public’s attention to the important as well as to the vital…
HFW Briefing: Celestial – when is an “autonomous” payment obligation not quite “autonomous”?
Last month the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in a case which will be of significance to all those involved in the movement, financing, and insurance of goods around…
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’The FTSE 100 has opened higher, riding on the coattails of the fresh enthusiasm which swept over Wall Street, with any…