Bank of England Miserable May: £1 trillion in rock bottom easy access accounts, and borrowing warning signs Almost £1 trillion of savings is sitting in easy access savings. The high street…
by Costas Frangeskides and Olubi Adejobi, Wordley Partnership Solicitors Sanction measures are a means by which a Country or coalition of Countries, for instance NATO, EU or UN, apply restrictive…
On Wednesday, June 8 , the opening of the solo photo exhibition of Kitsa Angelakos Skinitis took place at the emblematic Municipal Theatre of Piraeus, with an impressive presence of representatives of politics and…
Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown ‘’The latest temperature check of the UK economy shows the mercury rising again, with no end yet in sight to feverish price…
Market report: Chilly start to the week for financial markets as worries persist about a global downturn Lacklustre start for the FTSE 100 as chill descends over global markets. Bitcoin…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was up 116 points since yesterday and now stands at 2,578 points. Same was also up 258 points since last Friday the 10th of June…
Washington, June 16, 2022 – Today the President signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act into law. The Federal Maritime Commission now has the important task of implementing the law so…
This special report, a great work meticulously prepared by the Committee’s director Radm (HCG) Kostas Amarantidis, assisted by Maria Syllignaki, begins with the GSCC Chairman’s Haralambos J. Fafalios address to…
Ripples of relief that inflation is being tackled by the Fed, as investors await Bank of England decision. Wall Street higher on Fed’s 0.75% rate hike, amid rising inflation worries.…
Crypto margin call must wake up regulators By Lewis McLellan Recently proposed US stablecoin and digital assets regulation will come too late to avert a series of disasters for the…
by Frances Baskerville* The 2022 POSIDONIA event at the Metropolitan Expo, off Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos Airport, felt as if the world had come back to life again. There was no…
Leading brokers open up IPO and secondary fund-raising markets to retail investors AJ Bell and Hargreaves Lansdown launch new retail share offer service The service enables: Increased retail investor participation…
The Paris MoU Committee approved at its 55th meeting the 2021 inspection results and adopted new performance lists for flag States and Recognized Organizations (ROs). These lists will take effect…
The UK economy shrank again in April as businesses felt the impact of price rises. GDP declined by 0.3% last month – a worse outcome than expected with all sectors…
Posidonia Week Bedtime Readingif you’re in Athens or not, this is Need to Know stuff There are two common assumptions in shipping. One is that shipping is a supply-led market…
Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’The bunting has stayed in position for the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 with a feel good factor rippling through the…
Congestion at the port of Shanghai remains high for the time of year, but is steadily normalising as the city’s Covid wave subsides.VesselsValue data shows average waiting times for Tankers,…
MAY 25, 2022 CIRCULAR NO. 16/22 TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: UK GENERAL TRADE LICENCE DATED MARCH 17, 2022 – REPORTING OF VESSEL CALLS TO RUSSIA AND OF VESSELS TRANSITING RUSSIAN…
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) went over and above the 3,300 points and now reads 3,344, thanks once again for the Capes’ excellent performance; the Wets remain an enigma. The…
Maria Mavroudi’s* statement on IMO’s International Day for Women in Maritime Sometimes, heroes go unnoticed. Today, we salute all those women pioneers, seafarers, and executives, who work silently, focus on…
Capes’ rise lifts the BDI – now standing at 2,718, whilst Wets remain with mixed feelings. The Third World War continues with the Russian aggression in Ukraine – and possibly…
Only 14% of financial institutions headed by women By Clive Horwood OMFIF’s Gender Balance Index 2022 reveals gradual but not fundamental progress in the representation of women in the upper…
A fortnight of Dry and Wets ups and downs; Ukraine’s despicable events will spread amid economic chaos, “supported” by the uncharted waters of Covid The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) was…
Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst Hargreaves Lansdown. ‘’Just as soaring commodity costs were topping worry lists among many companies, fresh supply chain issues are looming with yet another…
Ship design incorporates renewable energy solutions, electric propulsion & fuel cells. Fukuoka, Japan – 27th April 2022 – As part of an ongoing zero emission ship design project Eco Marine…