Dominating the past year’s news has been the pandemic, mainly about the social distancing and lock-down regimes in various countries, but also the heralded...

Industry Opinions

Key steps to a high performance maritime industry

n.savvides - March 27, 2021 0

Taking digitalisation one step at a time will offer a resilient, safe and sustainable maritime ecosystem for all those involved in the supply chain...

Industry Opinions

VLSFO – fact Vs. fiction

n.savvides - March 20, 2021 0

IMO 2020 compliant fuels have been in use for over a year, largely without incident. So why the continued vilification? The International Bunker Industry...

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Logistics can be a shot in the arm

n.savvides - March 6, 2021 0

Lessons from the pandemic must be learned. What the virus has taught us so far is that working in isolation, as an industry or...

Industry Opinions

Port call optimisation: Two sides of the same coin

n.savvides - February 25, 2021 0

Good communications are critical for developing just-in-time ship calls at ports, giving both the lines and port facilities predictability as ships arrive. To achieve...

Industry Opinions

A week on the US West Coast during the Covid pandemonium

n.savvides - February 20, 2021 0

As the pandemic has progressed through 2020 we have seen the ups and downs of economic activity and the struggles of an industry to...

Digital Series

Call for new ‘Marshall Plan’ for Port Digitalisation

n.savvides - February 13, 2021 0

Emerging and developing nations need to accelerate trade digitalisation. Pre-empting the second story in the Digital Series, to be published on Monday, Pascal Ollivier,...

Industry Opinions

Will Joe Biden’s Presidency benefit container shipping?

n.savvides - February 6, 2021 0

With the US election finalised and Biden now in office, VesselsValue’s AIS & Trade Manager Charlotte Cook – analyses trade data for the container...

Industry Opinions

Rain in a box is precipitation with a cost

n.savvides - January 9, 2021 0

Eugenio Ferri is the co-founder and director of EPG Industries. Through a global network of dedicated offices and specialised distributors, he is working with...

Industry Opinions

Two sides of the same coin

n.savvides - December 26, 2020 0

Modern industries demand better service levels and the pandemic has spurred the process of change in the supply chain. Next year could be a...

Industry Opinions

Click and connect; clever boxes supply the link in the chain

n.savvides - December 19, 2020 0

Digital supply chains require information that is instantly accessible in order for the chain to hold together. Smart containers will supply that link, offering...

Industry Opinions

Rebuilding the maritime ecosystem, a job for innovators

n.savvides - December 12, 2020 0

Business re-engineering is critical as new technology offers new tracks to follow rather than re-treading old avenues. Synchronisation and connectivity are key to avoid...

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Industry Opinions

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