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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Naval gazing, what lies ahead for the supply chain

n.savvides - December 5, 2020 0

As this blighted year nears its end, three maritime journalists were asked to assess the industry as it enters a critical period in history....

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Global co-operation will pave the way to a sustainable future

n.savvides - November 28, 2020 0

Collaboration is key to address the global challenges that lie before us. Digitalisation and efforts of the decarbonisation of global shipping will be the...

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Is the maritime sector out of step?

n.savvides - November 21, 2020 0

Global warming is a ticking time-bomb that could destroy us all or it could be a dud, failing to explode at the expected time....

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The EU takes the lead on maritime emissions reduction

n.savvides - November 14, 2020 0

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meets next week to debate the latest provisions for the decarbonisation of shipping, MEP Jutta Paulus explains why...

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UNCTAD relegates climate change in global trade report

n.savvides - November 12, 2020 0

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) believes that the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the fault lines in global supply chains and...

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Rail comes into sharp focus with the rise in the cost of seafreight

n.savvides - November 7, 2020 0

The reallocation of freight flows between modes of transport in the first three quarters of 2020 led to an increase in the importance of...

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Hydrogen or battery technologies, new rules narrow energy choices

n.savvides - October 31, 2020 0

In the week after the intersessional working group approved controversial carbon emission rules to be put to the International Maritime Organization’s MEPC 75 this...

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Information sharing communities and digital supply chain visibility

n.savvides - October 23, 2020 0

Supply chain operations can be complex. Especially where multi-modal transport is necessary, and where dynamic decision making is required for the routing of goods...

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Linking the supply chain with common standards, Part Two

n.savvides - October 17, 2020 0

Last week the link to the supply chain discussion concluded with the deliberations over semantic interoperability, the second element of that discussion was technical...

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Linking the supply chain with common standards, Part One

n.savvides - October 10, 2020 0

Part One looks at the background to supply chains and how common standards can benefit stakeholders using a number of transport modes, offering a...

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Future-proofing container ship emissions

n.savvides - October 3, 2020 0

Regulatory drivers along with growing environmental pressure from shippers, consumers and investors means container shipping faces an acute need to decarbonise and cut air pollution. With regulations around SOx, NOx, PM and black carbon only likely...

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