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May 2008 May 2008 - Digital Ship Thuraya launches maritime broadband antenna; Iridium launches 128k OpenPort service; Communications integration - bridging the ship-shore gap at Rickmers Holding; The quest for free crew internet - Rederi AB TransAtlantic  View Full Article
Jan/Feb 2008 Jan/Feb 2008 - Digital Ship In this issue: Thuraya satellite launch successful; Inmarsat-backed takeover of Stratos completed; Admibros to install BOW GSM onboard 8 vessels; KPIs and balanced scorecards - maritime IT strategy View Full Article
Dec 2007 Dec 2007 - Digital Ship In this issue: Globalstar completes successful satellite launch; Stratos launches GSM over Inmarsat service; Managing the satcoms installation process - Teo Shipping, Taking control of your communications spending View Full Article
Nov/Dec 2007 Nov/Dec 2007 - Digital Ship Features: Gib – a victim of its own success; Hybrid gas tankers imminent; BW technology close to approval; Cleaning up the act; Scrubbers favourite in Greece; Ship efficiency debate starts View Full Article
Nov 2007 Nov 2007 - Digital Ship In this issue: FleetBroadband Special Report, VSAT - the always-on alternative, GSM for crew calling,Knowledge Management at Wallem - Patrick Slesinger, C-Map changes name to Jeppesen Norway View Full Article
Oct 2007 Oct 2007 - NYSE - Safe at Sea New technologies are increasing the dependability of shipping while reducing the industry’s environmental mark. View Full Article
Oct 2007 Oct 2007 - Digital Ship In this issue: ThurayaMarine launch date confirmed - Stratos announces launch of new - FleetBroadband service - Iridium outlines plans forIPO in 24 months. View Full Article
Oct 2007 Oct 2007 - TankerOperator Features: - Intertanko poses SECA questions - South Koreans on a roll - Higher premiums in the offing - Major engine study - Owners embracing broadband - Look after your hull View Full Article
Sep 2007 Sept 2007 - Digital Ship Discussions at the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) safety of navigation sub-committee NAV 53 meetings at the end of July have failed to produce any firm decisions on whether electronic chart display information systems (ECDIS) should be made a mandatory fit for oceangoing vessels. View Full Article
Aug 2007 Aug/Sept 2007 - TANKEROperator Features: Germans opt for prod/chem tankers. Greeks go for broke. Cypriots embrace the EU. Shipmanagers want more money. Scrubbers v distillates. UK firm’s meteoric rise. View Full Article
Aug 2007 Aug/Sept 2007 - Digital Ship Norwegian maritime software company Ship-Net has been acquired by marine services group Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), for an undisclosed fee. ISS says that the deal will help it to enhance its own information technology capabilities and broaden its customer base. View Full Article
June 2007 June Edition 2007 - TANKEROperator Features: Human element under the microscope. Polar routes becoming closer to reality. Emissions - opinions differ. IMO pontificates on fire protection. Salvors must cope with all situations. Book your place at Lillestrom. View Full Article
June 2007 June/July 2007 - Digital Ship DNV has released an in-depth study into the use of ECDIS, with results showing that installing the technology could result in a decrease in groundings of more than one third for almost all vessel types - prompting DNV CEO, Henrik Madsen, to call for mandatory installation of the equipment View Full Article
May 2007 Dry Cargo Market Report - BDP1 Consulting Ltd. "Oh Dear, Not Another Day of Booming Rates” was the title of a leading shipbroker's recent research report. A major finding is that market fundamentals are what they are, but the actors in the market- the owners and charterers, have changed their viewpoints and strategies. By now, the phrase “accretive to earnings” has leaked into the lexicons of those shipbrokers who speak the language of finance. The ability to pay dividends and distributions is increasingly driving the charter market, particularly with respect to longer term marquee fixtures. Not coincidentally- the volume of period activity has soared. Owners can make concessions on longer fixtures- vastly above breakeven costs. View Full Article
May 2007 Sale and Purchase Report - BDP1 Consulting Ltd. Increasingly, Sale and Purchase activity is driven by corporate strategies and corporate financial objectives. Sale and purchase is following finance- not the other way around. View Full Article
May 2007 Italian Ship Finance - BDP1 Consulting Ltd. Ship finance is percolating in Italy- known traditionally for mainly family shipping businesses, few listed companies and analysts, and a very traditional approach to financing. One long time banker serving the Italian market told JTF: "Typically, a shipowning family had a relationship with a particular local Italian bank-and they got very cheap finance that way, but these were not shipping banks in that sense of the word." View Full Article
May 2007 D’Amico IPO - New Italian Listing - BDP1 Consulting Ltd. Though the raging drybulk bull market has been stealing the show lately, D’Amico International Shipping SA, a Luxembourg based holding company, was readying a tanker sector IPO of shares that will be listed on the Borsa Italiano in Milan. D’Amico International, formed around a shipping company dating from the 1930’s, got into conventional tankers in the early 1950’s, and product tankers shortly thereafter. View Full Article
May 2007 Hedge Funds and Railroads - BDP1 Consulting Ltd. A familiar refrain throughout the industrial landscape, hedge fund investors take a position, is now impacting American railroads. In this case, one of a half dozen leading US "Class 1" railroads, CSX Corporation, has been notified that UK based Childrens Investment Fund (TCI) intends to invest. TCI, a big holder of ABN Amro shares, is linked to the ongoing high stakes acquisition battle, and has suggested that the CEO resign. The financial muscle of "Activist" hedge funds such as TCI afford them such power. View Full Article
Mar 2007 Investing In Shipping - by Barry Parker, BDP1 Consulting Ltd. A recent conference in New York left many attendees with the impression that shipping remains a good investment, in spite of its enormous climb out of the doldrums over the past four years. The industry has attracted the attention of investors in listed shares, as well as private equity players and hedge funds who are looking at unique situations. View Full Article
Mar 2007 Blank Check Companies - An Emerging Investment Vehicle - by Maxim Group The Blank Check Company or Specialized Purpose Acquisition Company is a structured product that has come a long way in the last 4 years. The product, known as a Business Combination Company" (BCC") when structured by Maxim Group, is designed as a creative way for investors to finance highly experienced management teams and board of directors to acquire companies or assets in a vehicle. View Full Article
Mar 2007 Chartering Made Easy - by George Margaronis Managing Director of Clarkson Hellas Ltd. The Basics - Chartering quite simply is defined as the hiring of ships. When an agreement is reached on the terms and condition of carriage between the parties involved, namely the owner of the ship and the charterer (cargo interest), a contract stipulating those terms and conditions agreed is drawn up and signed. View Full Article
Mar 2007 FFAs and the Baltic Exchange The market for Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs) continues to gain the interest of a wide range of companies including banks, commodity traders and shipowners. View Full Article
Mar 2007 The Forward Freight Agreement (FFA) Market For Shipping - by Barry Parker, BDP1 Consulting Ltd. In the very traditional maritime business, a widening array of financial instruments for speculation and investment has brought about a new awareness of screen systems for risk management and for trading (which includes pure speculation as well as more conservative arbitrages). View Full Article
Mar 2007 SHIPPING REGULATIONS The Role of International Industry Organizations, Ship Classes, Flags, and Registries - by Pantelis Peter G. Los President, CTT Shipping & Pantelis Peter G. Los President, CTT Shipping Those of us the shipping industry may be feeling buried under by a wave of acronymic alphabet soup: ISM, ISO, ISPS, IACS PSCI, OPA, FOC, SOX (and I don't mean Sarbanes-Oxley), NOX, HELMEPA - to name a few. View Full Article
Mar 2007 Investing In Shipping by Barry Parker BDP1 Consulting Ltd. View Full Article
Mar 2007 Tankers Challenges in Technical Management By George Kouleris, Operations Director, Prime Marine Corporation View Full Article
Mar 2007 The International Containership Industry By Dimitri J. Andritsoyannis, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Danaos Corporation View Full Article
Mar 2007 Current Trends, Challenges and Developments in the techincal Management of Dy Bulk Vessels By George Agadakis, General Manager of "MARYVILLE MARITIME INC.", Chief Operating Officer of "Excel Maritime Carriers LTD" View Full Article
Mar 2007 Chartering Made Easy By George Maragonis, Managing Director of Clarkson Hellas Ltd. View Full Article
Mar 2007 Blank Check Companies - An emerging Investment Vehicle By Maxim Group View Full Article
Mar 2007 Shipping Regulations The Role of International Industry Organization, Ship Classes, Flags, and Registries. By Pantelis Peter G. Los, President, CTT Shipping View Full Article
Mar 2007 The United States Capital Markets Adjust to Shipping, Why the SEC Has Made it Easier For Publicly Traded Ship Owners to Adapt to Sarbanes-Oxley By Gary J. Wolfe, Seward & Kissel LLP View Full Article
Mar 2007 Investor Relations: Maximize Investor Attention and Shareholder Value By Nicolas Bornozis, President, Capital Link, Inc. View Full Article
Mar 2007 Shipping Sale & Purchase Markets By Basil Karatzas, Vice President for Projects & Finance, Compass Maritime Services, LLC View Full Article
Mar 2007 The Forward Freight Agreement (FFA) Market for Shipping By Barry Parker, BDP1 Consulting Ltd. View Full Article
Mar 2007 "Break Bulk & Liner Operations" Empros Lines By Basil Logothetis, General Manager, Liner Section, Embros Lines. View Full Article
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