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Articles for October 2018
The price of local trade
Jacqueline Tan, of the UK P&I Club, looks at maritime cabotage regimes
Training is essential in transporting dangerous goods at sea
Captain Athanasios Vasilakos, of Prevention at Sea, discusses the need for training, particularly when handling dangerous cargo
Resilience and the human element: time to get stressed
The current debate about building resilience in merchant shipping is shifting the focus to see seafarers as part of the solution to safety rather than part of the problem. However, we first need to reverse falling levels of onboard expertise for this to be successful. Captain Yves Vandenborn, of The Standard Club, says lessons can be learned from the airline industry, with greater use of stress-exposure and simulator training
The case for a digital systems model for the lifetime of a vessel
Alasdair Douglas, at Brookes Bell, discusses the opportunities that new technology offers not just for ship design but for the lifetime of the vessel
Blockchain, smart contracts and electronic bills – is the future of shipping paperless?
Antonia Panayides and Anushka Karunaratne, of Reed Smith, compare blockchain to the major historic developments in the shipping industry
Shipping's biggest challenge is a shift in mindset, not fuel
To the outside world shipping looks like an industry unprepared for the 2020 sulphur cap. The truth is, owners are more prepared than they are being given credit for, but the wider questions of shipping's ability make a clean fuel transition have not yet been answered, writes Lloyd's List's Richard Meade
Curbing shipping's emissions: stepping up to the plate
Nazery Khalid, of the Association of Marine Industries of Malaysia, discusses IMO's strategy to reduce emissions from shipping
Improving risk management key to future success
More than 550 delegates gathered in Cape Town recently for the International Union of Marine Insurance’s annual conference. As Liz Booth reports, the event covered a range of topics but key messages around good risk management and a need to improve their understanding of risk emerged