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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Doing time for environmental crime – the DoJ way
The ‘land of the free’ is too tough on seafarers caught up in Department of Justice probes.
Richard Udell hasn’t shown his face at many shipping conferences the US for a while and probably won’t resurface in a hurry, after the reaction he provoked at the Connecticut Maritime Association Shipping 2010 conference yesterday.
The Department of Justice [...]
Richard Branson, we need you
For those of you who have clicked here looking for the Philippe Louis-Drayfus story, please keep scrolling down. Meanwhile….
Shipping needs a Richard Branson figure. That thought struck me as I pondered why politicians pay such scant attention to the industry. Many of the high-profile shipping names on the delegate’s list here are powerful, influential and [...]
Adversity, thy name is opportunity
Criminalisation of seafarers is another subject that has recurred in past CMA conferences. At this year’s event, it came to life thanks to two presenters.
Nicholas Pappadakis of Intercargo brought up an example that has seldom been discussed in a public forum: the different worlds that airline crews and mariners inhabit.
Airline crews walk in and out [...]
Is this the new normality?
LIKE a prodigal son, an old chestnut returned to the spotlight at the opening session of this year’s Connecticut Maritime Association conference in Stamford.
An unconventional ensemble of opening-day speakers gave voice once again to shipping’s lack of an “image” and the industry’s utter inability to influence politics and policy.
Capt Robert Johnston, vice-chairman of Intertanko, talked [...]
Interview with CMA Commodore
Lloyd’s List’s Monday issue, to be distributed at CMA profiles France’s Philippe Louis-Dreyfus, the CMA Commodore, who accepts his award on Wednesday night. He spoke about his passion for shipping, but also on media speculation that the Louis Dreyfus group is one of the outside investors looking to inject fresh capital in CMA CGM. Read [...]
Live from CMA 2010!
If it’s the views of global industry heavyweights you’re after, the CMA manages to snare its fair share, persuading some legendary names to stop by at the conference venue at the Hilton Hotel at Stamford over the years.
Many are speakers, some are delegates lurking quietly in private rooms doing deals, and others are simply honoured [...]
Thad Allen bequeaths a new tradition