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Podcast: Maritime in Minutes - February 2023

The latest episode of Maritime in Minutes features nuclear powered shipping, Maersk’s integrator ambitions, seafarer abandonment, emissions and environmental regulations, and much more.

Seatrade Maritime News Editor, Marcus Hand, and Europe Editor, Gary Howard, discuss and comment on the stories that stood out on Seatrade Maritime News during the last month a short, but busy, February.

In this episode Marcus and Gary discuss –

  • The economics of nuclear-powered retrofits

  • The record LNG carrier orderbook

  • Seafarer abandonment

  • Addressing sexual assault in shipping

  • Maersk’s integrator journey

  • ICS’ latest CO2 levy fund proposal

  • Is the IMO’s CII regulation really that bad?

  • Reducing problem fixing for freight forwarders

  • 2023 P&I renewals going down to the wire

You can hear about all these stories and much more by listening now to the latest episode of Maritime in Minutes  in the player above or on the app of your choice.

Links to stories featured in this episode

Nuclear retrofits technically feasible, economically impractical

Record orderbook set to drive unprecedented LNG fleet growth

https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/management-crewing/2022-was-worst-year-seafarer-abandonment

Sexual assault is ‘the elephant in the room’ for shipping

How far is Maersk on its journey to become an integrator?

Maersk books $30.9bn profit for 2022, expects at least 84% drop this year

ICS renews call for ‘Fund and Reward’ CO2 levy

Container price war underway, contract rates plummeting

CII is unfair to all ships: Union of Greek Shipowners

Freight forwarders spend 80% of their time fixing problems

Last-minute dash for P&I renewals as 20 Feb noon deadline strikes

Crewing key to sustainable growth in ship management

About the Authors

Marcus Hand

Editor

Marcus Hand is the editor of Seatrade Maritime News and a dedicated maritime journalist with over two decades of experience covering the shipping industry in Asia.

Marcus is also an experienced industry commentator and has chaired many conferences and round tables. Before joining Seatrade at the beginning of 2010, Marcus worked for the shipping industry journal Lloyd's List for a decade and before that the Singapore Business Times covering shipping and aviation.

In November 2022, Marcus was announced as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Singapore Journal of Maritime Talent and Technology (SJMTT) to help bring together thought leadership around the key areas of talent and technology.

Marcus is the founder of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast that delivers commentary, opinions and conversations on shipping's most important topics.

Conferences & Webinars

Marcus Hand regularly moderates at international maritime events. Below you’ll find a list of selected past conferences and webinars.

Gary Howard

Middle East correspondent

Gary Howard is the Middle East Correspondent for Seatrade Maritime News and has written for Seatrade Cruise, Seatrade Maritime Review and was News Editor at Lloyd’s List. Gary’s maritime career started after catching the shipping bug during a research assignment for the offshore industry. Working out of Seatrade's head office in the UK, he also produces and contributes to conference programmes for Seatrade events including CMA Shipping, Seatrade Maritime Logistics Middle East and Marintec. 

Gary’s favourite topics within the maritime industry are decarbonisation and wind-assisted propulsion; he particularly enjoys reporting from industry events.

Conferences & Webinars

Gary Howard regularly moderates at international maritime events. Below you’ll find a list of selected past conferences and webinars.

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