Chris Lo

All articles by Chris Lo

1. LNG in shipping: could space tech lighten the load?

   As the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the European Union and national governments around the world continue the gradual process of…
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   4 Mar
2. Tipping point: has the cruise sector struck the right balance on gratuities?

   The expectations around gratuities can be a stressful course to navigate for many customers. The varied tipping cultures and conventions…
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   31 Jan
3. Charting a fresh course for Barbados’ cruise sector

   The cruise sector might be a small niche of the tourism industry from a global perspective, but it’s big business…
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   26 Nov
4. Riding the wave: explosive growth in Japan’s cruise sector

   For centuries, Japan’s relationship with the outside world was limited by a strict policy of isolationism, with the vast majority…
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   23 Aug
5. Trade winds: Sailcargo blends old and new in sailing freight venture

   As marine emissions continue to move up the global environmental agenda and the shipping industry works to identify suitable lower-emission…
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   16 Aug
6. Digital twins in shipping: the open-source approach

   The digitisation of industry is adding an incredibly valuable layer over physical processes. This data-rich layer is rife with the…
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   13 Nov
7. Sounding the alarm on underwater noise

   The shipping industry and the bodies that regulate it have slowly wised up to the damage caused by unrestricted marine…
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   29 Jan
8. How did the Port of Portland lose its entire container business?

   The humble container, a metal box that usually measures 20ft in length to form the standard twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU),…
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   14 Sep
9. Setting a cleaner course for shipping in the Canadian Arctic

   Climate change might be the most serious challenge facing humanity in the 21st century, but in shipping circles, tongues have…
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   3 Jul
10. Ecoship: building the world’s greenest cruise vessel

    December’s UN climate change summit in Paris will be remembered as the moment when the world finally got together and…
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    25 Apr