Ross Davies

All articles by Ross Davies

1. What would a US-China trade war mean for the shipping industry?

   Trade wars are both “good” and “easy to win”, said US President Donald Trump, shortly after announcing a new 25%…
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   29 May
2. Overboard: balancing supply and demand in global maritime trade

   Let’s start with the good news. In its latest review on the maritime transport sector, the United Nations Conference on…
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   19 Feb
3. Old attitudes, new systems: why shipowners are struggling to adapt to the BWMC

   Like Rome, the Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) wasn’t built in a day. When the measure finally came into force…
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   13 Feb
4. Vasco de Gama: an analysis of a grounding

   It happened in the early hours of the morning on 22 August 2016. With a moderate south-westerly breeze and a…
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   24 Jan
5. From Robert the Bruce to renewables: the changing face of the Port of Montrose

   Legend has it that Montrose was the very port from which the Scottish knight Lord James Douglas departed in the…
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   19 Dec
6. Clean-up time for the cruise industry

   Once again, the cruise industry finds itself under fire over its environmental performance. The indicter this time around is German…
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   11 Dec
7. Introducing Babbler: a digital container seal to safeguard supply

   Early last year, a large refrigerated container of flowers belonging to Royal FloraHolland, a Dutch floral conglomerate, was making its…
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   3 Sep