Copper Shortages- Be proactive and dry dock ready! With the rise in inflation, severe copper shortages and labor scarcity in many sectors, and the ongoing supply chain crises, 2022 is feeling the burden of the last two years. Suppliers struggle…
Reduce pollution and guard aquatic biosecurity Decarbonizing to help prevent pollution is marine world-speak in 2022. But reducing carbon emissions and preventing pollution is not the only environmental concern and challenge for the marine industry. Biosecurity is a second—not a…
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) intention for its Green House Gas (GHG) Strategy is for the international shipping industry to reduce carbon dioxide (CO) emissions by 70% and total annual GHG emissions by at least 50%, by 2050 compared to…
The Challenge is on for Container Ships to Comply with EEXI, CII, Decarbonization, and the Sulfur Cap Dance Climate change is a global and urgent crisis needing efforts by all industries, including the shipping industry with the need for container…
Ferry industry’s challenge to comply with EEXI and CII. In February's BLOG, we discussed how owners and operators in the Marine Industry are racing to meet the United Nation’s net-zero emissions goal set for 2050. We took a further look…
Number One Challenge For The Cruise Industry As we enter 2022, it is all about reducing carbon! The countdown timer has begun for owners and operators to meet two new mandatory measures. These are the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index…
Today is the day! It is officially the most depressing day of the year (I bet you are glad to hear that)! It is Blue Monday! Blue Monday falls on the third Monday of January, and as the theory goes…
MARELCO™ can eliminate your drydock altogether! If you are the owner of a fleet of vessels, you are fully aware of the need for your vessel to undergo one or two scheduled drydocks every five years, depending on the vessel's…
I will always be extremely grateful to my parents for my very first overseas trip, which was to Canada in 1973. Canada was always a big part of my life. My uncle had left South Africa at 18 to join…
Yesterday I heard that rather than solutions selling, there is a new ‘thing’ called insights selling. The best description I could find for this piece of wisdom was, “The key to insights selling is to leverage a deep understanding of…