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Wednesday, 28 November 18
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - GEORGE LAIOS
 Last week I had the privilege to attend the SingularityU Greece Summit, in Athens. It was a privilege because you do not often have the chance to see and listen to world class experts from Silicon Valley talking about what the future holds for us. During these two full days we got to know about the new technologies and latest developments in sectors like energy, medicine, industry, space travels and many more. However, the two things that really impressed me were the (exponential) speed of change in all the sectors and the disruption that is happening or is about to happen again in all sectors. The changes are happening in such a speed that even well-known and recognised institutions keep missing their forecasts or, I would dare say, the big picture. Disruption happens, but it's coming from the outside of each sector. And this is where huge companies have failed and finally gone bust. They did not see it coming because it did not come from within their sector.
One of the many stories that we were told during the conference was the one told by David Roberts, who is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on disruptive innovation and exponentially advancing technology. The story was about Frederic Tudor and how he disrupted the hundreds of years of the spices trading sector by inventing … the insulated warehouse and the trade of ice!
For hundreds of years it was believed that meat was preserved using spices. However, Tudor – an American business man from Boston – had a different opinion. He started cutting large blocks of ice from the ponds of Massachusetts, stored them in insulated warehouses and then thought of exporting this ice to places that had much warmer climate. Therefore, he built an insulated ship and after many unsuccessful attempts and after having gone bankrupt a couple of times, he managed to get the ice out of the ponds of New England and carry it around the world going as far as India. It did not take more than 20-30 years for the spice industry to collapse. Did anyone see it coming? No. Did any of the old spice trade companies moved into the ice trade? No. So, one business man from Boston disrupted a long standing industry.
The story doesn’t end here. Tudor’s business was also disrupted by the invention of the ice-maker. Not only there was no need to cut the ice out of lakes, but also the ice trade itself stopped. People ultimately ended with a nice piece of furniture (the ice boxes) on top of which they put a small block of ice (delivered to their door) and preserved their food. And of course, the ice box industry got disrupted by the fridge business. Again, no-one of the ice box makers followed the trend.
The above story was really enlightening as none of the above saw the disruption coming (even Tudor himself). And when they actually saw it, they did nothing but resist. It is true that in hindsight, we may consider it easy to predict, but what about our days and our world? We all see alternative sources of energy gaining ground over the ‘’traditional’’ sources and the new energy mix being rapidly changing; we all see the new technologies coming and conquering all sectors of the economy, including shipping (e.g. remote monitoring, autonomous ships). Are we going to do something about it? Will we adapt? Will we stay with our fridge, or move to the next solution?
The decision is in our hands.
By George Laios
Deputy CEO, Intermodal Group
Compiled by:
Intermodal Research & Valuations
Analysts:
Ms Eva Tzima
George Panagopoulos
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Tuesday, 19 February 19
AUSTRALIA'S COAL FUTURE UNDER THREAT AS MORE CHANGES HIT FOSSIL FUELS GLOBALLY - ABC
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Tuesday, 19 February 19
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Monday, 18 February 19
INDIA'S COAL IMPORT FALLS TO 17.25 MT IN JANUARY - PTI
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Monday, 18 February 19
THE ROLE OF COAL IN INDIA'S ENERGY AMBITIONS - WCA
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Saturday, 16 February 19
COALTRANS CHINA 2019, CHINA'S LARGEST COAL INDUSTRY GATHERING
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- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
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- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
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- Minerals Council of Australia
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- White Energy Company Limited
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
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- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- The University of Queensland
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
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- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
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- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Planning Commission, India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
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- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
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- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
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- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- MS Steel International - UAE
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- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
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- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
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- Mjunction Services Limited - India
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- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
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