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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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Friday, 11 January 19
SUPRAMAX: THE ASIAN ARENA HAD A MIXED START; LIMITED ACTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA - THE BALTIC BRIEFING
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Dashed hopes summed up the first full week of the New Year. A slow start followed by a busy 24 hours of improving rates and a firming ...
Thursday, 10 January 19
BUNKER DELIVERY NOTE AMENDMENTS ENTER INTO FORCE AS SULPHUR 2020 REQUIREMENT LOOMS - IMO
KNOWLEDGE TO ELEVATE
Amendments to the bunker delivery note relating to the supply of marine fuel oil to ships which have fitted alternative m ...
Thursday, 10 January 19
WORLD TRADE IN THERMAL COAL IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE GROWN BY 1.0 PER CENT IN 2018 - DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, AUSTRALIA
World Trade
World trade in thermal coal is estimated to have grown by 1.0 per cent to 1.1 billion tonnes in 2018 but it is expected to decline ...
Thursday, 10 January 19
PAKISTAN'S COAL IMPORTS TO SURGE TO 30 MILLION TONS PER ANNUM BY 2020 - CEO, PIB
Pakistan’s coal imports are estimated to surge to 30 million tons/annum from existing 20 million tons/annum by the year 2020, given the plann ...
Wednesday, 09 January 19
PANAMAX: THE PACIFIC SAW RELATIVELY GOOD DEMAND PARTICULARLY FROM INDONESIA AND NOPAC - BALTIC BRIEFING
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It was an active start to the New Year, with trading from West Australia maintaining momentum during the holiday period. Rates for Chi ...
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- Ministry of Mines - Canada
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- Romanian Commodities Exchange
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- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- The University of Queensland
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- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
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- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
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- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
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- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
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- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
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- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
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- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
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- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
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- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
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- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
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- Independent Power Producers Association of India
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- White Energy Company Limited
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- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
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- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
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- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
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- Planning Commission, India
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