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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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Sunday, 30 December 18
MAJOR LNG BUYERS' UNCONTRACTED DEMAND TO QUADRUPLE BY 2030 - WOOD MACKENZIE
Wood Mackenzie’s latest research reveals that uncontracted demand by the world’s seven largest LNG buyers could quadruple to 80 million ...
Saturday, 29 December 18
DELIVERY OF CARGO WITHOUT PRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL BILL OF LADING - TT CLUB
KNOWLEDGE TO ELEVATE
As the bill of lading is a document of title, a person presenting it to the carrier or its agent is ostensibly entitled t ...
Friday, 28 December 18
BIMCO 2020 SULPHUR CLAUSES: "A FAIR ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND LIABILITIES'? - INCE & CO.
To assist owners and charterers to address the legal issues arising under any time charterparties, which will span the 1 January 2020 implementatio ...
Thursday, 27 December 18
DRY BULKERS SPOT FREIGHT MARKET W/E 21 DEC - ALLIED SHIPBROKING
Capesize
A negative week for the Capesize sector, as activity remained at low levels, especially in the Pacific, with rumors regarding agreed r ...
Thursday, 27 December 18
SHIPPING IS ENTERING A NEW ERA OF EVER CHALLENGING CONDITIONS - ALLIED
As we move closer to the end of the year and we look forward into New Year, we are still finding ourselves looking deep into a market outlook full ...
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- Economic Council, Georgia
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- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
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- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
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- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
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- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
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- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
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- The University of Queensland
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- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
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- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
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- Australian Coal Association
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- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
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- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
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- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
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- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- PTC India Limited - India
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- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
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- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
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- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
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- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
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- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
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- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- White Energy Company Limited
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- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
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- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
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- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
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- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Minerals Council of Australia
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