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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, 02 November 18
CHINA: COAL CONSUMPTION POSTS STRONG GROWTH ON BACK OF POWER GENERATION DEMAND - CHINA DAILY
China’s energy consumption experienced continuous rebound during the first three quarters in 2018, National Energy Administration announced o ...
Thursday, 01 November 18
IMO 2020 - EXPLORING THE OPTION OF SOX SCRUBBERS - SIDDHARTH MAHAJAN, GARD
KNOWLEDGE TO ELEVATE
There are four possible methods of compliance:
1.use VLSFO (very low Sulphur oil) or blends;
2,use dis ...
Wednesday, 31 October 18
INDIA: COAL IMPORTS SURGE ON DOMESTIC SHORT SUPPLY - HINDU
Shortage of thermal coal supply in India has pushed imports up to 85 million tonnes (mt) in the first half of the current fiscal compared to 75 mt ...
Wednesday, 31 October 18
SHIPPING MARKET INSIGHT - APOSTOLOS ROMPOPOULOS
Since the IMO’s 2020 global cap on sulphur in marine fuels is coming into force, ship-owners have to decide whether they will operate using e ...
Monday, 29 October 18
IMPLEMENTATION OF SULPHUR 2020 LIMIT - CARRIAGE BAN ADOPTED - IMO
An amendment to support consistent implementation of the forthcoming 0.50% limit on sulphur in ships fuel oil was adopted by the International Mari ...
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- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
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- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
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- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
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- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
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- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
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- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
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- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
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- Agrawal Coal Company - India
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- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
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- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
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- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
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- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
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- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- White Energy Company Limited
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- The University of Queensland
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- Deloitte Consulting - India
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- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
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- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
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- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
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- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
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- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
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- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
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- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
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- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
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- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
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- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
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- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Minerals Council of Australia
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- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
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- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
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- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
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