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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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Wednesday, 24 October 18
CHINESE POWER PLANT STOCKPILES AT HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2015 - JEFFREY LANDSBERG
Chinese power plant coal stockpiles have climbed to approximately 83.3 million tons as of the middle of this month, said Jeffrey Landsberg in his e ...
Tuesday, 23 October 18
WILL THE U.S. COAL DECLINE CONTINUE? - FORBES
What’s Trump’s new coal proposal?
Adding to its controversial plan to leverage federal authority to keep retiring baselo ...
Monday, 22 October 18
CONTINUED HIGH LNG PRICES; TRADE WAR IMPACT LIMITED - FITCH RATINGS
Fitch Ratings expects sustained high spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) and contract prices over the next two quarters on limited investment in LNG e ...
Monday, 22 October 18
WINTER OIL MARKET OUTLOOK - OPEC
The oil market in the winter season is generally characterized by demand for diesel, particularly in the northern hemisphere, leaving product marke ...
Saturday, 20 October 18
PANAMAX: THE PACIFIC SAW A LARGE VOLUME OF FIXING, WITH INDONESIA AGAIN THE DRIVING FORCE - THE BALTIC BRIEFING
Capesize
A positive end to last week after a shaky start, with a Coaltrans taking participants out of the market early on and with rates slippi ...
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- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- The University of Queensland
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Australian Coal Association
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- White Energy Company Limited
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- PTC India Limited - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Planning Commission, India
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
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