Riviera Maritime Media looks at the most read stories from the year to revisit the topics that revealed as key issues in the maritime industry in 2021.
Challenging supply-demand picture
Tanker Shipping & Trade readers will be keenly aware of the challenging supply-demand picture in the sector, so it is interesting that many of the most-read stories steered toward some of the more quotidian challenges faced by those working in the trade.
From the crew change crisis to the types of fuels that best suit the decarbonisation race to the rescue of migrants from sinking boats to cyber security threats, our list has it all and more. More, of course, are some of the lessons Anglo-Eastern chief executive Bjorn Hojgaard imparts from his lifetime of experience in shipping.
1. Marinakis-managed tanker rescues migrants off Greece
A ship managed by the Greek company Capital Ship Management rescued more than 150 people, believed to be migrants, from a stricken boat off the coast of Greece.
2. Why IMO approval is rocket fuel for uptake of methanol as a marine fuel
Uptake of methanol as a marine fuel has been boosted following IMO Maritime Safety Committee’s adoption of interim guidelines on the use of methanol as a marine fuel, leading to questions of why LNG is being used as a transition fuel.
3. Euronav leads call for high-level action on crew change crisis
Euronav has become a signatory of the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change which will be launched at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda Week on 25 January 2021.
4. Cyber security: defending the tanker at sea, in port and from the crew
There are two levels of maritime security: that required for regulatory requirements and that necessary to meet threats that occur during a voyage, at a terminal, and from the human factor.
5. Lessons from a life in shipping: Bjorn Hojgaard
The chief executive of Anglo-Eastern Univan Group on the highs and lows of a career in shipping.
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Source: Riviera Maritime Media
