It is not right to view shipping as low-hanging fruit; shipping is shrewd. It is more the case that legislation is now providing the tipping point where there is a definitive need for digitalised applications. Trend learned at seminar “Eating…
Nowadays a corporate is not buying software; rather it is buying a relationship with the technology supplier that understands the demands and strategies of the business and how these will change moving forwards and, most pertinently, what needs to be…
Shipping companies need to understand the agile process involved in the purchasing process. This calls for a 2-way collaboration and the shipping company needs to understand how to "progressively adopt" any solution in stages. At the same time the end…
Regarding investment, today technology is in a different paradigm. The old model involved an initial sizeable expense, together with a small licence fee thus presenting the corporate with only a modest cost for many years of use. This made it…
How to optimise: This is not complex, just a little difficult. Any big project needs to be broken down into small pieces (sprints), where partnering and collaboration is fundamental. All software vendors have a different micro-speciality, meaning that it becomes…
How to successfully deliver digital innovation – transformation: listening, understanding, getting to the root of the core user case and why the solution is needed and then quickly moving into a hands-on relationship that develops into a partnership (and human…
Is it time to reset commercial benchmarks? For instance, should demurrage even be done way with? Should any benefit in fuel consumption savings be shared between the Owner and the Charterer? Is it finally time to move away from NYPE…
Zero Carbon Emissions metrics. The IMO (International Maritime Organisation) has set a target for reducing annual GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions in shipping by at least 40% by 2030 and targeting a 70% reduction by 2050. The IMO, via its MEPC…
Digital Disruption (reference video streaming / Uber, as heavily disrupted segments) is a phrase used in the technology industry to invoke a fear factor amongst players that is not necessarily real. In shipping, digital disruption is not happening. Why? Is…
Drivers for digitalisation in shipping:(1) Decarbonisation is driving both regulatory as well as non-regulatory issues;(2) the Sea Cargo Charter and Poseidon Principles are equally a driver of digitalisation, together with the need to overcome supply chain inefficiencies;(3) there is a…