Maritime in Minutes - February 2023

The latest episode of Maritime in Minutes features nuclear powered shipping, Maersk’s integrator ambitions, seafarer abandonment, emissions and environmental regulations, and much more.Seatrade Maritime News Editor, Marcus Hand, and Europe Editor, Gary Howard, discuss and comment on the stories that stood out on Seatrade Maritime News during the last month a short, but busy, February.In this episode Marcus and Gary discuss –·     The economics of nuclear-powered retrofits·     The record LNG carrier orderbook·     Seafarer abandonment·     Addressing sexual assault in shipping·     Maersk’s integrator journey·     ICS’ latest CO2 levy fund proposal·     Is the IMO’s CII regulation really that bad?·     Reducing problem fixing for freight forwarders·     2023 P&I renewals going down to the wireYou can hear about all these stories and much more by listening now to the latest episode of Maritime in MinutesLinks to stories featured in this episodeNuclear retrofits technically feasible, economically impracticalRecord orderbook set to drive unprecedented LNG fleet growthhttps://www.seatrade-maritime.com/management-crewing/2022-was-worst-year-seafarer-abandonmentSexual assault is ‘the elephant in the room’ for shippingHow far is Maersk on its journey to become an integrator?Maersk books $30.9bn profit for 2022, expects at least 84% drop this yearICS renews call for ‘Fund and Reward’ CO2 levyContainer price war underway, contract rates plummetingCII is unfair to all ships: Union of Greek ShipownersFreight forwarders spend 80% of their time fixing problemsLast-minute dash for P&I renewals as 20 Feb noon deadline strikesCrewing key to sustainable growth in ship managementIf you enjoyed...