Last word
Outside the box
ONE of the most common complaints heard from the freight industry is its total invisibility to the man on the Clapham omnibus. Well, in answer, from the makers of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares comes The Business Inspector, a new four-part series featuring the nearest thing the UK freight sector has to a superstar: Hilary Devey.
Posidonia prepares for record
UNCERTAINTIES in the market have caused some to muse whether this year’s Posidonia week in Greece will be a more muted affair than usual. But such scuttlebutt has been dismissed by the organisers of the biennial exhibition.
An enduring breed
TSAVLIRIS brothers Nicolas, George and Andreas presided over a more-interesting-than-most cocktail reception for the well-known salvage group at the Yacht Club of Greece recently.
Fight it out
AS THE race for governor of Liguria hots up, Giovanni Cerruti, president of Genoa’s shipping agents, called in the duelling candidates — perennial foes Claudio Burlando and Sandro Biasotti, respectively left and right of centre — for a grilling from his members on maritime policy.
Register of approval
THE 250th anniversary of any organisation is ample cause to celebrate, if for sheer longevity alone. But choosing just how to mark the occasion can lead to some difficult decisions involving approach and taste. Should you accentuate the venerable or the modern? Should your entertainment be rarefied, or a jubilant, foot-stomping celebration?
Movers & shakers
Baltic choice Pedersen takes up rol...
TRADE association BIMCO has appointed Lars Robert Pedersen, director of regulatory affairs at Maersk Maritime Technology in Copenhagen, as deputy secretary-general, with effect from February 2010, writes David Osler .
Seven join UK P&I board
Seven join UK P&I board
Rio promotes Peever
Rio promotes Peever
Spottiswood moves up
Spottiswood moves up
Yantai appoints two
Yantai appoints two
Profiles
OOIL leads box lines through the st...
Tung Chee-chen turns voluble on the subject of China's influence on the business he runs.
D'Alesio: Traditional yet modern
NELLO D'Alesio is for change despite his old-school approach.
Evangelos Pistiolis:TOP Ships faces...
LATER this month it will be exactly five years since a relatively obscure Greek shipping company that repackaged itself TOP Tankers held its initial public offering and was listed on the Nasdaq market.
Bill Christianson: Calling time on ...
CANON Bill Christianson steps down today as general secretary of the Mission to Seafarers.
Marcel Fournier: Private equity wil...
"THERE will be unique, absolutely unique, opportunities to invest in assets at values that no one in this room will ever see again in their lifetime."
