GENERAL AVERAGE
May 30, 2012
DEMAND for the services of average adjusters remains at high levels despite increased competition and changes in the marine industry…………..
SHIPBROKERS CUT SALARIES
May 30, 2012
RUMOUR has it that a few shipbroking shops have cut salaries rather than lay off staff as they weather the 2012 storm. One contact told Spinnaker that 2012 “is worse than 2009 as there is no forward book to provide the future cash comfort we had then…”
HENLEY BUSINESS SCHOOL'S FIRST SHIPPING GRADUATES
May 30, 2012
FOUNDED 1945, Henley is one of the most renowned business schools, famed for its top quality MBA and ranked first in the world for its student quality and alumni record by The Economist. In 2011, Henley launched a Master's Degree in International Shipping and Finance and the first cohort will graduate shortly…
MARKET COMMENTARY – MARCH 2012
April 5, 2012
Spinnaker remain perplexed by but optimistic about the state of the market…
OSCAR TRADING DAY IS COMING
April 5, 2012
On “OSCAR TRADING DAY” shipbrokers and the chartering community will be buying and selling space on the M/V OSCAR and insurance brokers and underwriters will be taking lines on slips to insure her. And the law firms will be “giving legal advice” to the her owners…
OSCAR IS ONE THIS WEEK
April 5, 2012
The OSCAR Campaign celebrated it's first anniversary in style last week. Read on to see what Tradewinds had to say on page 32 of their 30th March edition…….
THE SHIPPING RECRUITMENT MARKET IN 2012
April 5, 2012
IT'S a funny old game isn't it? One marine surveying company told us last week that they have never been so busy. And a couple of senior S&P brokers at different broking companies bemoaned the dreadful state of the market and predicted a dire year ahead while talking up how busy they are and their need for more staff………
MEETING MAD
April 5, 2012
WE all know that managers spend their whole time in meetings, leaving others to do the hard graft……..
