Blankety Blank – a commercial or structural game?
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Another fascinating opinion piece from Splash24/7 guest columnist Andrew Craig-Bennett on the lunacy going on the deepsea liner trades and the misguided arguments for building bigger ships. One of the joys of reading Mr Craig-Bennett is his refusal to pull his punches: “They all thought, like the bankers 10 years ago, that the rules have changed, and that eternal verities ceased to apply just because of new technology – the computer and the grey box carrying Freight All Kinds. They ...
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Mike Webber
March 23, 2016 at 10:08 pmTerrific piece with observations and wisdom broadly applicable well beyond the maritime industry. Beyond the private sector, in fact. Thank you for sharing it.