Geography trumps geopolitics for Cyprus amid the fog of war

Marina Hadjimanolis (left), Cyprus’ deputy minister in charge of shipping. Photo: Shipping Deputy Ministry of Cyprus

Losing Russia as a client has not stopped the country’s rise as a force in international ship management

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Inside the crewing hub at the heart of merged giant OSM Thome

Julia Anastasiou, chief crew management officer and Cyprus managing director of OSM Thome. Photo: OSM Thome

Julia Anastasiou, chief crew management officer and Cyprus managing director of OSM Thome, speaks on her budding Limassol operation

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China’s ascent in shipowning drives fresh demand for old hands in ship management

The China growth story is now driving enquiries for the region’s traditional ship managers. Photo: Bloomberg

The lack of domestic competition is creating opportunities for traditional third-party players

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Cyprus’ Themis Papadopoulos unveils plans to burnish ship management credentials

Themis Papadopoulos is the president of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber. Photo: Cyprus Shipping Chamber

The president of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber is upbeat about ambitious projects

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Fleet Management’s Kishore Rajvanshy on tackling challenges and reaping rewards

Kishore Rajvanshy shares his half-century’s experience in shipping. Photo: Fleet Management

Ship management guru says proactive strategies and investment are the key to seizing opportunities

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Onboard CCTV: Big Brother or state-of-the-art safety in ship management?

Ilan Naslavsky (left), co-founder and chief technology officer at ShipIn Systems, with Osher Perry, co-founder and chief executive. Photo: ShipIn Systems

Latest system lets everyone keep a close eye on onboard operations

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MaruFleet venture to drive Marubeni shipowner MMSL’s decarbonisation journey

MMSL managing director Endo Tomohiro (left) and MaruFleet Management general manager Arvind Singh. Photo: Jonathan Boonzaier

Partners tell TradeWinds that focusing on quality rather than differences is key to MaruFleet’s success

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Here’s how InterManager is weeding out the cowboys in ship management

InterManager secretary general Kuba Szymanski says the general principles should be ‘inclusive, aspirational and co-operational’. Photo: Debra Massey

Self-assessments and third-party audits of ship managers will raise standards and grow the market

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Columbia ‘2.0’ will reboot firm for the decade ahead

Mark O’Neil is the CEO of Columbia Group. Photo: Columbia

Integrated maritime services provider takes a hard look at how its business will look in the near future

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