How should the maritime curriculum change to reflect the skills required soon?
With autonomous ships likely to enter service soon, LR has set out the ‘how’ of marine autonomous operations in a new ShipRight Procedure guidance.
Source: LR defines ‘autonomy levels’ for ship design and operation
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Jan Hoffman of UNCTAD, President of the IAME, has published another hair-raising report on international trade. I hope he will consider submitting to the IAME conference in Hamburg this summer. Perhaps a poster presentation– it is too late for a peer-reviewed paper.
Abstract After years of hard work, I am pleased to present the results of an extensive empirical study on exports of services and related imports of goods: The Production of Hair Cuts around the Wo…
Studies like this one and Colin Camerer’s famous report on New York taxi drivers have the potential to alter our views of conventional wisdom, macro- and micro economics about everyday economic phenomena.
Smaller firms are showing lower turnover than large firms. What does that mean? I think drivers value the ability to have a say, and they’re not getting it in the large firms.
Data issued by the American Trucking Associations today shows that the annualized driver turnover rates at large truckload fleets remains high.
Source: Truckload Carrier Driver Turnover Rate Heads Up – Supply Chain 24/7
Here is the report.
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