Review of Maritime Transport (Series) Page Content The Review of Maritime Transport is an UNCTAD flagship publication, published annually since 1968. Around 80 per cent of the volume of international trade in goods is carried by sea, and the percentage is even higher for most developing countries. The Review of Maritime Transport provides an analysis of structural and cyclical changes affecting seaborne trade, ports and shipping, as well as an extensive collection of statistical information. Every issue provides data and insights on: Seaborne tradeEmerging trends affecting maritime transportFleet ownership and registrationShipbuilding and demolitionsFreight ratesLiner shipping connectivityPort trafficLegal and regulatory developmentsA topical issue covered in a special chapter Online statistics from the Review of Maritime Transport time series: - World merchant fleet by flag of registration and type of ship- Container port traffic- Liner shipping connectivity Index- World seaborne trade
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MarTrans: Welcome to the Maritime transportation database Is Innovation Valuable? I began thinking carefully about Apple in 2005 when the stock was priced at around $55/share. I remember that the events which made me consider Apple in a different light were the launch of the iPod shuffle and the launch of the Mac mini. Both moves signaled to me that the company was serious about competing with non-consumption. At that point I thought that the company was a potential opportunity as an investment. But I also remember that many people at the time thought that the stock price was too expensive. Indeed, by 2006, the shine was off. However, in 2007 the company’s value recovered with the introduction of the iPhone. Yet, again, in early 2008 the company lost 40% of its valuation. Then the recession came. It may not appear to be the case, but throughout this volatile period, the investment thesis remained fairly constant: Apple is a rather small collection of product bets. The chart below shows just what that looks like in terms of product contribution to gross margin.
Simple Sells To BBVA For $117 Million International Maritime Organization 15/04/2014 IMO Secretary-General Sekimizu chaired the judging panel for the Seatrade Awards 2014 (14 April). The ceremony included an award in support of IMO's theme for World Maritime Day 2014 ‘IMO Conventions: Effective Implementation’, won by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS). IACS Chairman Mr R. Cazzulo received the award from Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal; Mr Sekimizu; and sponsor Mr Hui, Managing Director, China Classification Society. 14/04/2014 IMO’s Beatrice Vormawah, Head, Technical Cooperation Implementation Coordination Section, represented IMO at the Ghana Maritime Authority’s three-day sub-regional seminar on ship routeing and safety in navigation, Accra (7-10 April), for participants drawn from eight countries in West and Central Africa. More...
Creative Advantage - Innovation Training and Services The Sale of Simple: The Bank and the Anti-Bank Last week, the banking group BBVA bought a personal-banking startup called Simple for a hundred and seventeen million dollars. Simple is a banking service that bills itself as a kind of anti-bank—no overdraft fees, an easy-to-use Web site—with a relatively small, if loyal, user base. For people who had never heard of Simple, the deal raised questions about whether BBVA, which is based in Madrid but has operations around the globe, had made a wise decision. At Simple’s offices, in Portland, Oregon, the co-founder and C.E.O., Joshua Reich, was contending with another question: How can a company that built a loyal following by lambasting annoying banking practices keep its soul after being bought by a big bank? Simple is a service to manage your bank account. The problem was that using juvenile language to harangue existing banks isn’t actually a business model. Another question is whether Simple’s technology is truly game changing. Above, from left: Shamir Karkal and Josh Reich.
Centre de Droit Maritime et des Transports: Présentation ¿Qué es el Balanced Scorecard? The balanced scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is used extensively in business and industry, government, and nonprofit organizations worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals. It was originated by Drs. Robert Kaplan (Harvard Business School) and David Norton as a performance measurement framework that added strategic non-financial performance measures to traditional financial metrics to give managers and executives a more 'balanced' view of organizational performance. The balanced scorecard has evolved from its early use as a simple performance measurement framework to a full strategic planning and management system. The “new” balanced scorecard transforms an organization’s strategic plan from an attractive but passive document into the "marching orders" for the organization on a daily basis.