Posidonia 2026: the visible power and the invisible power
At Posidonia 2026 in Athens, 1–5 June 2026, China sent 200 companies, opened a shipbuilding office and signed contracts. America sent a classification society. The asymmetry was not subtle
Posidonia 2026: six questions following shipping executives through Athens
Athens, June 1–5, 2026. Forty thousand shipping professionals converge on Posidonia 2026, the largest edition in the event’s history. The panels are packed. The orderbooks are fuller. And the mood, curiously, is something short of euphoric
Posidonia 2026: shipping’s new currency is not freight. It is resilience
The industry has a new consensus word. What nobody is saying out loud is what it costs — and who pays when freight rates can no longer carry the weight
Decks and Deals Weekly #45
Between 24 and 31 May 2026, global shipping markets ran on contradiction: a peace deal nobody signed, a VLCC war premium in freefall, a BDI rebound nobody expected, and asset prices that simply refused to care
The Spirit that moves the sea
On June 1st, 2026, Holy Spirit Monday and Posidonia 2026 coincide in Athens, bringing together faith, maritime leadership, innovation, and human judgment in a rare convergence of spiritual reflection and global shipping ambition
Hormuz closed. Frankfurt tightens. Who pays the ECB rate hike bill?
Yannis Stournaras says he wishes the ECB did not have to act. It probably will anyway — and European shipping will absorb costs it neither created nor controls
When shipping changes course without us realising it
A shift that begins as a whisper and ends up transforming the entire game is quietly reshaping shipping’s logic, competitiveness and strategic architecture, as connectivity, collaboration and adaptive capability increasingly replace traditional models of maritime strength
Decks and Deals Weekly #44
Between 17 and 23 May 2026, global shipping ran on four clocks: Trump halted Iran strikes, Brent dropped 5%, the BDI rally reversed, tankers softened, and containers climbed into an early peak
When the sea refuses to sit still: chaos as the hidden compass of modern shipping
In modern shipping, chaos is no longer an exception or a temporary disruption. It has become the operating environment itself — reshaping strategy, leadership, risk perception, decision-making, and the very logic of survival at sea
Decks and Deals Weekly #43
Between 10 and 16 May 2026, the BDI broke 3,195 mid-week before a Friday correction, MR Atlantic earnings collapsed 60–75%, two more ships were attacked at Hormuz, Hapag-Lloyd swung to a Q1 loss, and Trump landed in Beijing to ask Xi for help reopening the strait that has shaped freight markets for ten weeks