SHIP MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL
ISSUE 43
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How I Work – Jeffrey Pribor, Global Head of Maritime Investment Banking, Jefferies & Company
March 31, 2013
Hectic travel since he joined Jefferies & Company as its Head of Maritime Investment Banking in February may have left Jeffrey Pribor somewhat jet-lagged. But rarely has he felt more elated and upbeat about a career and a job, the 55-year-old Mr Pribor told SMI during an interview in Jefferies’ New York headquarters.
Mr Pribor spent more than two months crisscrossing the globe for client meetings, logging some six dozen … Read More…
Cover Story – London calling: Government backs Britain’s maritime credentials
March 31, 2013
Efforts to push and promote London’s importance as an international shipping cluster received an unexpected fillip when the Coalition Government went public in its support for an industry that generates £31.7bn to the UK economy annually.In an address to top-level shipping executives, the UK Shipping Minister Stephen Hammond said he was committed to putting the shipping industry centre-stage.
He noted that, contributing GBP13.8bn to the UK economy directly and enabling … Read More…
Only in America
March 31, 2013
Most of the maritime world is getting into the groove of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006, the bellwether new international pact that consolidates almost all of the 70 existing International Labour Organisation maritime labour instruments into one document.
But as might perhaps be expected, it is a different story in the US.
As of the time of writing, Washington had not ratified MLC 2006. This typical inertia contrasted with global … Read More…
Dispatches – Arctic bonanza: Russia removes its nuclear litter from the seabed
March 31, 2013
The retreat of the Arctic ice cover making the seabed accessible to the ocean industries is about to unleash a multi-billion dollar business for the urgent recovery of navigation hazards comprising radioactive waste materials dumped by the bygone Soviet military authorities in the frozen marine environment. This is great news for the shipping industry, and indeed all humanity, but it may have come about at the wrong time and for … Read More…
Dispatches – Clinging on to the future
March 31, 2013
The Collapse of the Cypriot banking system in March and the introduction of tough fiscal measures to steady the country’s economy, took the shipping industry massively by surprise. But while the Limassol-based shipping industry backed up by the Nicosia government has been quick to proffer a message of business as usual, it has opened the door to the debate on Cyprus’ future and the potential for a possible successor to … Read More…
