Splash Extra

A new look Splash Extra launches today giving readers an enhanced look at what is driving the shipping markets.

Delivered online rather than via PDF the new format allows for greater data and detail on each report.

The front page this issue looks at the prospects for a carbon levy and the difficulties of getting a global buy-in to any of the proposals on the table.

“Shipping has a history of disappointment in policy. One source of that disappointment is the assumption that any one policy is a silver bullet to solve all problems. Carbon pricing might be hugely important for shipping’s future, but it also risks being overblown into a silver bullet for a landscape of issues that are about mitigation, equity, system change,” said Dr Tristan Smith from the UCL Energy Institute.

Inside there is the normal markets coverage plus the best of this month’s research analysis in the popular Analyst Abstract section.

Splash Extra serves as a concise snapshot of what is driving the shipping markets, published on the last Wednesday of every month.