The Commercial Impacts of Decisions: Trade Routes, Chartering, and Futures
HELLENIC-AMERICAN / NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
20th Annual Joint Shipping Conference
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014 – THE WALDORF-ASTORIA STARLIGHT ROOF – 301 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY
Moderator: CLAY MAITLAND
SCOTT BORGERSON, CEO, Cargometrics
PETER KANELOS, CFO, Eletson Corporation
TED PETRONE, President, Navios
STEFANIE KASSELAKIS-KYLES, General Counsel, Poten & Partners… Continue reading
Carleen Lyden-Kluss Interviews Clay Maitland on Maritime TV
SEAFARERS AND ROBOTICS: BIG CHANGES ARE COMING, BUT CAN SAFETY AT SEA SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE?
Until very recently, the designers of computers were unable to deal with what is called “SLAM”—Simultaneous Localization and Mapping—the process by which human beings can mentally map out a new location, including hazards, as they move through it. By 2011, however SLAM was largely solved by computer scientists using Microsoft’s KINECT gaming hub, which consists of an array of sensors and processors that are now very compact and quite inexpensive. Problems like language recognition and SLAM have until recently prevented robots from working alongside human beings, as well as on tasks that are not precisely defined. A sign of things to come showed up early in December, when Google bought Boston Dynamics, which builds military prototype robots similar to a type that is dubbed BAXTER. This type of robot can, it is claimed, work safely with human beings, and is easy to reprogram. It is also quite reasonably priced, as is the software that goes with it. Continue reading
Maritime TV Presses Maitland about Second Registry and the Real Purpose of MMPC
There have been various rumors in some maritime industry circles the plans for a second U.S. ship registry akin to some European flag state models are being considered in Washington.
There has also been speculation that International Registries, Inc. the registry and offshore corporation administration for the Marshall Islands and its Managing Partner Clay Maitland would be involved with this second registry, possibly related to the activities of the Merchant Marine Policy Coalition, (MMPC) which he co-founded.
Maritime TV decided to put Mr. Maitland on the spot and see if he would respond to questions on this during an interview in our studio on December 10.
THE TRUE EMBODIMENT OF EVERYTHING THAT’S EXCELLENT…
Who doesn’t enjoy Gilbert and Sullivan? Sir W.S. Gilbert, in fact, started out as a lawyer, with a number of admiralty cases, which seem to have made an impression. He would have appreciated the recent promotional materials generated by the maritime arbitrators of London. For example, one publication describes these as follows Continue reading
Clay Maitland interview on MaritimeTV
Clay Maitland advocates for seafarer welfare and classification society mergers to improve quality in an interview on MaritimeTV
Tradewind’s Adam Corbett interviews Clay Maitland
Tradewind’s Adam Corbett interviews Clay Maitland on ship and mariner safety, and calls for consolidation within class societies
In the Press
New York: One of North America’s most outspoken men in shipping, Clay Maitland, has slammed the encroachment of financial institutions into the industry, something he reckons is damaging the soul and integrity of the sector.
The managing partner of International Registries, Inc, which administers the Marshall Islands flag, speaking to Maritime CEO from New York, said that many of the leading figures in the industry are not particularly well-versed in what ships, and the people who work in them, are all about.
“Leading shipping executives tend to be finance types, and are poor executives to have in the wheelhouse, particularly when things get bad. We are living in such an era, and we need leaders with more depth of knowledge, and experience,” he warned.
One example, he… Continue reading
Title XI -it’s time to act
Title XI and the Capital Construction fund program have in the past provided the basis for the decade of shipbuilding, following the passage of the 1970 Shipping Act.
However, neither program enjoyed significant use during the past decade. The Bush Administration opposed authorization and funding for the Title XI program during its entire eight years in office, dismissing it as an unnecessary intrusion in an “adequately funded” private sector vessel financing credit market.
The Jones Act and the Title XI and CCF programs are what remain of a comprehensive legislative framework intended to ensure the maintenance of a U.S. owned commercial fleet, and a U.S. based shipbuilding infrastructure, that would support U.S. domestic and international trade in peacetime, and would be available to serve as a military… Continue reading
Clay on the impact of the MLC
Clay spoke to Dave Gardy about the impact of the MLC. Continue reading
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