URSABLOG: The Proof Of The Pudding
Last Christmas I was in Athens, and had been kindly invited by friends to spend Christmas with them and their families at their home. I asked them what I could bring to contribute,
URSABLOG: For Those In Peril On The Sea
We hadn’t seen each other for a while, and after catching up on personal and general stuff, we started talking about shipping. The story he told me has stayed with me ever since.
URSABLOG: China Crisis
There are troubling signs in China at the moment – at least as far as I can see – that a moment of reckoning is coming. The signs are not great: manufacturing activity contract
URSABLOG: Mind The Gap
I’ve been out and about a fair bit recently, both in Athens and in Hamburg, and so have had the opportunity to have long and interesting conversations with many different people
URSABLOG: I Am Shocked! Shocked!
I have been thinking about what word to use about my current frame of mind. Sceptical is no good, because most of my Greek friends will think I am just being thoughtful (σκεπτ
URSABLOG: Shifting Winds
Leafing through the recent OECD economic outlook, I came across a rather alarming scenario, albeit theoretical. It said that a one-year decline of 3% in domestic demand (relat
URSABLOG: Human Networking
The human brain is an astounding organ. There is nothing close to it in the animal kingdom in terms of size, power and utility. There is also nothing close to it in terms of man-ma
URSABLOG: Just Rewards
One of the gaping holes in my shipping education is the complete lack of time at sea on the kind of ships that I buy and sell on behalf of my clients. I have never known what it is
URSABLOG: Freedom of Information
few years ago, I joined a Book Club in Athens, for an expat group called Internations. I quickly found myself running it, as the previous leader – frustrated no doubt by th