URSABLOG: Hopeless Choices?
I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news. You know all those self-help books, memes and videos you see on LinkedIn and elsewhere encouraging you that you can change into the person th
URSABLOG: Clubbable Progress
It is rare in the shipping industry – and I suspect in other industries too – that people can gather together publicly and discuss issues that affect them without the conversat
URSABLOG: A Worthwhile Journey
“That’s Kenilworth Castle, and beyond that, the city you can see is Coventry,” I said. “You seem to know a lot about it,” my fellow passenger said. “Yes, I do, I suppos
URSABLOG: Challenging Process
I’ve always had a nagging feeling that systems, process and efficiency – and by extension, self-discipline, and focus – are overrated. Obviously in ship management, these are
URSABLOG: Telling Stories
The troubling news that Kim Jong Un of North Korea will meet Vladimir Putin in the coming days to discuss selling ammunition to Russia made me start thinking of the possible compli
URSABLOG: Wine Lessons
Wine is a central part of my life. Even just writing this seems like a guilty admission, but even if it makes me sound like an alcoholic – functioning or otherwise – I don’t
URSABLOG: Accepting Uncertainty
It was a post on my LinkedIn feed – hidden between the useless life-affirming and inspirational quotes that are supposed to energise our days – that triggered a thought process
URSABLOG: Waiting For Stimulation
There has been so much difficult economic news coming out of China of late that one might be forgiven for thinking that change, some massive change, is imminent. “The longer it g
URSABLOG: Will Dry Bulk Shipping Exist in August 3023?
What can we expect from the Panamax dry cargo spot freight market in the last quarter of this year? Moreover, what are the projections for its performance in the first quarter of 2
URSABLOG: A Sense Of Dread
There is a memorial on Liverpool’s Pier Head that bears the inscription “These officers and men of the Merchant Navy died while serving with the Royal Navy and have no grav