Grant Rowles

Singapore

Commercial Director and Author at Splash247.com

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What will be powering ships in the 2030s?

3 weeks ago | splash247.com | Grant Rowles

Realistic, pragmatic, or jaded? Splash readers are a funny bunch. Despite the huge amount of articles and columns carried every week on decarbonisation, 49% of respondents to our survey for this magazine reckon that the majority of the global fleet come 2035 will still be using traditional bunker fuel.
From BYOD to BYON and autonomous ships

1 month ago | splash247.com | Grant Rowles

How hybrid connectivity unlocks the future of maritime operations. By Tristan Wood, founder and CEO of connectivity specialists Livewire Digital. A decade ago, the idea of a crew member’s smartphone on the bridge sparked panic among ship operators worried about data bills, security breaches and social-media distractions.
Geneva Dry Dialogues: Hempel

2 months ago | splash247.com | Grant Rowles

Nic Lawrence, global business development manager of marine dry bulk at coatings giant Hempel, is one of many delegates who is especially looking forward to the return of the Dry Decarbonisation panel later this month at Geneva Dry, the world’s premier commodities shipping conference. The session has been designed to shine a light on the financial impact of decarbonisation on dry bulk shipping, a specialist topic of Lawrence’s when he travels the world meeting clients.
The next big maritime tech breakthroughs

Mar 17, 2025 | splash247.com | Grant Rowles |with Sam Chambers

In the second instalment of our brand new magazine, Maritime CEO canvasses the industry over on all things tech. For Mikael Skov, who heads up Hafnia, the world’s largest product tanker owner, artificial intelligence emissions reduction and autonomous vessels are likely going to be the biggest tech breakthroughs in general in the industry due to their direct impact on both operational costs and environmental sustainability.
Can these two men find some middle ground to keep world trade moving?

Mar 16, 2025 | splash247.com | Grant Rowles |with Sam Chambers

We have a new magazine launching today, designed to give the shipping industry an idea of how the markets might play out in the coming months. Today’s opening instalment looks at the trajectories of the world’s two largest economies. Economists have been left flabbergasted by the opening months of Donald Trump’s return to power in the US, the international rulebook torn up, policies raining in and often being rescinded by the hour.
Geneva Dry Dialogues: Inchcape

Feb 18, 2025 | splash247.com | Grant Rowles |with Sam Chambers

An agent’s role in enhancing the efficiency of port calls for dry bulk shipowners is more significant than ever, argues Svend Stenberg Mølholt, chief commercial officer at Inchcape Shipping Services in the latest in our ongoing series of Geneva Dry Dialogues, ahead of April’s return of the world’s premier commodities shipping conference. “A proactive and well-connected agent helps prevent delays, avoid penalties, and ensure compliance with local regulations,” Mølholt explains.
Oil washes up onto Singapore beaches after allison between dredger and bunker vessel

Jun 15, 2024 | splash247.com | Grant Rowles |Sam Chambers

Clean-up operations are underway in Singapore following an oil spill resulting from the allision on Friday between the dredger, Vox Maxima, and bunker vessel, Marine Honour. Patches of oil and light sheens have been observed off Pasir Panjang Terminal and along Tanjong, Palawan, and Siloso Beach on Sentosa Island. A total of 16 oil spill response craft have been deployed to continue spraying oil dispersants and to collect the oil slicks on the water surface.
TS Lines orders four boxships in Shanghai

Jun 9, 2024 | splash247.com | Grant Rowles |Sam Chambers

What about The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) i... It is no secret that the IT industry is currently the main d...
Which party are shipmanagers at today?

May 27, 2024 | splash247.com | Grant Rowles |Sam Chambers

Are the old days of third-party management redundant? The second instalment from our brand new shipmanagement magazine. Claiming the old days of third-party management were out, and that second-party management was a better description of the business these days, Mark O’Neil, head of Columbia Group, created one of the big talking points at the last Monaco Maritime CEO Forum (pictured).
Dry bulk digital efficiency drivers in the spotlight

May 5, 2024 | splash247.com | Grant Rowles |Sam Chambers

The first session at the first ever Geneva Dry conference tackled digital efficiency drivers across the dry bulk supply chain, smoothly moderated by Richard Watts from HR Maritime. The panel was tasked with outlining how digitalisation can enhance dry bulk shipping operations to the benefit of both shipowners and charterers. “It’s the wonders of our industry. Nothing changes until suddenly everything changes,” said Watts in his opening remarks.