Splash Annual Review: The path of resistance

To be a dry bulk analyst for most of the past three decades has in effect meant being a China watcher. Similarly, being a shipping reporter in the 2020s increasingly equates to being a very close follower of geopolitics. 

Splash will continue to bring readers the big picture of how all this fractious activity is affecting each shipping segment. This past year has been a big one for my team and I. Visitors to this site, which turns 10 next March, are up by a gratifying 38% year-on-year, while 2024 also saw the launch of Geneva Dry, a commodities event now firmly on track to welcome 800+ delegates when it reconvenes next April. 

Today is the last edition of Daily Splash, our free newsletter, through to January 6. The site will continue to be uploaded during the festive season with all the key events shaping the shipping and offshore sectors. And with that, I am going to shut this overworked, wheezing laptop down and leave the last word to our cartoonist, The Freaky Wave.