Communicating in crisis: piracy, kidnap and the importance of communicating
There are few incidents more feared by a crisis management team (CMT) than a kidnapping. It is worth considering for a few moments why this is the case. After all, kidnapping is an extremely rare event – it is likely most shipping companies will never experience any such event.
6 things people don’t understand about shipping
A big part of my job as a communications specialist for the shipping industry is explaining our industry to people who find what we do and how we operate hugely confusing (and in fairness, who can blame them?).
Crisis Communications Workshop and Media Training with VDR
The recent attacks and rising tensions in the Gulf of Oman have once again thrust shipping into the media and geopolitical spotlight.
EasyJet’s new backless seats
£5 upgrade to get a seat with a back! Not really.
The press officer Vs. the spokesperson
Not every company representative who speaks with a journalist and answers their questions is a spokesperson. Indeed, most aren’t.
Ghosts in the machine: when the news is thwarted
News is a constant cycle, a production line… often self-perpetuating, if not recycled. So, when there isn’t any, there’s absolutely nothing to say – no cued-up script, no video file – what does it matter?
Quantifying a shipping company’s brand value
How much is your company’s reputation worth?
Hostage to fortitude: come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough
Who could forget the classic Battleship board-game, but I don’t recall a tanker plotted with plastic pegs. Perhaps that’s why I lost…
Navigate/IPTA Chemical & Product Tanker conference is back: 5-6 March 2019
The owners and operators of specialist tankers have a unique conference focused on the regulatory and commercial issues impacting the sector.
Crisis Communications Workshop and Media Training with VDR
The German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) invites you to join Navigate Response
