Lawyers in the mist – documentation in a U.S. response
Aaron Holton served with the US Coast Guard (USCG) before joining Witt O’Brien’s, but that was 20 years ago. Much has changed with maritime. But is it for the better? “There are so many moving parts in the shipping industry and numerous stakeholders – they keep you on your toes,” says Aaron. So, what is […]
Navigating US waters – interview
Whilst tighter regulation may be a bug-bear for any Master, a system of scrutiny and compliance built on a unified command structure is in place for the protection of the ship owner, operator and charterer as much as it is for the public. “I don’t think many people outside of the industry have any idea […]
Cyber ships: the noise from Brazil
Hundreds of vessels were passing Brazil’s north east coast last summer. For maritime authorities tackling an oil spill in the vicinity it was easier finding a needle in a haystack in so far as identifying the villain. With a major disaster impacting dozens of coastal communities as an oil slick drifted south, the pressure was […]
Witt O’Brien’s: why this, why now?
From the moment we first met Bill, Mike, Ed and their London and Singapore teams, we knew that we had not only identified exactly the professionals we could partner with to expand our global capabilities, but we’d found individuals who shared our commitment to client service, innovation, and strategic communications. Witt O’Brien’s had been looking […]
A word with Tim Whipple, CEO of Witt O’Brien’s
I want to open with a word of reassurance. I’m sure that some of you reading this newsletter will wonder if our acquisition of Navigate will have any effect on the quality of service you receive or your contracting arrangements, etc. No! There will be no changes to Navigate’s leadership, service teams or other arrangements. […]
Newsletter March 2020
Navigate merges with Witt O’Brien’s – get the insights on this acquisition from both sides of the pond. Cyber ships – one vessel mistaken for another thousands of miles away. We look at navigating in US waters and the litigation entanglements. We look back through a decade of social media, and the current crisis across […]
Witt O’Brien’s acquisition of Navigate Response
We are excited to announce that Navigate Response has been acquired by Witt O’Brien’s, a world-leading provider of crisis response and QI services. When we launched Navigate Response in 2012, we set out to help solve the crisis communications and media challenges faced by shipowners and managers trading globally. Making our clients better prepared to […]
The best of the blog
In addition to this quarterly newsletter we maintain a blog focused on maritime issues and crisis communications, for the months in between. So, for those of you that missed them, here’s a digest of some of the most popular themes. Quantifying a shipping company’s brand value How much is your company’s reputation worth? To the […]
The new generation of journalists …what do they want from you?
As professional media responders, the team at Navigate Response deals with multiple enquiries from journalists and news organisations. This has never been truer than earlier this year, through May, June and July, when our colleagues dealt with incidents in the Strait of Hormuz involving vessels operated by our clients. As former journalists ourselves it is […]
When in Rome: the nuance in the narrative
We can’t be as brilliant as Galileo, or indeed as misrepresented – the great astronomer and physicist perhaps ahead of his time with nuance, 400 years ago. When the original draft of a letter to his friend and former pupil, Bedenetto Castelli was discovered in an archive at the Royal Society this time last year, […]