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Eric Haun [email protected] his edition is coming to fruition literally as I’m pack- ally not particularly important, but it is critical to realize and

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Michelle Howard [email protected] ing to head out the door to SMM in Hamburg, Ger- plan for running business as normal as possible as this valu- many, steps ahead (I hope) of Tropical Storm Her- able, high-volume sea lanes attract increasing hostile attention.

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Joseph Fonseca - India mine. SMM is, as most of you already well know, the Sticking to that side of the globe but in a much more peaceful

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Tom Mulligan - UK

Claudio Paschoa - Brazil premiere maritime event in the world, period. And even though manner, this month I am happy to offer size, scope and insight

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William Stoichevski - Norway several key markets are currently down – and it appears that to one of the world’s largest ship owners and logistics com-

Hanjin Shipping is nearly ‘out’ with a reported $5.5 billion panies, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). When I was in Tokyo

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Nicole Ventimiglia [email protected] from all indicators SMM is shaping to be the busiest week in lent meetings with some in? uential government and industry

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For this edition of SMM I am particularly excited as we will at NYK’s Tokyo headquarters for time well spent getting

Emin Tule introduce our “Maritime Reporter TV” concept, featuring a se- background on the creation and insight on the future of NYK, ries of targeted video interviews with technology and business which at the time of this writing controlled a ? eet of more than

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Mike Kozlowski [email protected] +1 561 733 2477 his story starting on page 28, there are many contentious ‘? ash one-on-one with Mr. Tanaka, who discusses candidly his com-

Jean Vertucci [email protected] +1 212 477 6700 ext 6210 points’, namely the East and South China Sea, that have the pany’s strategy to stay ahead of the curve … and still remain potential to ignite. Wherever you stand on the matter is actu- ? nancially viable.

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