The world's largest PV solar cell array at Qinghai Province, China. Pic: Sungrow On 22 September, President Xi announced that the Chinese...

Coronavirus cases continue to mount world-wide. It’s getting to the point now where we all know somebody with symptoms and nearly...

Last week we reported some Chinese state statistics that detailed the impact of Covid-19 on the economy in January and February, for...

Governments around the world are taking extraordinary action to try to slow the spread of Covid-19, which now numbers more cases outside...

Black Swan one is Coronavirus, the Mummy of public health scares. OK the global infection rate is much smaller than flu and the mortality...

To add to last week’s portents of doom, China (as you will no doubt have seen already) released dismal Purchasing Managers Indices last...

The legendary Irish columnist Fintan O’ Toole wrote a piece at the weekend for the UK’s Observer (a Sunday newspaper) in which he was...

Renowned philanthropist and exterminator of typing pools Bill Gates has ordered a luxurious super-yacht, his first as it turns out. The...

On 30th January The World Health Organisation declared on a global health emergency. Nobody has died of Corona Virus in the US, but that...

Millions of virtue-signalling, eco-woke words have been written about the Australian bush fires and how they are a signal for the climate...

The US Middle East policy of shoot first and explain afterwards continues to bear fruit. The assassination of Iran’s military commander...

I started 2019 with a research note about The Asian Century, concluding that within ten years we would all be in the Belt and Road...

The US and China announced their Phase One trade deal on Friday, though it has not yet been signed by either side. The deal reduces some...

One of the more depressing charts I have seen shows a global decline in clean energy investment for 2018 with a lower prognosis for 2019....

The IMO 2020 deadline is coming ever closer. Prices for 0.5% sulphur content fuel are becoming more readily available. Data from...

It was clear from the great majority of delegates to Cyprus Maritime 2019 that the shipping industry is serious about cleaning up its act....

Last week, before I went to Cyprus Maritime 2019, I opined in Macro Macchiato that, “with so much macro-economic confusion, predicting...

On Sunday, to mark the UN Climate Summit in New York, the World Meteorological Organisation published new data showing 2014-19 to be the...

I’ve attended several conferences so far this year that address issues around ‘sustainable’ shipping. Before I go any further, it might...

Shipping Strategy MD Mark Williams joins Lloyds List's Richard Meade in conversation on the Lloyds' List Podcast. The two of them talk...