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A selection from over 40 B2B articles written by Michael Herson of The Strategy Works.
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Sustainable Additives Drive Innovation for Automotive Lubricants
- June 2023
The Strategy Works investigates how sustainable additives, fuelled by new feedstock derivatives and a greener manufacturing infrastructure, can lower the carbon footprint of the automotive lubricants sector.
The article can be viewed between pages 34-38.
Digital navigation prepares to claim the crown from paper charts in the sub-ECDIS sector
- May 2023
The Strategy Works has conducted an extensive research programme into new digital options for the sub-ECDIS market; discovering a fast consolidating value chain, led by a handful of major players with an appetite for regulation.
Ammonia takes centre stage as a clean marine fuel
- February 2023
The Strategy Works attended two consecutive high level Ammonia Conferences in Phoenix, USA and Hamburg, Germany; synthesizing the main themes impacting on Ammonia’s potential as a marine fuel.
Tidal and Ocean Currents Modelling drives Voyage Optimisation
- June 2022
The Strategy Works sets out the value chain uncovering the evolving, complex, modelling landscape that underpins voyage optimisation.
Gas Engines -A Partner to Power (part 2)
- February 2021
The Strategy Works publishes the findings from an on-line survey carried out in conjunction with IGEM members working in both O&M’s & OEM’s; taking a closer look at CHP and prospects for hydrogen.
Gas Engines Spark Energy Solution (part 1)
- January 2021
The Strategy Works considers the growing importance of stationary gas engines within the transition process towards renewable energy.
Covid-19: shipping disruptor is an accelerator of change
- October 2020
The Strategy Works considers the commercial impact of Covid-19 on Shipping; examining how key market sectors are responding to new challenges
The Journey to Compliance
- January 2020
The Strategy Works reviews ‘The Journey to Compliance’ - considering the impact of the start of the IMO Sulphur Cap on marine lubricants for Shipping.
Beyond The Sulphur Cap
- June 2019
Exclusive research commissioned by Riviera Maritime Media casts light on how shipping is approaching the challenge of decarbonisation.
Adcos branch out in Asia
- February 2018
With electric vehicles and autonomous cars looming large, the new battleground for lubricant additive companies is set to be Asia-Pacific.
Connectivity is key to ECDIS & ENC advances
- January 2017
The Strategy Works assesses preferred compliance options as 2020 IMO Sulphur Cap approaches.
ATF technology rises to the challenge
(ATF - Part 2)
- June 2016
The Strategy Works examines the commercial forces driving the ATF market in Europe. (Part 2 – technical findings)
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ATF market takes shape in Europe
(ATF - Part 1)
- April 2016
The Strategy Works examines the commercial forces driving the ATF market in Europe. (Part 1 – top line commercial findings)
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Professional procurement begins to get a
grip on ECDIS
- September 2015
An increasing number of shipping companies are using procurement departments to specify how they purchase ecdis and ENCs.
Metamorphosis of UK parcels market
- June 2015
Parcel operators compete to sharpen their offering in an internet fuelled growth market.
Gas power to surge in Latin America
Part I & Part II
- November & December 2014
Natural gas is on a fast track to overtake coal as the world’s second-largest fuel, after oil, and nowhere is this truer than in Latin America.
China's additive makers targets exports
- June 2014
In China additive components, additive packages and synthetic oils are classified as “chemicals,” and their manufacturers thus have freer access to global markets.
Gas engines emerge from the shadows
- September 2013
With gas back in vogue as the fuel of choice for power generation, one of the oldest established engine technologies – gas engines – is newly resurgent as a power source.
Stretching gas engine oils
- September 2013
The search for cheaper and more reliable energy has spurred interest in natural gas and, in turn, has increased the popularity of stationary gas engines.
Coping with contaminants
- August 2013
TSW estimates that global sales of large gas engines
– those capable of generating more than 500 kilowatts
– exceed 6,000 megawatts per year.
Gas engines underpin Europe's shift to decentralised power
- August 2013
Use of gas engines is expanding in Europe as industries invest in decentralised, independently-operated gas-fired power generation to mitigate the risk of power supply shortages.
