by DamienW | 3 Apr 2018 | Blog, Commodity trading, Shipping, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-), Trading companies
The only Traineeship List The traineeships are by far the golden way to commodity trading. Most of them will offer a rotation in different departments giving you a broad view of the different jobs involved in a transaction. It depends on the companies, but some offer...
by DamienW | 4 Dec 2017 | Blog, Book review, Shipping, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-)
Import/export: How to take your buisness across borders is divided by 16 chapters going from “launching a profitable transaction” to “doing business in China and India”. The 2/3 of the book is valuable if you have never done any import/export transaction. It walks you...
by DamienW | 7 Nov 2017 | Blog, Book review, Shipping
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, is a long title for a very interesting book. 👨🏻🏫It discusses the origin of the containerization movement and their implication for the global supply chain.⛓ . Marc Levinson, the...
by DamienW | 1 Nov 2017 | Blog, Book review, Shipping
The is a very nice book for people interested un shipping industry. 🦈Basically, we follow a hedge fund manager 👨🏻🏫who wants to invest in shipping. As he discovers this world and meet colourful people, we tag along learning about the pitfalls and ups-and-down. 📉📈 ....
by DamienW | 27 Sep 2017 | Blog, Book review, Shipping
Book Review : Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate 🚢 – Roes George does a good job in illustrating what the life of a modern seafarer⚓️ is (how hard it is)....
by DamienW | 12 Aug 2017 | Blog, Book review, Shipping, Trading companies
Dynasties of the Sea introduce the sea-tycoons to the general public. We get to know a little bit better the people and families(mafia?) behind the steel giants🚢. The style is easy to read and chapter short enough to avoid any boredom. There is no crispy inside intel...
