by Damien | 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 Damien | 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 Damien | 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 Damien | 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. 📉📈.The...
by Damien | 27 Sep 2017 | Blog, Book review, Shipping
Roes George does a good job in illustrating what the life of a modern seafarer⚓️ is (how hard it is). This is an interesting introduction for those with no knowledge of the matter. She illustrates the total state of lawlessness that government the high water from the...
by Damien | 12 Aug 2017 | Blog, Book review, Shipping, Trading companies
If you don’t want to read it on instagram : 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...
