For over 20 years a Greenpeace ship called Esperanza - 'Hope' in English - lit up the darkness in the fight to protect the environment. Its voyages have now come to an end, leaving a proud legacy of inspiration and environmental protection.
Welcome to the year 2022, in all likelihood sponsored by the letters 'H' and 'I' as in "high inflation." By adding 'U' for "unemployment," we would venture back in time to the early 1990s in Poland and other former Iron Curtain countries, the time of my childhood, so perhaps the current state of affairs isn't so dreary. Some may even find it encouraging to acquaint themselves with the letter 'F' as in "frugalness." Then again, others might choose to Don't Look Up (a highly recommended movie, terrifyingly realistic in parodying the modern world). As such, other letters of the alphabet can come in handy over the coming months, too, like 'V' for "vigilance" or 'M' for "mindfulness," you know, overall 'S'teadfastness in separating the wheat from the chaff.
Although we had to jam another corona year into the Baltic world of transport & logistics, which particularly crossed the ferry & cruise sector, 2021 wasn't lean on the whole.
Although container shipping capacity remains in short supply, there is no shortage of forecasts for what 2022 holds for the sector and those that rely on its services.
Challenged with reducing greenhouse gas emissions, shipping is entering a transformational period, currently led more by the industry than by regulators.
