We had reached out to the Port of Turku with the idea of conducting this interview when coronavirus appeared to be some distant, Wuhan-on-lockdown thing.
The Baltic Ports Organization (BPO), in cooperation with the Baltic Transport Journal, has prepared a situation report on the measures introduced by the region's ports and shipping lines in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The Ports 4.0 conference, organised by the Baltic Ports Organization and hosted by the Port of Riga at the beginning of March, was one of the very last industry events that came to fruition (though with several participants scratching their attendance at the eleventh hour) before the coronavirus pandemic wiped out other meetings in a manner of weeks, if not days.
Many of you, who know me, may well have observed that for a couple of months now I've been more than willing to flood everybody willing to listen (or not) with beer intel and lore, especially 'bout my favourite American (APA) and Indian Pale Ale (IPA) styles, preaching the joys of the ongoing beer revolution through the motto - borrowed from the Polish-born Tomasz Kopyra, a beer blogg- and vlogger - "Life's too short to drink poor beer."
In the past, we placed an emphasis in our summaries of the most important developments that took place across the Baltic transport & logistics industry on stand-alone events - singular advancements that significantly and permanently changed how things run in the region.
At the Global Maritime Forum's 2019 Annual Summit in Singapore, decision makers from across the global maritime spectrum discussed the important challenges and opportunities facing global seaborne trade.
