Erik Kravets
View from the EU Columnist
Erik Kravets is a founding partner of Kravets & Kravets http://www.kravets.de, a maritime and admiralty law firm providing bespoke solutions to clients navigating the North Sea and beyond. Clients involved in ship brokering and management, offshore, towage and salvage, vessel chartering, cargo handling/stevedoring and carriage of goods by sea come to Mr. Kravets for representation. (Photo: Heina Dannemann http://www.foto-dannemann.com/)
Digging Deeper
A wise commercial once understood that “There are some things money can’t buy.” It turns out one of them is conv...
Advancing in Reverse
Russian pipeline gas is out; so is coal. Yet Europe is still managing to win the energy war and keep warm. As the saying goes: &ld...
When China Shanghais Your Port
Do foreign purchases of critical global infrastructure constitute a security risk? Hamburg’s 883-year-old port has a hist...
View From The EU: What, Don’t You Trust Me?
Shipping is special – and not just in terms of its economic impact, colorful traditions or ability to span continents and br...
The Y-Splitter Conundrum
Why go through the hassle of rebuilding an entire electrical system when you can just pop in a y-splitter? Many shipowners had thi...
The Airbus Model
European manufacturers know this plot: A once proud industry under cost pressure from foreign – chiefly Asian – compet...
Welcome to Asset World
Asset prices are on the rise, signaling a new wave of inflation. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his counterparts li...
Sea Change
Did we take our way of life for granted? After all, humans are optimists. Our ancestors struggled over just one more hill since...
Hamburg: A Walk Through Time
From its storied 13th century origins as a Hanseatic port to being Germany’s current “Gate to the World,” Hambur...
“See the World,” They Said
I grew up with stories of my Uncle Bernhard’s trips to Japan as a merchant mariner. There was that odd black-and-red lacquer...