Dr Jouko Huju of GMBA Finland talks about the importance of retrieving tacit knowledge in the marine industry. The average age of people involved in the marine business is rapidly growing. A great number of experienced people in all positions in the industry will retire over the next ten years. By failing to recover the […]
Asia – a world of possibility (Part II)
In the second of this four-part series, having discussed the reasons to be optimistic about the superyacht industry in Asia, Ocean turns its gaze to cruising in this region – and the positive changes to be found in the aftermath of the current pandemic.
Asia – a world of possibility
The future is bright for the superyacht industry in the New Asia. In the first of this four-part series, Ocean looks at the fundamentals underpinning this optimism. Written by MaryAnne Edwards The COVID-19 pandemic has obviously affected the economy of every country and region in the world, but those with a heavy focus on tourism […]
Adapting to win
Key marine industry players from established brands are not sitting idly by during the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, they are using this enforced reflection time to make things happen, create new opportunities and, most importantly, shape the future.
What can we learn from this crisis?
Lessons to be learnt in a crisis! The importance of a flexible business. If we look back over the last half century or so we appear to have had some sort of crisis or recession roughly every 10 to 12 years. Although we have never seen a crisis quite like this one, there have been […]
GMBA’s MaryAnne Edwards; Covid-19 implications for the marine industry
IT IS NOT THE MOST INTELLIGENT, NOR THE STRONGEST THAT SURVIVES BUT THE ONE MOST ADAPTABLE TO CHANGE (Charles Darwin) When I started to write this article a week ago, I had a clear sense of the content but over the period of the week a lot of the content seemed superfluous, no longer relevant […]





