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Barry Parker

New York correspondent

New York correspondent, Seatrade Maritime 

Barry Parker is a New York-based maritime specialist and writer, associated with Seatrade since 1980. His early work was in drybulk chartering, and in the early 1990s he moved into shipping finance where he served as a deal-maker and analyst with a leading maritime merchant bank. Since the late 1990s he has worked for a group of select clients on various maritime projects, also remaining active as a writer.

Barry’s Recent activity

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Alternative fuels: what a difference a year makes
Mar 08, 2018
Last year at Seatrade Cruise Global, the talk was all about liquefied natural gas-powered cruise ships and ‘chickens and eggs’ - whether a wider pool of cruise brands would start to choose LNG for newbuilds in the...
Getting smarter with Big Data
Getting smarter with Big Data
Mar 15, 2017
Multiple panelists on Tuesday afternoon’s session at Seatrade Cruise Global on Operational Information Management and Big Data suggested that 'Big Data' could really be renamed as 'Smarter Data'.
Experts consider LNG the most viable alternative fuel
Experts consider LNG the most viable alternative fuel
Mar 15, 2017
The onset in 2020 of reductions on maximum sulfur emissions is certainly the biggest factor driving the cruise industry’s actions on all fronts related to energy consumption and alternative fuels – the focus of a...