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IRISL announces halved income
Income reduced from 2 billion USD to less than a billion Mohammad Hossein Dajmar, managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines...
Where should Naval innovation go now?
Naval Surface Warfare Center test firing of a prototype rail gun in January 2008; a plume of flame is produced behind the projectile "Warfighters...
Ferries and their promising future
The topics brought up during the lectures on "Improving Ferry Safety and Profitability in Southeast Asia" on the second day of Asian Work...
‘Seagas’ heralds new LNG bunkering era
The world’s first LNG bunkering vessel delivered its first cargo to the world’s largest LNG-powered passenger ship, the 2,800-pax, 57,000GRT,...
Weapons of destruction
Australian federal government hypocrisy as refugee boats are sunk in tuna zone When the Australian Labor Party, under pressure from the Greens,...
Ferry Tales May: HSS bows out
The sight of Stena Line’s HSS ‘Stena Voyager’ being towed stern first out of Belfast Lough on Sunday, May 5, was somewhat sobering; the futuristic...
Picking up the pieces
You might think that salvors, when they get together, rather like farmers on market day, complain rather a lot. Awards aren’t what they used to be,...
Caution: Seismic changes underway
Nazery Khalid fleshes out some of the major changes in supply chain management In a world in constant flux, the only thing constant, as the cliché...
Replicating failure
If I were an Australian mining magnate and rich beyond all avarice, with a penchant for replica antiques, what would I buy? There have been some startling...
Ferry Tales April
Rushed moves to deal with SOx emissions will prove costly In January 2015, new International Maritime Organisation and European Union regulations...
Sense and nonsense
Ausmarine Editorial - May 2013 Last month I was unusually positive having received two very sensible press releases from the Victorian and New South...
Economical littoral surveillance and defence
Work Boat World Editorial – May 2013 There has been a lot of controversy recently about the morality of mainly American use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles...
Some common sense environment policies at last
Work Boat World and Ausmarine editorial – April 2013 I enjoyed two very pleasant surprises the day before I wrote this. I’m sure they were co-incidental...
Six months left to reform Canberra
Ausmarine Editorial – March 2013 The prime minister, Julia Gillard, has kindly provided the taxpayers of Australia with a definite date for our next...
Is the offshore sector running out of gas?
Work Boat World Editorial – March 2013 The recent dramatic re-assessment of American energy (read oil) dependency is leading to a similarly dramatic...
Regulatory re-write
FROM: Roger Timms Dear Sirs Those readers with an interest in the regulation of the Australian maritime industry may know that the Commonwealth Department...
Barrier Reef conflict of interest controversy continues
The following letter was written by Dr Russell Reichelt, the Chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australia, in response to a letter...
GBRMPA non-response to research misconduct allegations: An open letter
FROM: Walter Starck, Ph.D, TO: Peter Garrett, Australian Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts. Dear Minister Garrett, I bring...
Oil floats, corals do not
FROM: Bill Izard, Prawn fisherman, Cairns, Australia SIR: RE: ‘Shen Neng 1’ uproar surrounding oil spill damage to corals Oil floats, corals...
Conned by misinformation
FROM: Glenn Winsen, Queensland, Australia SIR: The issue of the grounding of the cargo vessel ‘Shen Neng 1’ has been blown out of all proportion...
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