Things can change, there’s always changes I want to try some rearranging, I say Drop the pilot, try my balloon Drop the monkey, smell my perfume – Joan Armatrading, Drop the Pilot The year got off to a tragic start for people in our business, with the news that another pilot has died while transferring to a large ..
China’s growing power and assertiveness have been significant drivers behind developments in Australian defence policy in the past few years. The previous government’s strategic update determined that the defence force needs the capability to “shape” Australia’s strategic environment, “deter” ..
After the shocking injustice perpetrated by the cruel and arbitrary governments of Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea on the 26 unfortunate seafarers aboard the crude oil tanker Heroic Idun, we turn our eyes this week to boardroom battles in Europe wherein some rich and powerful people either resign from their jobs or face ..
Many people would be surprised to learn that at least 17 nations with no coastline are known to operate combat vessels, in order to maintain riverine and lacustrine security. Some countries dub such forces navies, while others use a variety of nomenclature to describe army units with waterborne capability, such as “river ..
We take modern communications for granted these days and are exasperated beyond belief if our amazing mobile phone, for some reason, cannot get a signal. But ship to shore voice communication has not been with us much more than sixty years or so, and until the 1970s at least, people relied on signal lamps, Morse code, and ..
In a partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that now spans 50 years, Japan has played an important role in addressing the non-traditional maritime security challenges in the region, including piracy and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. That role may be about to ..
The spotlight is once again on the passenger vessel industry. In particular, we take a closer look at some of the vessels within this steadily growing industry that recen ..
Things can change, there’s always changes I want to try some rearranging, I say Drop the pilot, try my balloon Drop the monkey, smell my perfume – Joan Armatradin ..
Fifty-one people were killed after a tour boat capsized and sank in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, January 29. The incident occurred when a wooden boat with 56 passenge ..
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has confirmed that US$384.4 million in federal funding will be made available under the Bipar ..
Things can change, there’s always changes I want to try some rearranging, I say Drop the pilot, try my balloon Drop the monkey, smell my perfume – Joan Armatradin ..
Fifty-one people were killed after a tour boat capsized and sank in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, January 29. The incident occurred when a wooden boat with 56 passenge ..
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has confirmed that US$384.4 million in federal funding will be made available under the Bipar ..
Things can change, there’s always changes I want to try some rearranging, I say Drop the pilot, try my balloon Drop the monkey, smell my perfume – Joan Armatradin ..
We take modern communications for granted these days and are exasperated beyond belief if our amazing mobile phone, for some reason, cannot get a signal. But ship to shor ..
A reader once criticised this column as “a bit ranty”. He should close his browser now and avert his eyes. This week’s column is not going to be a bit ranty; it is ..
The EU fishing sector, represented by Europêche, describes as deceptive and unhelpful the document “A way to decarbonise the fishing sector by 2050”, made pu ..
The Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima) recently opened a new aquaculture research facility focused on onshore fish farming. The RASf ..
At the end of last year, Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies released the 2023 edition of its annual China security report, which focuses on China’s quest ..
A decommissioned aircraft carrier is once again under the ownership of the Brazilian Navy after the Turkish company that had earlier purchased the vessel for recycling re ..
Fire and explosion incidents cause the most expensive insurance claims in the marine industry, while at a time of rising exposures and inflation, cargo damage is the most ..
WORK BOAT WORLD: Baltimore-based marine equipment supplier VETUS Maxwell has appointed Tieren R. Ebbitt as Applications Engineer. A professional yacht captain and former ..
China’s growing power and assertiveness have been significant drivers behind developments in Australian defence policy in the past few years. The previous government’ ..
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s (CSIRO) Marine National Facility (MNF) offers fully funded grants of sea time on the research ves ..
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