REMINISCENCES | The Dockers of Australia
No history of Australian shipping would be complete without mention of one of its most notorious and colourful species, the ships painters and dockers. Formally...
No history of Australian shipping would be complete without mention of one of its most notorious and colourful species, the ships painters and dockers. Formally...
There is an apocryphal tale that when the French Enlightenment philosopher and lottery scam-artist Voltaire was asked on his deathbed by a priest to...
Wonderful stuff, oil, just as long as it stays in the right place. Half a century or so ago we tended to think like that, before the age of the superspill...
Neptune Pacific Line has acquired Pacific Direct Line (PDL) from Singapore-based parent holding company Pacific International Lines (PIL). Neptune claims...
A response to Michael Grey’s recent Reminiscence, Rope’s end – Ship lines over time Thanks for your very interesting article on ship’s ropes....
Almost exactly 42 years ago when Baird Publications was established, pollution recovery vessels were unheard of. Several major oil spills, such as those...
I was reading a recent account of a lively time in a major European port, in one of the winter storms that are being blamed on climate change, but may...
The origin of tonnage for vessels had to do with the number of barrels of wine (tuns) that a boat could transport across the English Channel. Officials...
Maritime NZ is reminding operators of their HSWA duties to identify “reasonably foreseeable risks”, such as chemicals used on board, and...
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