“To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Alexander Pope On the face of it, the news for the towing industry is good this month. It has just been announced that, ..
Author: Alan Loynd
Alan Loynd is a master mariner with extensive seagoing and shore experience, especially in the areas of salvage and towage. He is the former General Manager of the renowned Hong Kong Salvage and Towage company. He now runs his own marine consultancy and was chairman of the International Tugmasters Association.
Tug companies in the Far East might be expected to recoil in horror at a recent report published by the US National Bureau of Economic Research. Written by academics at ..
I derive a lot of satisfaction from the small part I play in the CHIRP and MARS hazardous incident reporting schemes. In an era when maritime training is barely fit for ..
Bill Worrall had no intention of becoming a salvage man. Growing up near Liverpool, he always knew he wanted to go to sea, but it was the elegant blue funnels of Alfred ..
We read so much about the disruptions to business caused by the Covid-19 virus, and many of us see the effects every day in our own businesses, so it is quite remarkable ..
When a pilot is berthing a ship with the aid of tugs, it sometimes happens that the ship lands heavily and suffers minor damage. More commonly in my experience, it also ..
“When the Deities protect you, it is possible to cross the ocean on a plank of wood. Without their help, you may drown in a wayside ditch.” – Chinese ..
All my life I have been taught that we have an obligation to go to the assistance of people in distress at sea, provided we do not risk the lives of our own crew in doing ..
Much of the salvage and towage industry is in shock at the moment, having learned that the ABR Company has entered administration and ceased trading. Thus we have lost ..
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