Nobody ever accused me of suffering from common sense, but I hope I can recognise it in others. One of the joys of writing for Baird Maritime is that my fellow columnists ..
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.
Where I live, ‘tis the season for tug people to be jolly. The northeast monsoon is firmly established and ships are once again coming to grief and asking for help. Why ..
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”. Often attributed to Albert Einstein, but more likely coined ..
Many readers will be saddened to hear that Keith Rusby passed away in January at the age of 95. Keith was born in South Australia and lied about his age to go to sea when ..
“I am not orange, I am not green, I am a half-ripe fruit, needing both colors to grow into ripeness.” There are too many saviours on my cross Richard Harris W ..
As I write this, the world’s attention is turning towards the upcoming climate conference in Glasgow, which will probably have a lot to say about shipping. After all, m ..
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 ..
Most of us are so jaded by now that we treat many of the things we read in the news with a large measure of suspicion. I was therefore delighted when a daily shipping new ..
Forgive the dramatic heading, gentle reader, but it is a quote from an American lady who positively shrieks it at the assembled company in an Australian television progra ..
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