“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.” –...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” is a quotation often attributed to Edmund Burke (including by John...
A recent wreck removal job garnered less publicity than it merited, and it caused scarcely a ripple even in the shipping press. I refer to the fishing...
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