Michael Grey

Maritime industry legend, and former long-term editor of Lloyds List, Michael Grey kicks off each month with topical issues affecting the maritime world at large.

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A group of deck cadets having a lighthearted moment on the product tanker Maersk Curacao

COLUMN | The wellbeing officer: a friend to anyone working a lonely job on a ship [Grey Power]

25 Jun 2026

COLUMN | The magic roundabout at the top: the downside of hiring outsiders for key leadership posts [Grey Power]

COLUMN | The magic roundabout at the top: the downside of hiring outsiders for key leadership posts [Grey Power]

09 Jun 2026

Smoke billows from the Thai-flagged bulk carrier Mayuree Naree after it was struck by a projectile off the coast of Oman, March 11, 2026.

COLUMN | Human pawns on the Hormuz chessboard: thousands of seafarers trapped as strait crisis fades from the world's headlines [Grey Power]

22 May 2026

The expedition cruise ship Hondius, where an outbreak of hantavirus in April 2026 resulted in multiple confirmed cases and three deaths.

COLUMN | Maritime disease outbreaks and seafarer health anxiety: what lessons can be learned [Grey Power]

08 May 2026

Swedish authorities attempt to board the suspected Russian "shadow fleet" cargo ship Caffa off the coast of Trelleborg, March 6, 2026.

COLUMN | Strengthening the link between ship and state: new IMO guidelines to address the problem of false flags [Grey Power]

24 Apr 2026

COLUMN | Today's global crises expose the fragility of our supply chains [Grey Power]

COLUMN | Today's global crises expose the fragility of our supply chains [Grey Power]

10 Apr 2026

HMS Prince of Wales leading the UK Carrier Strike Group and multinational naval forces

COLUMN | When peace dividends become loss makers: the UK Royal Navy's decline over several years [Grey Power]

24 Mar 2026

Islamic Republic of Iran Navy commandos fast-rope from a Sea King helicopter onto the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Advantage Sweet in the Gulf of Oman, April 28, 2023. The ship was headed for the United States at the time of its seizure by Iran.

COLUMN | Remember the poor bloody infantry: seafarers in the crossfire of the latest US-Iran hostilities [Grey Power]

06 Mar 2026

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