In 1976, Offshore Marine’s 699GT Scotian Shore had spent over a year on charter to various companies around the Red Sea and South West Indian Ocean. Early in July t ..
Mike Wall has been a marine educationalist for more than 50 years, writing training modules and books on various shipping technical subjects. Mike has also been a marine surveyor and consultant for more than 30 years, operating his own company in New Zealand, Fiji and Hong Kong. Due to his qualifications and experience he has been appointed to carry out many varied investigations and to give expert opinions. He is also an accredited mediator.
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In 1976, Offshore Marine’s 699GT Scotian Shore had spent over a year on charter to various companies around the Red Sea and South West Indian Ocean. Early in July t ..
Written by Mike Wall on . Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Pilotage, Port World, Work Boat World Features.
The term pilot is defined as, “a person who is qualified and usually licensed to conduct a ship into and out of a port or in specified waters.” The Merchant Shipping ..
Written by Mike Wall on . Posted in Ausmarine, Boxship World, Commercial Mariner, Dry Cargo World, Offshore World, Port World, Regulation & Enforcement, Ro-Pax World, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.
Some twenty years ago it was suggested to the UK Government that marine surveying should be a recognised profession and that they should help fund apprenticeships. A meet ..
Written by Mike Wall on . Posted in Boxship World, Cruise, Dry Cargo World, Offshore World, Ro-Pax World, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.
Many in the international shipping community appear to be outraged by the recent demands by charterers that charterparties should include a “no crew change” c ..
Written by Mike Wall on . Posted in Ferries, Search and Rescue, Work Boat World Features.
Southeast Asia has many islands, with Indonesia having the most at around 17,000. The Republic of the Philippines has 7,641 islands with only 2,000 being inhabited, most ..
Written by Mike Wall on . Posted in Boxship World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
More than 80 per cent of goods traded worldwide travel on one of the more than 90,000 cargo vessels plying the world’s oceans. At the heart of it all is the freight con ..
Written by Mike Wall on . Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Boxship World, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Dry Cargo World, Offshore World, Passenger Vessel World, Port World, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.
It is 30 years since the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster hastened the introduction of the ISM Code, which was adopted in 1993 by resolution A.741(18) at the IMO and en ..
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