The recent pictures of the gigantic Evergreen containership sitting forlornly across the Suez Canal, bow and stern hard aground on the sand, with a diminutive digger ..
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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The recent pictures of the gigantic Evergreen containership sitting forlornly across the Suez Canal, bow and stern hard aground on the sand, with a diminutive digger ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Boxship World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
What is going on in the North Pacific, as scarcely a week goes by without stacks of containers hurling themselves into the sea as ships roll extravagantly in the heavy ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Boxship World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
On our long passages back and forth to the antipodes, we never really liked to carry cargo on deck. Outward bound, we would sometimes be landed with hazardous goods ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Offshore Wind, Work Boat World Features.
There is no doubt about the way the wind is blowing when it comes to “sustainable” power, and a coastal state that has no plans for offshore wind farms is becoming ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in PCTC World, Salvage Operations, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
It was a recent picture of the car carrier Golden Ray, lying on her side and being sawn up by the salvors, that got me thinking that there really seems to be something of ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Boxship World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
It is difficult to remember a time when it is so easy to find an excuse for chaos or inefficiency. It is pretty easy to blame somebody else too, whether you are unable to ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Dry Cargo World, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.
Fatigue, I was reading recently, has become a major problem in our meanly manned ships of today. The obvious solution would be to increase the available manpower to a ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Boxship World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
There was an amazing satellite image taken of what was supposed to be the largest and deepest depression that had ever been recorded in the North Pacific. And it was ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Dry Cargo World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
I was reading an account of a visit of a highly sophisticated ship to a repair yard for some very involved upgrading and servicing. It all seemed to run like clockwork, ..
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