We take modern communications for granted these days and are exasperated beyond belief if our amazing mobile phone, for some reason, cannot get a signal. But ship to shor ..
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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We take modern communications for granted these days and are exasperated beyond belief if our amazing mobile phone, for some reason, cannot get a signal. But ship to shor ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Port World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World, Work Boat World Features.
What do ports mean to society? It probably depends upon the identity of those asking the question. A sensible person, alert to the advantages of trade, would conclude tha ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Dry Cargo World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
The ships, emphasised the Prime Minister, no less, “are to be run on commercial lines”, a memorandum stating confidently that “rigid economy, combined with the high ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Boxship World, Ship World Features, Ship World Vessel Reviews, Work Boat World Features.
As everyone raves on about “net zero” while lighting fires on the pavement outside the IMO building to keep the protesters warm (as the “Just stop oil” fanatics i ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Boxship World, Firefighting, PCTC World, Ro-Pax World, Ro-Ro World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
Regulation, as the lucky passengers of Titanic might have reflected as they sat in their freezing lifeboats, takes some time to catch up with reality. It is not particula ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Boxship World, Firefighting, Salvage Operations, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
It is both good news and a recognition of a long-felt need that a powerful consortium of technical expertise is being put to work to address the worrying problem of fires ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Boxship World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World, Work Boat World Features.
With winter storms whirling around the northern hemisphere, masters of containerships will be worrying about whether the lashing gangs in their last ports were as particu ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Boxship World, Cruise, Dry Cargo World, PCTC World, Pilotage, Ro-Ro World, Salvage Operations, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.
I was reading some remarks written recently by a very senior pilot who clearly has boarded an awful lot of ships in his long career. He is increasingly concerned about th ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Boxship World, Dry Cargo World, Gas Tanker World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World, Work Boat World Features.
It is interesting to see just how the importance of ships has suddenly imprinted itself on the public attention, after decades of oblivion, with their presence taken for ..
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