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August 20, 2019
COLUMN | Seafarers – Last in the queue [Grey Power]
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POLLUTION RECOVERY WEEK
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POLLUTION RECOVERY WEEKAugust 20, 2019
Welcome to Pollution Recovery Week!
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COLUMN | Time to put an end to Third World tug practices [Tug Times]
A whole series of disastrous events caught my eye recently, because they all involved tugs and all took place in the same country. And while we know you cannot believe everything you read in the newspapers, I have found nothing to indicate the stories are not true. First was news that local authorities were taking ..
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COLUMN | Seafarers – Last in the queue [Grey Power]
We are living in unprecedented times, in a situation where fear and uncertainty oscillate, even in the minds of practical people with heaps of common sense. And if is bad enough on land, try and contemplate the situation afloat aboard the tens of thousands of merchant ships the world depends upon to keep it ticking over. We ..
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There is an apocryphal tale that when the French Enlightenment philosopher and lottery scam-artist Voltaire was asked on his deathbed by a priest to renounce Satan and all his works, he declared, “Now is not the time for making new enemies.” Would that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Sultan followed Voltaire’s ..
FEATURE | US-China “Phase One” agreement fails to boost January volumes
Even before the effects of the coronavirus, the “Phase One” agreement between China and the US failed to boost volumes of the implicated goods in January. In fact, exports of the manufactured, agricultural and energy goods included in the deal were down 26 per cent from January 2017, which serves as the base ..
Welcome to Pollution Recovery Week!
Almost exactly 42 years ago when Baird Publications was established, pollution recovery vessels were unheard of. Several major oil spills, such as those involving the Amoco Cadiz and Exxon Valdez, and the inexorable growth of plastic waste in the sea have ended those clean and innocent days forever. While the oil tanker ..
FEATURE | On the Mekong – Khon Pi rapids saved, for now
Just over a year ago, I reported on the uncertain future of the Khon Pi rapids, located near the Thai town of Chiang Khong and lying in the riverbed between Thailand and Laos. At issue was the desire of a Chinese company to blast the rapids and thus open the course of the Mekong for commercial navigation between Southern ..
Welcome to Passenger Vessel Week!
In these justifiably virus-obsessed days, it is hard to focus on the travel, tourism and entertainment that passenger vessels largely represent. However, we have to ..
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April 1, 2020
China Shipbuilding Group delivers orange juice carrier to LDC
China Shipbuilding Group (CSG), through subsidiary China Shipbuilding Chengxi Ship Repair, has delivered a new orange juice carrier to Netherlands-based Louis Dreyfus ..
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March 23, 2020
Singaporean shipping company fined US$1.65 million for concealing illegal discharges of oily water
Unix Line, a Singapore-based shipping company, was sentenced in US federal court in Oakland, California, on Friday, March 20, after previously pleading guilty to a ..
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POLLUTION RECOVERY WEEKMarch 17, 2020
REMINISCENCES | Oil in the wrong place
Wonderful stuff, oil, just as long as it stays in the right place. Half a century or so ago we tended to think like that, before the age of the superspill and well before ..
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April 1, 2020
China Shipbuilding Group delivers orange juice carrier to LDC
China Shipbuilding Group (CSG), through subsidiary China Shipbuilding Chengxi Ship Repair, has delivered a new orange juice carrier to Netherlands-based Louis Dreyfus ..
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March 23, 2020
Singaporean shipping company fined US$1.65 million for concealing illegal discharges of oily water
Unix Line, a Singapore-based shipping company, was sentenced in US federal court in Oakland, California, on Friday, March 20, after previously pleading guilty to a ..
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POLLUTION RECOVERY WEEKMarch 17, 2020
REMINISCENCES | Oil in the wrong place
Wonderful stuff, oil, just as long as it stays in the right place. Half a century or so ago we tended to think like that, before the age of the superspill and well before ..
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March 31, 2020
Shots fired in failed pirate attack on containership in Gulf of Guinea
A containership successfully avoided being boarded by pirates while it was sailing through the Gulf of Guinea on Friday, March 27. The incident occurred at around 17:00 ..
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March 23, 2020
MAIB report enumerates causes of 2018 vessel collision off Gibraltar
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its investigation report into a collision between a containership and a gas carrier in waters off ..
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March 5, 2020
Singapore Convention on Mediation ratified by two more states
The United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation now draws closer to entry into force, which shall take place six months ..
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April 1, 2020
China Shipbuilding Group delivers orange juice carrier to LDC
China Shipbuilding Group (CSG), through subsidiary China Shipbuilding Chengxi Ship Repair, has delivered a new orange juice carrier to Netherlands-based Louis Dreyfus ..
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March 31, 2020
Diana Shipping inks new time charter with C Transport
Diana Shipping, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into a time charter contract with C Transport Maritime of Bermuda for one of its Capesize dry bulk ..
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March 24, 2020
Wallenius Wilhelmsen to reduce fleet
Norway’s Wallenius Wilhelmsen is set to reduce its fleet by recycling four of its vessels and placing another 10 in cold lay-up, the company said on Monday, March ..
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March 31, 2020
BOOK REVIEW | Ship Superintendency – An Introduction
Mike Wall needs no introduction to readers of these pages. He is a widely experienced marine engineer, surveyor, consultant and educator. He is particularly well known in ..
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POLLUTION RECOVERY WEEKMarch 17, 2020
REMINISCENCES | Oil in the wrong place
Wonderful stuff, oil, just as long as it stays in the right place. Half a century or so ago we tended to think like that, before the age of the superspill and well before ..
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TUG & SALVAGE WEEKMarch 6, 2020
VESSEL REVIEW | PSA Taurus – Singapore’s busy PSA Marine takes on another harbour tug
Earlier this year, Cheoy Lee Shipyard completed and delivered PSA Taurus, a new Z-drive tug to be utilised for port/terminal ship-handling duties at the Port of Singapore ..
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March 24, 2020
COLUMN | Seafarers – Last in the queue [Grey Power]
We are living in unprecedented times, in a situation where fear and uncertainty oscillate, even in the minds of practical people with heaps of common sense. And if is bad ..
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TUG & SALVAGE WEEKMarch 6, 2020
VESSEL REVIEW | PSA Taurus – Singapore’s busy PSA Marine takes on another harbour tug
Earlier this year, Cheoy Lee Shipyard completed and delivered PSA Taurus, a new Z-drive tug to be utilised for port/terminal ship-handling duties at the Port of Singapore ..
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TUG & SALVAGE WEEKMarch 2, 2020
COLUMN | Tackling unacceptable “customs of the port” [Grey Power]
Some real progress is being made in the fight against corrupt practices in port; which range from the everlasting demand for bribes to provide services, to frightening ..
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From the wider maritime world
OPINION | Light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel for ferry industry
The entire ferry world, and the world in general, has been tossed upside down. To say these are unprecedented times is an understatement. We went from not having much ..
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