“Disasters are like buses,” says an old saying – “When you don’t want them, they come in threes.” It was an incident-packed couple of weeks on ..
It appeared, at first glance, to be an ancient artefact, something that demanded the attention of skilled archaeologists, with their carbon dating machinery, after some ..
A big, thick, glossy and beautifully illustrated book in the usual DK (Dorling Kindersley) mould, this offers an excellent overview of almost five millennia of maritime ..
The total orderbook for dry bulk, container and tanker ships has reached its lowest point in 17 years as Covid-19 has massively slowed contracting (-50 per cent) while ..
This is being written on the “International Day of the Seafarer”, June 25, which, if you consider the way that society is currently treating this essential workforce, ..
A recent short article in Seaways, the journal of the Nautical Institute, sang the praises of having a positive attitude towards change. The author, Tom Feakins MNI, ..
When did the tarnish first appear on the “golden age” of shipping in which we were accused of living, all those years ago? When did the power of the ..
Without naval architects the world’s ships and boats would be less safe, less economical, more expensive, more polluting and uglier. Naval architects are an essential ..
So much happens, seemingly on a monthly basis, in the global marine engine and propulsion system market that it is difficult to remember it all. Currently, there seems to ..
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