Unbelievably, almost exactly twenty-five years since the Estonian flagged Ro-Pax ferry Estonia sank in a Baltic storm, some members of the legal profession have ..
Written by Neil Baird on . Posted in Ro-Pax World.
Unbelievably, almost exactly twenty-five years since the Estonian flagged Ro-Pax ferry Estonia sank in a Baltic storm, some members of the legal profession have ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Ausmarine, Commercial Mariner, Cruise, Ship World.
There is just no hiding your most embarrassing moments, in these days of Facebook, when every man and his dog are equipped with a movie-camera. Most professional mariners ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Offshore World.
The history of Bourbon Corporation is one of hubris, tragedy and fall, as the company expanded from running sugar plantations in the Indian Ocean, to owning a fleet of ov ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.
Offshore Accounts loves covering corruption. Corruption is the elephant in the room ..
Written by Aft Lines on . Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Tug and Salvage World.
So as I write this it is Independence Day, so we have just clicked over into the second half of the year. It’s perhaps somewhat perverse of me, then, to look back at la ..
Written by Michael Grey on . Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Dry Cargo World, Icebreaking, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
In our Commonwealth liners, we were blue water sailors, accustomed to the odd storm and occasional monsoon, but largely unprepared for anything too extreme. Ice was somet ..
Written by Alan Loynd on . Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Ship World Features, Tug and Salvage World, Work Boat World Features.
Many readers will be aware of the famous instruction in a recipe for hare soup – “first catch your hare”. The instruction is attributed either to Mrs. Glasse’s < ..
Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on . Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval).
It is now more than 20 years since China enacted its proactive policy in the South China Sea (SCS). The core element of this policy remains the enforcement of Beijing’s ..
Written by Alan Loynd on . Posted in Cruise.
The recent drama involving the passenger ship Viking Sky is rapidly fading from the collective consciousness, and in the aftermath everyone is playing the tradit ..
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