Herald of Free Enterprise Archives

June 2, 2021

Vale Dag Pike, famed mariner, journalist and author

Written by Neil Baird on June 2, 2021. Posted in Ferries, Work Boat World Features.

I am sorry to advise that our former long-term correspondent and columnist Dag Pike died last Sunday at the age of 88. I first met Dag in 1980. Soon after, he started wri ..

October 23, 2014

COLUMN | Undercooked sulphur rules may increase emissions [Ferry Tales]

Written by Justin Merrigan on October 23, 2014. Posted in Ferries.

Undercooked sulphur rules may increase emissions

Older ferries cannot easily adopt the LNG technology of modern newbuild ..

April 28, 2020

COLUMN | International Safety Management Code failures [The Wet Detective]

Written by Mike Wall on April 28, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Boxship World, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Dry Cargo World, Offshore World, Passenger Vessel World, Port World, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

It is 30 years since the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster hastened the introduction of the ISM Code, which was adopted in 1993 by resolution A.741(18) at the IMO and en ..

August 28, 2017

OPINION: IMO should ban sales of second-hand monohull Ro-Pax “killing machine” ferries to developing countries

Written by Neil Baird on August 28, 2017. Posted in Ro-Pax World.

Last month I wrote about the excellent safety record of multihull fast ferries, both Ro-Pax and passenger only. Statistically, they are the safest ferry type by far.
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Vale Dag Pike, famed mariner, journalist and author

COLUMN | Undercooked sulphur rules may increase emissions [Ferry Tales]

COLUMN | International Safety Management Code failures [The Wet Detective]

OPINION: IMO should ban sales of second-hand monohull Ro-Pax “killing machine” ferries to developing countries

VESSEL REVIEW | Moby Fantasy – Large ferry for Moby’s Livorno-Sardinia sailings

VESSEL REVIEW | Ryukyu Express 7 – Large Japanese vehicle carrier to operate on Tokyo-Okinawa routes

OPINION | The UN High Seas Treaty: maintaining biodiversity?

OPINION | The misplaced fury around sound: time to put the record straight on seismic surveys

Passenger Vessel News Roundup | March 24 – A Danish fast ferry, US catamaran cruise ship construction and more

AWARDS 2022 | Best OSV – Logistics Craft – Sora 1 – Lita Ocean

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