Things can change, there’s always changes I want to try some rearranging, I say Drop the pilot, try my balloon Drop the monkey, smell my perfume – Joan Armatrading, Drop the Pilot The year got off to a tragic start for people in our business, with the news that another pilot has died while transferring to a large ..
China’s growing power and assertiveness have been significant drivers behind developments in Australian defence policy in the past few years. The previous government’s strategic update determined that the defence force needs the capability to “shape” Australia’s strategic environment, “deter” ..
After the shocking injustice perpetrated by the cruel and arbitrary governments of Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea on the 26 unfortunate seafarers aboard the crude oil tanker Heroic Idun, we turn our eyes this week to boardroom battles in Europe wherein some rich and powerful people either resign from their jobs or face ..
Many people would be surprised to learn that at least 17 nations with no coastline are known to operate combat vessels, in order to maintain riverine and lacustrine security. Some countries dub such forces navies, while others use a variety of nomenclature to describe army units with waterborne capability, such as “river ..
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 shore voice communication has not been with us much more than sixty years or so, and until the 1970s at least, people relied on signal lamps, Morse code, and ..
In a partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that now spans 50 years, Japan has played an important role in addressing the non-traditional maritime security challenges in the region, including piracy and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. That role may be about to ..
The spotlight is once again on the passenger vessel industry. In particular, we take a closer look at some of the vessels within this steadily growing industry that recen ..
Fifty-one people were killed after a tour boat capsized and sank in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, January 29. The incident occurred when a wooden boat with 56 passenge ..
An LNG-fuelled ferry begins operational sailings on Japan’s inter-island routes as a shuttle boat is handed over to an owner in southern France. Construction is meanwhi ..
US cruise company Disney Cruise Line (DCL) recently took delivery of a new cruise ship built by German shipyard Meyer Werft. The Lloyd’s Register-classed Disney Wish is ..
Fifty-one people were killed after a tour boat capsized and sank in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, January 29. The incident occurred when a wooden boat with 56 passenge ..
An LNG-fuelled ferry begins operational sailings on Japan’s inter-island routes as a shuttle boat is handed over to an owner in southern France. Construction is meanwhi ..
US cruise company Disney Cruise Line (DCL) recently took delivery of a new cruise ship built by German shipyard Meyer Werft. The Lloyd’s Register-classed Disney Wish is ..
The Hellenic Coast Guard and various local partners have deployed vessels as part of a search and recovery effort following a fatal aircraft crash in the Ionian Sea off t ..
Two sailors are confirmed dead while eight of their companions have gone missing after their cargo vessel sank in bad weather in the East China Sea on Wednesday, January ..
Ten years ago, drones were a novelty, out of reach for the technically or financially inept. They were in an embryo stage and only the tech-savvy could build one. These d ..
Things can change, there’s always changes I want to try some rearranging, I say Drop the pilot, try my balloon Drop the monkey, smell my perfume – Joan Armatradin ..
The crew of a Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel (OPV) successfully rescued all five occupants of a tug that suffered water ingress and was in danger of sinking near the D ..
Bangladeshi media reports that a commercial tanker sank and ended up spilling some of its liquid cargo following a collision with another vessel near the southern distric ..
After the shocking injustice perpetrated by the cruel and arbitrary governments of Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea on the 26 unfortunate seafarers aboard the crude oil tank ..
A reader once criticised this column as “a bit ranty”. He should close his browser now and avert his eyes. This week’s column is not going to be a bit ranty; it is ..
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year sparked a rush for gas in Europe, as the Nordstream pipelines were blown up in the Baltic Sea and President Vladimir ..
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has confirmed that US$384.4 million in federal funding will be made available under the Bipar ..
The Saudi Ports Authority has commenced works aimed at upgrading and developing two container terminals at King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia. The deve ..
The US federal government will allocate funding worth US$1.5 million for modifications to the existing federal navigation channel at the Port of Brunswick in the state of ..
Things can change, there’s always changes I want to try some rearranging, I say Drop the pilot, try my balloon Drop the monkey, smell my perfume – Joan Armatradin ..
Two sailors are confirmed dead while eight of their companions have gone missing after their cargo vessel sank in bad weather in the East China Sea on Wednesday, January ..
The Indian Coast Guard successfully evacuated the occupants of two passenger ferries that ran aground in the eastern state of West Bengal on Monday, January 16. The ferri ..
China’s growing power and assertiveness have been significant drivers behind developments in Australian defence policy in the past few years. The previous government’ ..
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s (CSIRO) Marine National Facility (MNF) offers fully funded grants of sea time on the research ves ..
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