MUMBAI HARBOUR – A GRAVEYARD FOR MAJOR SHIPS?
The Mumbai harbour, once treated as the best and safest docking point for ships this side of the Suez, has of late evolved as...
THE MYSTERY OF MV DERBYSHIRE
The disappearance of the MV Derbyshire in 1980 was a shock to many in the world of shipping. In the 1970s and 80s, bulk...
BIMCO’S FIRST LADY PRESIDENT
BIMCO, the highest council of the world maritime sector for more than a century, now has its very First Turk Woman President.
Sadan Kaptanoglu will...
TRADE WAR – BEST THING FOR CONTAINER SHIPPING
The end of the escalating trade war between the world’s two super-powers, China and the United States, seems to be on the skyline as...
SHIP CHANDELLING
Ship Chandelling is a very unique and important industry of all the ports and shipping companies around the globe. It caters to specify only...
THE 2020 ALARM: SULPHUR CAP
With effect from January 1, 2020, in correspondence with a mandate from the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the acceptable percentage of sulphur in marine...
SHIPBUILDING – Indian context
The process of designing and building a ship, in present days is extremely standardized mass manufacturing environment, remains largely a one-off, one-of-a-kind design and...
REFORMING ROFR?
The proposed removal of Right of First Refusal goes completely against the spirit of Shipping Industry. A boon or a bane in future?
The Ministry...
DISMAY IN THE GULF OF OMAN
With the attacks on six ships during May and June in the Gulf of Oman the industry is witnessing unpredictable and uncertain circumstances.
It remains...
THE FUTURE OF DEEP SEABED MINING
It’s one of the freezing, darkest point on earth, full of aquatic life – a gigantic part of which is yet to be ascertained...
