Is Suez Canal losing its importance?
The changing shipping trend of avoiding the Suez Canal and taking the longer route around the Cape of Good Hope has been made possible...
The Man Who Survived Three Shipwrecks
What do you call a man who in his life, has survived the most infamous tragedies of all time? A wizard, a magician or...
The Mysterious Case of MV LyubovOrlova
Breaking news: “A 1,400-tonne ghost ship drifting out at sea without a crew, infested with disease-ridden cannibal rats, is on a collision course with...
The Trade War and Its Effect on Shipping
The year 2018 has been tumultuous as regards international trade. The world has never witnessed such an intense trade war among the world’s three...
SEAFARERS DO MATTER
“Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea.” – Charles...
Automation and Smart Ship
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a simple definition of automation. It is “the application of machines to tasks once performed by human beings or, increasingly, to...
