08 JAN 2020 Police in Dundee, Scotland have arrested a group of protesters with Extinction Rebellion after an unauthorized boarding of the jackup rig Valaris JU-122 (Ensco 122) on the River Tay. Three of the environmentalists climbed aboard the rig and stayed for about five hours, leaving when weather conditions …
Read More »TUGS AND TOWING: INTERVIEW FROM THE DECK
07 JAN 2020 Growing up in a small mountain town in Colorado Captain Lindsay Price was never much interested in boats, but during a 7th-grade class trip, she fell in love with New York City. A few years later she was accepted to SUNY Maritime College and met a professor, Eric Johansson, who changed her life and …
Read More »STREAM MARINE TRAINING LOOKS FORWARD TO 2020
06 JAN 2020 Maritime training reached a pivotal point in 2019 by harnessing the advantages that new technology has to offer. Online training has been heralded in the media as the new silver bullet solution especially regarding the engagement of millennials who have grown up with new technology. Whilst we, …
Read More »WELL-TRAINED CREW WILL BE ASSETS IN SHIPPING’S GREENER FUTURE
05 JAN 2020 Seafarers are set to be viewed as an asset rather than a commodity in the future as the global maritime sector embraces greener technology that requires a more skilled workforce. That’s the view of crewing specialist Henrik Jensen, Managing Director and Founder of Danica Crewing Services. Jensen …
Read More »KILLING OF TOP IRANIAN GENERAL MAY RAISE RISKS FOR MIDEAST SHIPPING
04 JAN 2020 Forces with U.S. Joint Special Operations Command have killed Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, a leading Iranian political figure and the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. A JSOC drone destroyed a convoy carrying Soleimani and several Iranian-backed Iraqi militia leaders …
Read More »FOUR STOWAWAYS SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR VIOLENT CONDUCT
03 JAN 2020 A UK court has sentenced four stowaways to long jail terms for threatening the crew of the con/ro Grande Tema off the Thames Estuary in 2018. The men were convicted of the crime of affray at London’s Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey) last November. In December 2018, the defendants …
Read More »CAN THE NEW SILK ROAD COMPETE WITH THE MARITIME SILK ROAD?
02 JAN 2020 Over the last few years, the public narrative about the New Silk Road rail route has become increasingly grand. Conceptually, this route could be a kind of high-speed internet for the transport of physical goods; politically, it could boost China’s standing on the global stage. But as with …
Read More »PIRATES KIDNAP EIGHT FROM GREEK PRODUCT TANKER OFF CAMEROON
01 JAN 2020 Armed pirates have abducted eight mariners and injured another in an attack on a tanker off Cameroon, according to Greece’s shipping ministry. On Monday night, armed attackers came on board the product tanker Happy Lady at an anchorage about two nm off the Limboh Terminal in Cameroon. The pirates abducted one …
Read More »TIME TO RETHINK SAFETY IN ENCLOSED SPACES
31 DEC 2019 Crew members are often blamed for deaths in enclosed spaces. Human error; so it would seem. But, there are those in the industry who believe that others should be held accountable, that new action should be taken. In a submission readied for the IMO this year, the …
Read More »OPTION FOR LOW-SPEED AIRBORNE TRANSPORTATION
30 DEC 2019 At this time on year, an airborne freight carrier vehicle powered by renewable energy comes into service and can actually provide a basis to consider low-energy airborne freight transportation for year-round commercial service. Lockheed Martin is developing a large, helium filled 21st century airship that has a …
Read More »