As so often happens an article in Mondays Lloyd's List caused me to ponder. The article was headlined, "Viking Islay master ‘failed in his duty of care' ". I quote directly from the article concerning the actions of some of the crew that lead to their deaths: "The three men successively entered the vessel’s chain …
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I quote from this mornings Tradewinds, "Canada’s Nautisol is studying the feasibility of a new fast ferry service from Victoria to Vancouver, with the backing of foreign investors. The marine technology company’s boss Don Stein told local media that three overseas groups are ready with $150m in funding for the 90-minute run….. …If all goes …
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Recently, (ok a month ago but I've been busy) Lloyd's published an article titled, "Downturn leading to improved prospects for ship safety" The article quotes the International Union of Marine Insurance as having the view that, "the freight market crash is lifting some of the intense operational pressure exerted in recent years on the world …
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This has absolutely nothing to do with things shipping or marine but is fascinating nonetheless. What I like the most is that it takes an old technique, time lapse photography, and turns into something that is technically elegant and beautiful at the same time. It's a year in the life of Tokyo, shot with a …
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A recent article in the Canadian Press [ there is a newly released application for the iPhone that delivers all the CP news ] says that, "Barely a day after the daring rescue of an American sea captain, cable TV's Spike announced a deal Monday to produce a show about U.S. Navy pirate hunters." It …
I am a fan of the NFB, or the National Film Board for those outside of Canada. The NFB is a wholly government-funded agency that produces films about Canada and has done since before the second world war. Some of the early stuff, particularly during the WW2 was certainly propaganda but in amongst the 13,000 …
I've attached an article on the bottom of this post from a recent issue of Lloyd's LIst DCN from Australia.(LLDCN Is part of the Informa group who also publish Lloyd's List, the newspaper in the UK but are more of a semi-independent paper focused on multi-modal transport in Australia.) The Pacific Adventurer was a general …