Regulation

Denzil Stuart looks at the impact of the growing size of container vessels on the marine insurance community.

A mood of anxiety may well characterise the movement in the coming year as clubs face up to some very testing challenges. Denzil Stuart reports.

Two P&I clubs have recently emphasised to owners and managers the hazards of fumigated cargoes and entering enclosed spaces, responsible for fatalities among seafarers, writes Denzil Stuart.

There’s a couple of companies that keep coming up time and again in connection with good, innovative safety devices that not only save lives, but money.

The fight against piracy has been heating up, with increasing numbers of arms and live ammunition deployed on commercial vessels – but there are still very divided opinions on the matter.

Further than just making the process of keeping crews safe with well maintained equipment easier, companies like Schat-Harding are promising to help owners navigate the turbulent waters of legislation and IMO rules.

Dag Pike was aboard an 80ft catamaran in the wide open Atlantic when it started to crack. Here he explains how a container ship’s answer to the distress call underscores a very…

A new conceptual design of Aframax tanker launched recently by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) shows the extent of efficiency improvements that are possible, writes Paul Bartlett.

Faced with rising fuel costs and increasing controls on exhaust emissions, against a backcloth of intensified competition, the shipping industry’s quest for new operational efficiencies permeates every sphere of design and practice,…