How to ensure you have a Ballast Water Treatment System onboard that actually works

The second half of 2016 brought shockwaves to some shipowners who were still in a state of denial about the...

Are you entitled to payment under your contract: have you dotted your ‘i’s and crossed your ‘t’s?

The general principles of contractual interpretation are easy to state, but the application of such principles...

How do you say deja vu in Greek?

It seem as if we have been here before: the euro zone fretting that a crisis with Greece will balloon out of all proportion while the government in Athens says it will not impose one euro more in cuts on its austerity-battered public.

Seafarers - Are you happy in your work?

Seafarers do not go to sea for laughs. They are there to make money, or they endure the life because of their...

A key gauge of global shipping costs is plunging and you should pay attention

A harbinger of global economic slowdown or simply an oversupply of big ships?...

Cruises with the China Tattoo

I trust you’ve had heard too much misfortune and bad news about the cruise line industry in the beginning of 2012.