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Author Archives: Rajesh Joshi
Adversity, thy name is opportunity
Criminalisation of seafarers is another subject that has recurred in past CMA conferences. At this year’s event, it came to life thanks to two presenters.
Nicholas Pappadakis of Intercargo brought up an example that has seldom been discussed in a public forum: the different worlds that airline crews and mariners inhabit.
Airline crews walk in and out [...]
Is this the new normality?
LIKE a prodigal son, an old chestnut returned to the spotlight at the opening session of this year’s Connecticut Maritime Association conference in Stamford.
An unconventional ensemble of opening-day speakers gave voice once again to shipping’s lack of an “image” and the industry’s utter inability to influence politics and policy.
Capt Robert Johnston, vice-chairman of Intertanko, talked [...]
Class-hopping more prevalent as owners cut costs, warns Oh
THE growing trend of shipowners seeking class societies with lower safety standards threatens to defeat efforts by the International Association of Classification Societies to expand its membership, said IACS chairman Kong-Gyun Oh.
Mr Oh said class-hopping was becoming increasingly prevalent in the face of the global financial crisis as yards and owners sought to cut costs.
But [...]
Thad Allen bequeaths a new tradition