TWO YEARS ON: P&O FERRIES FROM AN EX-AGENCY EMPLOYEE.

‘The actions of thugs’ quoted Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haig in the aftermath of the...

OVER THE SIDE: LOST SHIPPING CONTAINERS.

The story so far: ships occasionally lose containers at sea – there are explanations although...

MEGACITIES INTO MEGALOPOLISES: A CIRCULAR VOYAGE ROUND BOSWASH

Boswash? BosWHERE! – the name produces a baffling reaction to a place not officially in the atlas.  But...

MEGA-CITIES: SINGAPORE

A futuristic sight to greet seafarer and tourist alike: Merlion Park, at One Fullerton,Singapore – with few suspecting...

     MEGA-CITIES: LAGOS, NIGERIA.

     Approaching Lagos’ shoreline from twenty-five km, there are fishing boats. Way out at sea,...

LIVERPOOL – A WELCOMING CITY.

Those of us in Liverpool who subscribe to the National Geographic (global readership estimates: 9.5 mn), may have read the...

A SMOOTH SEA NEVER MADE A SKILLED SAILOR.

Wise words, but actually joining a ship these days isn’t smooth seas and takes skill just to...

The Working Class at Sea

Well, I wasn’t in the Royal Navy, but if their conditions were as bad as...