Well done to INTERTANKO for having the courage to be different…

TITANIC is the most easily recognisable word in the English language after 'God' and 'Coca Cola'…

The Nautical Institute launched a practical guide to maritime security a few weeks ago…

HAVE you been seeing all this stuff in the press about LNG and wondering what it's all about? Well, with a little help from a recent article we read by Lloyds Register, we'll try to shed some light…

ARE you a good communicator? Well according to Thales Training and Consultancy you shouldn't be running a company if you aren't. Thales has come up with a series of top tips for leaders if they are on the one hand to climb to the top of the tree, and on the other inspire their workforce. Most of us can count good bosses we have had on the fingers of one hand, and that's allowing for several missing digits…

FROM 1 October 2012, large UK employers are required to provide a minimum 3% pension for all staff, unless employees elect to opt out of the scheme. Seafarers are now deemed to be eligible for auto-enrolment if they work in UK territorial waters, on the UK Continental Shelf, or in the UK sector on a cross-boundary field…

NOVEMBER is upon us – and that can only mean one thing – MOVEMBER! For those who have somehow missed this phenomenon in recent years, the idea is for men to stop shaving for the month of November and to grow sponsored moustaches for charities that aim to combat prostate cancer and other men's diseases…

CAPTAIN Mangouras has waited 10 years since the Prestige oil spill to face trial in Spain. The trial starts today. Now 79 years old, Capt Mangouras faces up to 12 years imprisonment if convicted of environmental crimes…

Well, quite a lot of people by the looks of things. There are 127,109 of them in England and Wales, including 1,929 foreign lawyers, and that doesn't include all the lawyers like yours truly who are not officially 'practising'…