Following the successful annual meeting of the Maritime HR Forum in May, work on the 2010 salary survey of 40 shorebased jobs is underway…

The recession has apparently saved shipmanagement companies' bacon…

As the professional body to commercial shipping, the ICS adheres to the 3 R's – Respect, Relevance and Robustness…

For years supposed experts have advised people not to discuss salary too early in the process. We don't agree. And lately we have seen and been told about an increase in the number of people getting to offer stage and then not proceeding…

The Kookmin Bank v Rainy Sky case certainly had any number of people frothing at the mouth at Posidonia last month and speculation was running high about the potential loss of confidence in the English court system following the Court of Appeal judgment…

The graduate with a science degree asks, “Why does it work?” …

YOURS truly was invited to join the Gray Page sailing team in this year's Fairplay Cup. We had thought we might do quite well this year; improving on 6th place last year was a reasonable prospect; we had an experienced competitive crew and we had not wrecked ourselves (entirely) on the rocks of lady alcohol at our pre-race supper…

And so to that Commercial Court decision on whether or not a vessel detained by pirates is on or off hire…

A hero for our times, and one whose like will not be seen again was how former Lloyd's List editor and Spinnaker chairman Michael Grey described Professor David Moreby in his tribute in Lloyd's List and, as a former student, our current chairman was proud to deliver a tribute at his funeral on Friday…