Warships of the future: how will the Royal Navy sail in 2050?
Innovative ship design has played a significant part in the success of the Royal Navy since the middle of the…
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India’s shipyards – on the rise?
In February, in his address to the Indian Maritime University, President Pranab Mukherjee spoke of the essential role that shipbuilding…
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Treating ballast water: a bouyant market
For as long as sailors have ploughed the seas, a whole range of marine life has been stealing a passage…
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Suez Canal: ready for a new era?
The project was included in most of the main candidates' 2012 election campaigns, though not the now-ousted President Morsi, who…
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Private marine security – the best option for tackling piracy?
"The problem is driven by a variety of things; greed, poverty and a vulnerable maritime industry," says Captain William H.…
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Continuous emissions monitoring – sailing into murky waters?
With new international standards forthcoming from the IMO, and a number of regional and national regulators in the process of…
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Ship recycling – EU draft regulations spell hope for a growing controversy
In 2012 alone, one European ship a day was consigned to such sub-standard beaching yards in South Asia, according to…
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A world afloat: why seaborne trade will double before 2030
According to Global Marine Trends 2030 - a jointly produced report from Lloyd's Register, QinetiQ and Strathclyde University, looking at…
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Is climate change rewriting the global shipping map?
Arctic sea-ice reached a record new, all-time low in 2012, according to Nasa, with sea ice covering only 1.58m square…