Opinion

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According to logistics organisation Shippers Voice, shipper groups believe that ‘green fuel taxes’ will not reduce emissions from ships; instead they will simply add a surcharge to the rates they charge customers.

3rd August 2011

Shippers sceptical about EEDI measures

3rd August 2011

OPINION

OPINION

GPS guides just about every vessel afloat, and although the technology is accurate and reliable, it is not infallible, argues Dag Pike.

29th July 2011

GPS – good but vulnerable

29th July 2011

OPINION

OPINION

Despite lower activity levels in shipping, casualty statistics remain high. Denzil Stuart investigates.

26th June 2011

High casualty levels still cause concern

26th June 2011

OPINION

OPINION

Looking through the archive collection of The Motor Ship in our offices, it was interesting to note that even as far back as the 1930s it was being forecast that the earth’s…

1st May 2011

Change gathers pace – at last

1st May 2011

OPINION

OPINION

Dag Pike looks at the need to maintain timetables, which can expose the disadvantages of operating slower ships, besides the well-known environmental benefits.

29th April 2011

Keeping to schedule

29th April 2011

OPINION

OPINION

Next month, the shipping and marine engineering community will be travelling to Norway (after having spent a couple of days in Denmark, at our conference of course).

1st April 2011

Norway shows the way

1st April 2011

OPINION

OPINION

Nor-Shipping 2011 will take place between May 24 and May 27, 2011. The organisers expect the event to be at least as well supported as the last Nor-Shipping, in 2009, which attracted…

20th March 2011

Nor-Shipping 2011: next generation shipping

20th March 2011

OPINION

OPINION

I am putting this issue together following our return from Copenhagen, where we were at the very successful 33rd Motorship Propulsion and Emissions conference.

20th February 2011

Forward with technology

20th February 2011

OPINION

OPINION

The November 2010 issue of The Motorship partly focuses on communications. This was a hot topic in the lead-up to the introduction of GMDSS, but has been less newsworthy over the last…

19th October 2010

Communications choice

19th October 2010

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OPINION

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4th October 2010

Comment and opinion

4th October 2010