Opinion

Ann Rigmor Nerheim of Rolls-Royce was not, she admits, looking to get involved with the marine industry. But by 2013 the marine industry had begun to look for her.

Reorganisation of shipbuilding in the UK was the main story in ‘The Motor Ship’, April 1966. The Geddes Report recommended a “fresh start for British shipbuilding”, to be achieved through regrouping the…

Magnus Erikssen knows what it is to have a foot in two different worlds.

“Nothing stays the same,” Geoff Dean of OSD IMT tells Stevie Knight: “Change is what drives the industry, so there’s no point in wishing it otherwise, you just have to stay ahead.”

Will people remember 2014 as the year the game changed? If they are in the oil and gas support sector, then that’s quite likely... writes Stevie Knight

By the time this issue appears in print, ships in ECAs will be mandated to cut sulphur emissions to 0.1% fuel content, or take equivalent appropriate measures, while the global 0.5% limit…

2014 was a year in which our industry largely stood still, awaiting the uncertain outcome of new fuel regulations and the still-unresolved ballast water question, while oversupply of tonnage and economic woes…

Safety of passenger ships in the Mediterranean is likely to once again come under the spotlight following a fire onboard Italian-flagged ferry ‘Norman Atlantic’ during the early hours of 28 December.

The Russian government is planning to tighten its fight against corruption in its national shipbuilding and marine equipment industries, writes Eugene Gerden.

“When it comes to hull forms, many assume that there is ‘nothing more to be found’, but I believe there’s going to be even greater changes in the years to come,” Pieter…

A piece of modern German history goes under the hammer in Rostock soon when the state yacht and conference boat once used by East Germany’s Communist leaders is sold at auction, writes…

Running stability calculations for a salvage company in the middle 80s, “was intense – like being involved in a big rescue operation” but Lucas Zaat admits he never knew exactly how any…

After 16 years of running the flourishing Seawork exhibition in Southampton, UK, Mercator Media is expecting to repeat the success with the first Seawork Asia event.

The current focus on liquefied natural gas fuel for ships has its origins in LNG transport which began half a century ago: Dag Pike traces the history of LNG afloat.

The potential presented by driverless vehicles, whether cars or aerial drones, is beginning to capture both headlines and imagination so Greg Atkinson of Eco Marine Power tells Stevie Knight that he knew…