Clay Maitland on Maritime TV
By Clay
Posted on | May 16, 2012 | 2 Comments
Maritime TV – Piracy and armed guards
By Clay
Posted on | May 15, 2012 | 1 Comment
You need to enable frames to view this content… Continue readingA bit of pirate-proofing
By Michael Grey
Posted on | May 8, 2012 | 1 Comment
The newsletter of the Confederation of European Shipmasters’ Association has, over the past few years, been a useful indicator of what senior officers actually think about such matters as criminalisation and piracy. Continue readingSpeeding into danger
By Michael Grey
Posted on | April 16, 2012 | No Comments
The centenary of the sinking of the Titanic on Sunday 15th April is being attended with a curious combination of reverence and the absurd. Continue readingThe silence of the lambs
By Clay
Posted on | April 3, 2012 | No Comments
In what Britons call a leader, and what we Yanks call an editorial, I have been somewhat taken to task by Lloyd’s List. On March 22nd, the leader’s author “take[s] exception” to my statement, made at CMA in Connecticut, that industry trade associations have been strangely silent when it came to positive measures that could be taken against the spread of piracy. Interestingly, in another leader (editorial) five days later, Lloyd’s List seemed to acknowledge the force of my comments. Continue readingCategory: Leadership & Management, Piracy
Tags: CMA 2012 > Lloyd's List > NATO > Piracy > UN Security Council
Tags: CMA 2012 > Lloyd's List > NATO > Piracy > UN Security Council
Regimental Review of the US Coast Guard Academy Corps of Cadets
By Clay
Posted on | April 3, 2012 | No Comments
On Friday 30th March I had the pleasure of serving as the Reviewing Officer at the Regimental Review of the United States Coast Guard Academy Corps of Cadets. Continue readingLet’s sort out containerships?
By Michael Grey
Posted on | April 2, 2012 | No Comments
It is now six months since the modestly sized cellular containership Rena came to a sticky end on a well marked reef off the New Zealand Port of Tauranga. Continue readingNamepa and education
By admin
Posted on | March 28, 2012 | No Comments
Namepa brings together business, environmental groups and regulators to find solutions to protect the marine environment. Continue readingClay on NAMEPA
By Clay
Posted on | March 27, 2012 | No Comments
Clay on Namepa. Continue readingChanging the Rules of Engagement
By Clay
Posted on | March 26, 2012 | No Comments
Piracy is expanding to West Africa; nine attacks were reported in February, double the number in the month before. Piracy is also well-entrenched in Southeast Asia, which recorded 31.5% of all incidents worldwide over the past twelve months to the end of January. Continue reading keep looking »