Clay Maitland on Maritime TV
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Maritime TV – Piracy and armed guards
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The silence of the lambs
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 reading
Regimental Review of the US Coast Guard Academy Corps of Cadets
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 reading
Namepa and education
Namepa brings together business, environmental groups and regulators to find solutions to protect the marine environment. Continue reading
Clay on NAMEPA
Clay on Namepa. Continue reading
Changing the Rules of Engagement
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
Tasteless images tar CMA gala dinner
The Connecticut Maritime Association’s annual Commodore’s Dinner was held last Wednesday night, the culmination of a very successful three days’ programme.
The honoree and 2012 Commodore, Oivind Lorentzen, gave a fine, and brief, speech of acceptance that was the high point – and the only one – of an evening that was in part truly awful.
What made the gala dinner into an embarassing and disappointing event was the tasteless, sexist and misogynistic flavour of the photographic montage projected onto screens above the diners’ heads.
The script that went with these gag — no intentional pun — shots also had its sexist content.
One attendee said later: “In an industry that is often accused of freezing women out, that stuff is the last thing we… Continue reading