Both companies developed specialist vessels equipped with derricks to handle heavy loads including rail locomotives for shipping to India and Africa in the 1920s.
Due to international conflict, shipping is now coming round the Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean. Are ports along the longer route equipped to handle increased shipping traffic?
When Tim Kent, former technical director with Lloyd’s Register and co-chair of the Technical Leadership Board, left university in the mid-1980s, he immediately started working towards his Chartered Engineer (CEng) status. Now at the end of his career, Kent reflects on the importance of Chartership.
Academics and scientists are preparing for global disaster. Marine professionals must take part in conversations to ensure the industry is prepared for the worst.
Rigid sails are receiving newfound attention as the shipping sector seeks emissions reductions, but earlier projects show that it might not be plain sailing.
