Archive for February, 2024

<strong>    TWO YEARS ON: P&O FERRIES FROM AN EX-AGENCY EMPLOYEE.</strong>

    TWO YEARS ON: P&O FERRIES FROM AN EX-AGENCY EMPLOYEE.

‘The actions of thugs’ quoted Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haig in the aftermath of the 17 March 2022 forcible removal of P&O Ferries crews. Made to feel like criminals, the seafarers had done nothing wrong. They were confronted by a team of private security guards from a company known as Interforce and given an hour to collect their belongings and leave the ship. 800 seafarers…

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OVER THE SIDE: LOST SHIPPING CONTAINERS.

OVER THE SIDE: LOST SHIPPING CONTAINERS.

The story so far: ships occasionally lose containers at sea – there are explanations although we could make comparisons to a ‘runaway train’ situation, ie., it’s out of control and it happens very quickly. In 2020 the Japanese-flagged ONE Apus lost approximately 1,816 containers in heavy seas north-west of Hawaii. Theories over the loss range from a rogue wave snapping the securing pins to the fact that…

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