Global Container Terminal (GCT) wants an immediate emergency restraining order on Maersk. GCT and Maersk had a contract to operate in this terminal of Staten Island. But with contract not over, Maersk wants to move to the terminal which is owned by APM Terminal, in New Jersey. Maersk agreed to $5.5 million dollars to GCT […]
I was talking to a shippy, (pet name for the mariners or sailors) the other day. I happened to tell him that like me, my husband too was a hands on trainer; in fact he was a whole training school. He is tough but his juniors get so much to learn from him and free […]
In India, crew changes in homeport started somewhere from 24th April. This move by the government helped a lot to the ships who were calling Indian ports. Also some ships altered their routes a little bit to reach Cochin Port Anchorage for crew changes. Though majority of seafarers are Indian, but some foreign nationalities to […]
