I met a ship’s Master today who, along with his crew, had been on board for between 6 – 12 months. None of them had any idea of when they’d be able to travel home. They sit out there at sea, completely isolated with the only face to face interaction being from a pilot either […]
In a sad event that took place near West Africa, Nigerian coast, pirates managed to board a product tanker named Vemahope. As per the reports that are coming, around 10 seamen were taken by the pirates (kidnapped) from the ship. The ship was enroute from Lagos to Cameron. The AIS of the ship is believed […]
In this article we will study about the process of bunkering (Oil for Ship). Bunkering is referred to as taking of oil or bunkers on board ship. Ship fuel consumption is very high and this makes us to take oil once in a month. But due to importance of this process both in terms of bunkers […]
