Sudden and drastic reduction in the price of crude oil all over the world due to the lockdown in various parts of the world, has led the tanker to go for long anchorages. The land based storage units have limited space. In this scenario ship owners are using tanker ships as storage units. As per […]
My research work in the under grad program was on the eco friendly hotels, that’s what they were called way back in 1997. Early 21st century gave a great nomenclature to the environmentally sensitive hotels calling them Ecotels. I have studied various ecotels across India learning about the concept, procedures and practices. That sensitization in […]
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 […]
