What is UMS ship and what are its requirements? UMS stands for Unmanned Machinery Space, which means that the ship’s engine room does not require constant human supervision or attendance. UMS ships are designed to operate with automated systems that monitor and control the machinery, such as propulsion, power generation, ventilation, fire detection and suppression, […]
A ship was recently detained in one of the ports of Australia. And the deficiency was that several crew members’ contracts have expired and they have not been repatriated to their home land. Well though this brings to the notice of the whole world that seafarers have gone way beyond their tenure, but not many […]
Lunch at Nikki Beach in Monaco, an afternoon on a jetski in front of Cannes, a morning stroll in Portofino – these are the posts you are most likely to see on social media of the crew working on superyachts. “You have a perfect job!” – I have lost count of the number of times […]
