Editorial

Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines when it hit on Friday night, 8 November. The scale of the destruction is unbelievable – around 10,000

By Rich Madden, Cyber-security issues onboard your typical merchant vessel would seem to be fall into one of two categories – acts of omission or

By Bruce Vail, Working hand-in-glove, two unions of merchant seafarers in several countries are agitating for the release of the Arctic 30, a multinational

A small article in The Australian, Australia’s national newspaper, has signaled that the merry-go-round on Australia’s coastal shipping policy will

Should U.S. disaster relief require American-grown food? Those with the best intentions may miss the full picture By Bruce Vail The next time news of a natural

By Tom Weaver, In February 2010, the America’s Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing defeated the Swiss Alinghy team on the water in a “deed of Gift

As the monsoon in the NW Indian Ocean begins to subside and the weather once again becomes conducive to the operation of small pirate skiffs, the ICC

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, also known as pirate fishing, is a massive problem across the globe. Editorial by National Geographic's

More than 153 years after it was lost in a violent collision at sea, government and university maritime archaeologists have identified the wreck of the ship

The “fourth pillar” of maritime regulation – the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) – is now in place and along with high hopes for

Speculation continues as to what new icebreaker will replace Australia’s long-serving Aurora Australis, and who exactly will build

Interview with Vale’s Executive Director for Ferrous and Strategy, José Carlos

By Kevin Reeder, The maritime industry’s promise to ensure maximum availability of Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) to mariners is close to

By Rear Adm. Richard Breckenridge, Director, Undersea Warfare, OPNAV N97 USS Miami was set ablaze by an arsonist in May 2012. The Navy recently completed a

By Captain Richard Madden Just weeks before the August 20th implementation of the sweeping Maritime Labor Convention (MLC 2006) from the International Labor

By Congressman Duncan Hunter, For centuries, the world’s oceans have been an influential force.  They have forged industrial strength, enhanced

Rep. Duncan Hunter defends the Jones Act in this recent editorial for CNBC.

By Sarah O. Ladislaw, Center for Strategic and International Studies Ever since the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) authorized a second project to export

Another Deepwater Horizon aftershock today with Halliburton, the contractor in charge of the cement job that was supposed to keep the Macondo well from blowing

By CDR Chris Rawley, U.S. Navy Reserve and LCDR Claude Berube, U.S. Navy Reserve Introduction The last decade has again reminded us that irregular warfare can