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South America Container Trades (2018)

South America Container Trades (2018)

Dynamar is proud to present its latest Container Trades & Markets study:

SOUTH AMERICA (worldwide) CONTAINER TRADES2018

This publication builds on previous individual studies on both the East Coast of South America and the Andean Coast of the same continent. For the first time, these have now been combined into one highly interested joint report. A combination of the Machu Picchu and Cusco in the west and the majestic Amazon and the tango Mendoza in the...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/28/south-america-container-trades-2018/

The Keyman: Kamal M Malak’s new novel revolves around an insurance scam

New novel of City fraud.

The Keyman: Kamal M Malak’s new novel revolves around an insurance scam

By James Brewer

One of the lesser-known insurance products is the unusual theme for a new thriller. Kamal Malak’s latest book The Keyman hinges on what is known as key man insurance.

His fast-paced story is centred on the fact that many companies will fail if their top executive becomes incapacitated or dies.

A business that buys keyman, or as it is often known these days key person cover, will be...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/28/the-keyman-kamal-m-malaks-new-novel-revolves-around-an-insurance-scam/

Global Public Investor launching in three cities for the first time

Global Public Investor launching in three cities for the first time

OMFIF is pleased to announce that for the first time the Global Public Investor will be launching in three cities in 2019, reaching a larger audience than ever.

The launches will kick off in Singapore on 12 June, featuring a keynote speech by the Singaporean deputy prime minister and minister for finance, Heng Swee Keat. This will be followed by two additional launches in London on 19 June and in New York in October.

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http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/21/global-public-investor-launching-in-three-cities-for-the-first-time/

‘Chartering Manual’ makes a big splash

‘Chartering Manual’ makes a big splash

By John Faraclas

This specialist shipbroking book is now the fifth volume* residing on my bedside table!

You all know how particular I become – and I am on many issues and in relation to the many books I read and then study – also for reviewing same with the allaboutshipping team and with other colleagues in the past.

Now this book could appear at no better time and serves both as a beacon of intelligence, having in-depth analysis and explanations of various...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/05/chartering-manual-makes-a-big-splash/

The NI launches new edition of The Principles of Navigation

 The NI launches new edition of The Principles of Navigation

28.03.19 – Safe navigation at sea is dependent on good training, sound practice and long experience – and no organisation is better placed to draw on those qualities than the UK’s Royal Navy. The Nautical Institute is proud, therefore, to publish the 11th edition of The Admiralty Manual of Navigation, Volume 1: The Principles of Navigation.

This latest edition has been updated for the electronic era of navigation, so this edition is...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/28/the-ni-launches-new-edition-of-the-principles-of-navigation/

OCIMF releases fourth edition of Effective Mooring

The Cover of “Effective Mooring”

 OCIMF releases fourth edition of Effective Mooring

4 March 2019 London Mooring is one of the most complex and dangerous operations for ship and terminal crew. If something goes wrong, the consequences can be severe.

That’s why the Oil Companies International Marine Forum produced Effective Mooring, which has just been released in its fourth edition. Written for crew on board oil tankers, barges and terminals, it gives crew a general introduction to mooring and...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/04/ocimf-releases-fourth-edition-of-effective-mooring/

IMCA issues guidance to assist analysis and testing of DP systems

Andy Goldsmith

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published ‘Guidance to Identify DP System Components and their Failure Modes’ (IMCA M 247). The new document complements the Association’s existing guidance on Dynamic Positioning (DP).

Captain Andy Goldsmith, IMCA’s Marine Technical Adviser, said: “Unexpected events that jeopardise station keeping integrity are regularly reported via the IMCA DP Station Keeping Report Scheme. This new IMCA guidance document is intended to...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/08/imca-issues-guidance-to-assist-analysis-and-testing-of-dp-systems/

NI releases new edition of Handling Ships in First-Year Ice

Handling Ships in First-Year Ice

29.11.18 – The Nautical Institute has launched the second edition of its practical guide to shiphandling in ‘new ice’ conditions in the Baltic, North Atlantic and St Lawrence Seaway.

Handling ships in first-year ice demands specialist knowledge and skills. Ice remains a major obstacle for commercial traffic and has the potential to damage propellers, main engines, rudders and hull plating. It limits the speed and manoeuvrability of vessels, putting them at greater...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/29/ni-releases-new-edition-of-handling-ships-in-first-year-ice/

Churchill: Walking with Destiny reviewed by a leading medical biographer

Mary Churchill, later The Lady Soames, is given away by her father on her wedding day.

Churchill: Walking with Destiny reviewed by a leading medical biographer

Churchill: Walking with Destiny, the new book by Andrew Roberts, is reviewed here by medical biographer Dr John H Mather.

By all accounts, Andrew Roberts has produced a study of Sir Winston Churchill that is worthy of the highest accolades.  He assiduously sought out new sources of primary information and has clearly enhanced our...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/31/churchill-walking-with-destiny-reviewed-by-a-leading-medical-biographer/

Carolyn Gowdy’s Scrapbook: Life is an adventure… life is a gift

Carolyn Gowdy.

Carolyn Gowdy’s Scrapbook: Life is an adventure… life is a gift

By James Brewer

Illustrator and painter Carolyn Gowdy invites us to board with her what she calls the Dreamboat, so that we can explore together the reaches of human existence. Sound and seaworthy, the Dreamboat’s destination is: A Better Life.

This most imaginative of artists takes us on a voyage pervaded with compassion and fundamentally with optimism for the future of mankind, in her remarkable retrospective called Ca...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/21/carolyn-gowdys-scrapbook-life-is-an-adventure-life-is-a-gift/

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