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The modern world has embraced the integration of digital technology into our everyday life where storage of important data is mostly done via digital mediums such as hard-drives on PCs and USB sticks. However, like physical media the digital analogue can also be lost and corrupted therefore rendering it useless; demanding special precautions and alternate […]

For the uninitiated, a shipping agency or agent is a designated organisation or person whose responsibility is to handle cargo and other shipments; protecting general interests of customers at ports and harbours; on behalf of ship owners and operators. Some tasks done by a shipping agency include ensuring the berthing of incoming ships, collecting freights […]

Energy consumption is a major issue at sea as each vessel has its limits in terms of energy efficiency which, if violated will result in a failure of systems and therefore take toll on the crew. We have seen ship systems fail during a voyage and now, with newer builds aiming to reduce impact on […]

The integration of technology into the industrial world is a persistent subject of many debates regarding its impact; is it complicating or easing operations? Though the debate is open-ended and thus have relatively endless answers it is still possible to limit the scope and present facts while making an effort to relate back to a real-life […]

We all have heard about this concept; either from popular media such as films and word-of-mouth thus have our understandings of what it may be. Some assume that a black market is where terrorists and mercenaries get their arsenal while pirates trade their loot to other visitors; mostly the aforementioned, refugees and low-class people. However, […]

The Ebola outbreak did serious damage on the global maritime landscape where many seafarers had suffered due to this outbreak. However, Ebola is not the only dangerous disease at sea therefore it is worth discussing other infections which are equally as dangerous as Ebola. Dilipan Thomas of marineinsight.com (2014) has written about the 7 dangerous […]

Where there is high financial assets, legal regulation or commodity movement lies corruption; done with different motivations and endgames. Corruption is legally defined as a fraudulent intention to bypass prohibitions of law. Corruption is also defined by abuse of official positions and/or stations with actions contrary to duties and obligations for personal or third party benefits. […]

A confidentiality/non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is a legal contract between two parties willing to cooperate; outlining certain material, knowledge and/or information to be ‘confidential’ and therefore restricted for general access/viewing. The common category of information held/protected by an NDA is mostly client, customer information, trade secrets, schematics, sales, marketing plans and new inventions. While an NDA […]

The maritime industry is full of professionals who are experts in their own fields. However, upon encountering another aspect of the industry when attending to some operations it is important to note that experts know more about their own profession therefore less about aspects not in relation to them. Therefore, leaving a conclusion that working […]

The maritime sphere embraces modern technology at a fast pace where new technology never before used here makes appearances and shifts the landscape of the industry. Before, we discussed robotics and its potential uses in the maritime industry; opening new innovations to aspects such as rescue and salvage operations. However, the topic here is Internet […]