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The Below Deck franchise has been entertaining viewers for 10 years, but there's a lot that's changed since Below Deck Season 1.

The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders will be sharing the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This column first appea

The Port of Olympia was in its infancy in the late 1920s when it hosted the Olympia Maru, a Japanese freighter named in honor of the city. The ship’s visit was considered a civic festival.

The MV Ma Lisha, Guyana’s new North West ferry, is being constructed in India and from December 3 to 7, 10 Guyanese workers will visit the South Asian country for training on the new vessel.This is according to a press release issued by the Indian Hi

An onboard inspection can only be successful if the tanker has been prepared for the inspection. For this reason, some companies perform pre-vetting inspections by internal resources prior to the vetting inspections by the oil majors. These inspections normally take place during discharge. Most of the vetting inspectors are former seafarers with long experience from ...

NEW DELHI: The search for one Indian crew member of merchant vessel MV Tampen, thrown in the sea by pirates off the West African nation of Gabon, is going on.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put seafarers around the world in precarious situations. As of July 2021, It is estimated that 250,000 seafarers are currently stranded on ships beyond the end of their original contracts and unable to be repatriated, due to COVID-related travel restrictions. A similar number of seafarers are stuck at home, unable to ...

Engineering Officers and Ratings Information on how to gain a UK CoC for Engineering/Electro-Technical Officers or Engineering Watch Rating Certificate From: original documents (except passport which must be an attested copy) to: Seafarer Certification 2/13 SO15 1EG If you already hold a MCA-issued CoC, MEOL or watch rating certificate: please email your application and scanned documents to engineering@mcga.gov.uk Fast track requests If you have sent us an application and need us to expedit...

Science Fiction & Fantasy   — by Suzanne Palmer — I have a purpose, therefore I serve. It recited the Mantra Upon Waking, to check that it was running at optimum physical efficiency, then the Mantra of Obedience, the Mantra of Not Improvising Without Clear Oversight and Direction, and the Mantra of Not Organizing Unsanctioned Mass Action Among Other Bots, all of which had been imposed on it by Ship as a condition of its continued existence after the last time it had been activated. Bot 9 n...

Inspiration She also cited the inspiration of pioneering Tayside woman Victoria Drummond, the UK’s first woman marine engineer. “I started a cadetship with full sponsorship from Lloyds of London, now Maritime London, directly from sixth year at Webster’s High School,” said Fiona. “My first trip was on the Teignbank, a general cargo vessel which traded on an 80-day trip round the world. “I joined the vessel in Le Havre and sailed across to the Panama Canal, down to Tahiti. “We had ...