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Mark Dickinson, General Secretary of Nautilus International

By james tweed • Mar 4th, 2010 • Category: General

Mark Dickinson, General Secretary of Nautilus International talks to James Tweed, Coracle Online for Shipping Podcasts about Nautilus, the RFA, piracy, the Falklands and seafarers wages.
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Maritime tips and predictions for 2010

By james tweed • Jan 22nd, 2010 • Category: Dry Cargo, General, Marine Insurance and P&I, Ports, Tankers

This Coracle podcast features your tips and predictions for the maritime world in 2010 and is sponsored by ShipServ
We asked the question: “Do you have a maritime prediction or tip for 2010? Let us know and we’ll feature it on Shipping Podcasts”
We received an incredible response, for which we thank you.
Featured comments came Twitter, [...]

 
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Ben Strong of Amver talks to Shipping Podcasts

By james tweed • Jan 21st, 2010 • Category: General

Thank you to Ben Strong of Amver for talking to Shipping Podcasts about Amver and their involvement in the rescue efforts in Haiti.
You can sign up to Amver here: www.amver.com
And follow their blog here: http://amveruscg.blogspot.com
And follow them on Twitter here: http://twitter.com/amver
This podcast is sponsored by ShipServ

 
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Thoughts on that article about 16 ships and their pollution

By james tweed • Nov 26th, 2009 • Category: General, Tankers

Earlier this week Fred Pearce wrote an article entitled ‘How 16 ships create as much pollution as all the cars in the world’. You can read his article on the Mail Online
The article was posted online on Saturday 21st November and attracted 138 comments before the Mail closed the comments section on Tuesday 24th. I [...]



The Rotterdam Rules. Coracle meet Kate Lannan

By james tweed • Oct 16th, 2009 • Category: General, Shipping Law

James Tweed of Coracle Online meets Kate Lannan of UNCITRAL and they discuss the recent signing of the Rotterdam Rules (23 September)
For more background to the Rotterdam Rules, please listen to our earlier podcast
The CMI (Comite Maritime International) are mentioned in the podcast: there is a wealth of information on their site.

 
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ICS Prizegiving 2009

By james tweed • Sep 25th, 2009 • Category: General

The ICS prize-giving award ceremony took place at Trinity House in London on Sept 24.
This podcast has the speeches from George Greenwood (ICS President) and Professor Costas Grammenos as well as the prize awards.
ARMAC prize: Mr T Shields
CLARKSONS prize: Mr D W A Przednowek
JOHN GOOD & SONS prize: Mr K Roose
O’KEEFE prize: Mr D A [...]

 
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Best Management Practices re piracy

By james tweed • Aug 27th, 2009 • Category: General, Piracy

Best Management Practices re piracy in GoA and off Somalia – Version 2
We are not publishing any podcasts this week due to holidays, but hope that this entry, from Intertanko, will be of interest to you…
An updated version (Version 2 dated August 2009) of the Industry Best Management Practices (BMP) re piracy in the [...]



The Trans-Canada gas pipeline

By james tweed • Jul 22nd, 2009 • Category: General, Maritime Executive

A Coracle podcast from Maritime Executive Magazine, the business journal for Maritime Executives.
You can see their articles, interviews and case studies online at www.maritime-executive.com

 
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Vessel Defense: Firearms or no Firearms?

By james tweed • Jul 12th, 2009 • Category: General, Piracy

Vessel Defense: Firearms or no Firearms? It’s the wrong question says K&M.
Proponents and opponents of arming ships against pirate attack may be asking the wrong questions suggests Michael Murrell, Chief Operations Officer for anti-piracy specialist K&M Global Security Solutions. The company recently extended its logistics support system to key points to enable its security teams [...]



Notes on Piracy

By james tweed • Jul 9th, 2009 • Category: General, Piracy

Notes on Piracy based on comments from breakout session at Marine Money New York.
To describe the scale of the problem of piracy facing the shipping industry at the moment we need look no further than the moderator of the recent Marine Money conference in New York who said that “putting a man on the moon [...]