Shipping & Sailing

The Terrible Wash-Up After The X-Press Pearl Fire And Scuttling
Could Sri Lanka’s ship fire have been avoided? Here’s what we can learn from the shocking environmental disaster By Claudio…
Maritime Movements – The White Rabbit Feature
So many cute little white things bobbing about our ocean lately. First, Pressure Drop and now, M/Y White Rabbit. Well,…
And out of the hat comes a …White Rabbit!
Sailing under the flag of the Cook Islands, 84 metre trimaran pleasure yacht, White Rabbit, is the largest aluminium super…
What’s In A (Boat’s) Name?
We often marvel at the strange and wonderful names horses race under, but what about the names pleasure craft, and…
When, if ever, will you be able to cruise again?
Over a year ago, we here at the Shipping News made some bold predictions about the future of the cruise…
Maritime Movements – The Indomitable, McArthur, Pressure Drop!
Driving toward the Queen Victoria Street intersection down James Street, the massive white bulk of a RO-RO filled the background.…
Reflections Of A BO – Arriving In Australia
It is a very difficult, almost impossible activity for those of us born in this lucky country to imagine and…
Fire On Sinking MV X-Press Pearl Off Colombo
When you see the photographs of what was, until the last few days, a perfectly intact vessel, you wonder what…
Yet Another Adventure – A BI (AUS) Takes On Navy (US)
After a time it was no longer the Swinging 60s, and one day I found myself as the Boarding Inspector…