January 2015
The Scrap Heap – The Maersk Mariner and Master go to the scrap.
The Captain’s Column – The Prosecution in the Costa Concordia Case.
The Shannon E Fire – Gas pipelines in the bayous.
An Early oil Rig Disaster – The Loss of the Mr K.
The Peiter Schelte – News of the new decommissioning super ship.
February 2015
The Largest Passenger Ship in the world – First news about the Harmony of the Seas
The Jones Act and Other Topics – Americans abusive to a Russian mariner
The Baris – A ship found with 700 refugees in board registered in Kiribati
A DP Incident in the GOM – Well stimulation ship loses position.
The Pioneering Spirit – It used to be the Peiter Schelde
March 2015
More from the US Waterways – The Sultana disaster
Shore Leave – Numast Meets in Geneva to improve seafarer’s documentation.
The VIC 32 – A puffer still out there providing cruises
A Swing Rope Accident – A man swinging from ship to platform loses his life.
The European Spirit – A two minute forty second video of a voyage on a tanker.
April 2015
The Maersk Tigris Incident – A container sbip seized by the Iranians.
The Maritime Labout Convention 2006 – The Americans have not signed up.
The GSF Explorer – The ship used to recover bits of a Russian sub goes to the breakers.
The City Of Cairo – The sinking and escape by lifeboat of the crew of the City of Cairo.
Running Aground – How such an unfortunate event can occur.
May 2015
A Bit of Cruising History – The cruise ships on the Nile.
Fish Poisoning – Warning about the poison CTX which is carried by some reef fish.
The Queens in Liverpool – Cunard collect three cruise ships in Liverpool.
The Jigsaw Back in the Box – BP’s Jigsaw project terminated.
The Nagata Reefer – Problems with alifboat drill on the Nagata Reefer
June 2015
The Deep Sea Supply Improvement Notice – An idiot HSE improvement notice.
The Captain of the Costa Concordia Writes – He’s written a book.
The IMCA Meeting in Livorno – A fun event for the members.
The Negata Reefer Accident – Complaints about the Nagata Reefer.
The Kulluk NTSB Report – Differences between the reports on the grounding of the Kulluk.
July 2015
A Casualty Offshore Australia – Man crushed by a container on an offshore vessel.
The Suez Canal Expansion – Ships to bea ble to transit in both directions from August.
The Damen 6711 – Damen produce a support ship for bilionaires helicopters.
An Oil Rig Disaster in 1957 – The Loss of the Mr K.
An Allision – Cargo ship runs into a house in the Bosphorus.
August 2015
Ferry Transport – Failings in low level ferry transport.
The Focomar Accident – Distressed sailors abandoned on Socotra.
The MV Mississippi – Transport of the Mississippi River Commission.
The Grounding and Salvage of the APL Panama – Beached at Esnenada.
Well Stimulation – What the Skandi Fjord is up to.
September 2015
The A Turtle Incident – Grounding of a lost tow on Tristan da Cuhna.
The Leith Marine Office – Closing of this office which had been openned in 1850.
The Search for MH370 – Fugro ships using autonomous submerisbles.
The Cidade De Sâo Mateus Accident – A condensate leak, fire and explosion.
The Tale of the Musketeer – Fatigue on small ships.
October 2015
The Tristan Janice and a Gas Platform – Another head on collision.
USS Michael Monsoor – Something about the Zumwalts.
Views About the El Faro Tragedy – Some views about the disaster.
The Superyacht “A” – What make as ship worth $400 million.
November 2015
Le Boreal in the Falklands – What happened after it caught fire.
Celestial Navigation - Teaching the sextant in America.
A Catalogue of Disasters – My book about oil field accidents.
The Marine Electric Accident – A summary of the investigations.
Offshore Ship Layups – The dip in the oil price.
December 2015
Best wishes for Christmas – And something about Aberdeen Harbour.
Something About the Ships and Oil Site – My Front Page website fails so moving on.
Christmas Wishes – What I would like ot see in the marine environment.
Christmas and the Billy Pugh – A saga about Christmas crew changes.