Harriet STRAHL, a PhD student in our History department, has shed new light on the emotional and societal repercussions of the 1120 White Ship disaster.
IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), meeting at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 91st session from 26 to 30 November 2012, agreed that rules to require passenger safety drills to take place prior to, or immediately upon, departure should be made mandatory, in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident.
A yachtsman was last night plucked from the middle of the North Sea by sailors from HMS Mersey as his boat was burned out. The Dutchman was spotted on a partially-inflated and unlit life raft a good two miles from the wreck of his yacht off the coast of Great Yarmouth.
While pirate attacks on the world's seas have fallen for the third consecutive year, small tanker hijacks by armed gangs are escalating in Southeast Asia, reveals the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in its latest piracy report.
The rescue of all persons in distress at sea - including illegal migrants - is an obligation under international maritime law, as well as being a long established humanitarian duty, says the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). ICS is the global trade association for commercial ship operators, whose ships are currently involved on a daily basis in the rescue of refugees at sea in the Mediterranean.