September 7, 2016

Ship scrapping (also known as ship recycling)

September 7, 2016

Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding is a high-profile, labour-intensive industry. To establish a shipyard with its launching “ways” and highly technical planning offices and workshops requires much capital and highly skilled naval architects, engineers, electronic engineers, technicians and artisans, especially shipwrights, precision welders and heavy-current electricians. In short, shipbuilding is one of the top […]
September 7, 2016

Ships’ Agency Operations

Every ship entering harbour must have an agent. The shipowner appoints the agent in each port of call. (NOTE : If the ship is on charter, the charterer may appoint an agent in a port of call to look after the charterer’s interests.) However, a ship’s agent represents either the shipowner […]
September 7, 2016

Teach Yourself: Ship’s Agency operations

A very urgent message from the master of Zonnekus arrives on the agent’s smart phone at 10:30 on 21 November, and he reads it immediately : He ascertains that a helicopter is available but it only has a range of 200 miles (i.e. 100 miles on the outward flight and […]