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Occasions when prudence is the better part of common sense
Wednesday 23 April 2008- Roger Woodman THE French military operation in support of the cruiseship Le Ponant off Somalia and the liberation of her 30 crew members was a welcome relief to Lloyd’s List readers. The fact that Le Ponant is a cruiseship ensured the vessel’s plight secured a place in international headlines, even if one gets a sense that both the pirates and the newshounds somewhat regretted the absence of seriously wealthy passengers who might have given the incident a rather different complexion. More » |
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Have the ropes of modern seamanship worn slack?
Thursday 27 March 2008- Richard Woodman IF I turn and walk along the road in which I live, I have a line-of-sight flanked by my neighbours’ houses. About three hundred yards ahead of me the ground drops sharply away to the sea and about a mile beyond this, Felixstowe’s southern container terminal bars the horizon. More » |
