Steven Jones

Shipping Take a Bow

One of the many amazing things about modern shipping is the rate of change that is happening in the industry. Now, perhaps more than ever before vessel shapes, designs, and capabilities are evolving like never before. In our new Crewtoo series, we look at those changes…starting at the bow.

The bow of any ship is the forward part of the hull, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway. The bow is designed to reduce the resistance of the hull cutting through water, and cut

Crewtoo Introduction to Shipping 101

Here at Crewtoo we are all about seafarers. We spend our time looking at the issues which affect them, their lives at sea and issues such as maritime training and development. In this series we have decided to look beyond what the people at sea do and look at why. So, join us in piecing together the jigsaw of international commercial shipping.

Type the word “Shipping” into Google and you may be surprised by the results. The world doesn’t seem to think of the maritime industry at all – in fact s

Will Autonomous Ships Ever Happen?

We recently looked at the issue of autonomous shipping and of how advances in technology could change shipping and seafaring. Since then we have lots of feedback on what could go right, but more importantly wrong!

With autonomous vessels not far over the horizon. Japan’s NYK has just completed a trial on the world’s first autonomous ship. A trial which was seen as a big step toward autonomous ships.

However, a survey by IMarEST noted that only 20% believed, “technology providers know exactly w