Category: WORLD

By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, 2nd Officer, Shell shipping-London, UK & Asstt. Editor-ICN MEXICO: Traditionally the person in charge of a ship at sea is addressed as Captain. In the Merchant Shipping industry, in most legal, trade and commercial documents, the captain is referred to as the Ship’s Master. Among professional mariners, the title “Captain” is generally used by a person who has been appointed and commanded a merchant vessel. As per British precedence, the Harbour Master, the equivalent of Chief of a Port, is also referred to as “Captain” if…

NEW DELHI: Today, India celebrated its 70th Republic Day.The Republic Day parade ceremony commenced with PM Modi leading the nation in paying homage to the martyrs by laying a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate. For the first time in the history of the paramilitary, an all-women contingent from the Assam Rifles participated in the parade. Major Khushboo Kanwar, a 30-year-old mother, lead the contingent of the Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force in the country. The parade started from Vijay Chowk and proceeded towards the Red Fort grounds through the…

By: Subhashini, Asstt. Editor-ICN How did Lee Kuan Yew engineer Singapore’s economic miracle? NEW DELHI: Let us consider Singapore, a nation that was transformed from a small town to a global financial hub by the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. His set of impressive policies for public welfare proved to be a wonderful example of the political and administrative cohesion. I believe Lee was a global thinker and an influential leader, whose vision and approach led Singapore on the path of rapid progress and development. Lee was able to correctly…

By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, 2nd Officer, Shell shipping-London, UK & Asstt. Editor-ICN  MEXICO: Shipping industry, as name denotes, is meant for the heavy goods transportation through the sea ways, from the clothes that the people wear to the food they eat. Today almost everything is being transported through the ships. Shipping industry is also termed as the invisible industry. Ships are operated by seafarers, who perform the tough job of crossing the high seas through rough sea conditions. The seafarers are on duty call on 24 hours while they are on board…

“We should have but one desire today. The desire to die so that India may live.” Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897, in Cuttack, Orissa. This January 23 is the 122th birth anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose, fondly known as Netaji for being a revolutionary freedom fighter in India’s struggle for Independence. Indians pay homage to this great leader of India on this day which is also celebrated as Desh Prem Diwas. Subhash Chandra Bose was born in to a Bengali family and his father, Janakinath Bose,…

By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, 2nd Officer, Shell shipping-London, UK & Asstt. Editor-ICN  Cyber security means the body of technologies, processes and practices designed to protect networks, devices,programs and data from attack damage or unauthorised access. Cyber security may also be referred to as Information Technology security. What type of cyber attacks could happen in the maritime industry :- – Diverting funds to fraudulent accounts using e-mail spoofing. – Changing a vessel’s direction by interfering with its GPS signal. – Causing a floating oil platform to tilt to one side, thus forcing it…

By: Tejeshwar Singh Rana, 2nd Officer, Shell shipping-London, UK & Asstt. Editor-ICN  Shanghai International Port (Group) Co. Ltd. (SIPG), the largest port group in the Chinese mainland, reported a record high container throughput last year. The world’s busiest ports are commonly ranked by cargo tonnage and by volume of container shipment measured in TEU’S. Since the 2000s, the Port of Shanghai has surpassed the Port of Singapore and the Port of Hong Kong to become the world’s busiest port by both measures. An estimated 90% of world trade is facilitated by maritime…