Daily curated stories from global shipping lanes, engine rooms, ports, and offshore fields. Independent coverage focused on mariners, not markets.
Why “It Still Moves” Is a Dangerous Standard Introduction — hydraulics fail progressively, not catastrophically Hydraulic systems on yachts power some of the most critical functions onboard: steering, stabilisers, thrusters,…
The System That Physically Prevents People Being Killed by Machinery Why Permits and Isolations Exist at All Every fatal machinery accident at sea shares the same root cause:…
Incident dossier Piper Alpha Disaster (1988) A technical narrative of failure, escalation, and regulatory change. Written as an engineering case study — not a blog summary. Offshore Process…
The Safety System That Governs Every Engineering Decision Onboard Why ISM Exists in the Engine Room The International Safety Management (ISM) Code did not emerge from paperwork culture.It…
Control, Compliance, Proof & Operational Memory Introduction Shipboard documentation is not bureaucracy for its own sake.It is legal authority, operational evidence, safety memory, and liability protection. Every certificate,…
Design Reality, Operational Risk & Engine-Room Consequences Introduction Cybersecurity at sea is no longer an IT problem. It is an engineering safety problem. Modern ships and offshore units…
ENGINE ROOM → Control & Operations (Bridge interface included where it matters) Position in the Plant System Group: Control & OperationsPrimary Role: Continuous safe operation + legally defensible…