Today’s Value of Anti-Piracy Measures
Two recent attacks in the Gulf of Guinea have highlighted the value of prepared crews and the correct implementation of anti-piracy measures. Last night...
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TRAGEDY IN TILBURY
This discovery of 35 Afghani Sikhs in a shipping container in the port of Tilbury, UK, has sent shockwaves through the British media, as...
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Dryad’s Karen Jacques talks to SMI about her obsession with fuel and her recent move to Asia Pacific
In this 3 page feature, Dryad Maritime’s Karen Jacques speaks candidly to Ship Management International in which she confesses to being a ‘fuel nerd’, reflects fondly...
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Audacious open-ocean ambush of product tanker in Gulf of Guinea
In the early hours of Saturday 9th August, a product tanker transiting 200 nautical miles south of the Nigerian shoreline encountered a radar contact...
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HAI SOON 6 – GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS
KIRIBATI-FLAGGED PRODUCT TANKER RELEASED AFTER PROBABLE CARGO THEFT On Sunday, we heard the good news of the release of Hai Soon 6, following its...
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All change – a view from the COO
As we enjoy the heat of an uncharacteristic British summer, we reflect on a busy first half-year here in Dryad. Following six years of exponential...
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