Michael Grey* A modern ship is a complex creature, packed with different systems, machinery and equipment and at any one time it is inconceivable that

Michael Grey* One of the advantages (or perhaps disadvantages) of age is an ability to look back and see how custom and practice, behaviour and

By Michael Grey* He intended to pass. Probably, he won’t make that mistake again We all hope for the best, but it is slightly concerning

by Michael Grey* We are terribly worried about our supply chains these days, now that we realise they stretch rather further than the delivery van.

By Michael Grey* There probably will not be that many people around who can recall the summer of 1984, when there was an important conference

By Michael Grey* Strategies that contribute to the saving of the planet ought to be cheered to the rafters, but I confess that when I

By Michael Grey* There were some exciting times in the Far North in September. For a start, the passengers aboard the small expedition cruise ship Ocean

By Michael Grey* It represents one of the “least sustainable ways of going on holiday”, whimpered some “expert” of an unidentified discipline (probably either a

By Michael Grey* You might think that insurers would have been more vocal about the risks they are taking on with bigger car carriers carrying

By Michael Grey* I had just finished re-reading an old biography of Edward Wilson; doctor, scientist, naturalist, artist and Antarctic explorer, who died with Captain

Québec City – Ocean Group, a well-established player in the Quebec and Canadian marine industry, officially launches its RESPIRE fundraising campaign. Funds raised will be

by Harald Solberg* To supercharge the green shift, we need a clear zero-emissions target by 2050, a market-based levy on CO2 emissions and an improved

Michael Grey* When I was at sea, or afterwards, in shore-side employment, nobody ever asked me whether I was happy. If this unexpected inquiry had

By Michael Grey* We need the shipping industry more than ever – it’s essential to modern life, so why do so many different interests spend

By Michael Grey* You would almost think that it is a seasonal phenomenon, these regular warnings about ships’ machinery grinding to a standstill on account

Last September, UQAR researchers in creative writing ended their journey aboard the ship ÉcoMaris to document plastic pollution on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A

By Michael Grey It’s a new year and the world’s wildlife is clearly striking back, from the mayhem being caused by the excursions of a

By Michael Grey* There is not a great deal of reason to feel encouraged these days, after a 2022 which has seen so many things

  By Michael Grey* The old ideas are always the best, it is said, and if you are in the mood for cliches, you probably

By Michael Grey* Decades ago – with the country suffering a government-appointed “wage freeze” and half the workforce out on strike – there was a

    By Michael Grey* It may offer less in the way of adventure, while an enthusiasm for foreign travel is universal these days, but