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Merchant navy stories don't make the news. The incidents do — briefly — and then the sea swallows them whole. Here, we don't let that happen. The Situation Room breaks down what's happening in global shipping and why it matters to the people actually on the water. The Human Factor digs into the decisions, habits, and cultural blind spots that turn routine passages into disasters. Sea, Salt & Reflections is everything else — the stuff nobody puts in an official report. Real voices. Uncomfortable truths. No spin.


The Human factor #12 – Digital Pirates, Patchy WiFi, and Paperless Promises: The True Cost of Smart Ports
Read MoreThe Human factor #12 – Digital Pirates, Patchy WiFi, and Paperless Promises: The True Cost of Smart Ports
The Human factor #11 – Ballast Water 2.0: Navigating Carbon Chaos and the General Average Nightmare
Read MoreThe Human factor #11 – Ballast Water 2.0: Navigating Carbon Chaos and the General Average Nightmare
The Human factor #10 – Auditing Steel Instead of Souls: The Leadership Blindspot in Maritime Safety Culture
Read MoreThe Human factor #10 – Auditing Steel Instead of Souls: The Leadership Blindspot in Maritime Safety Culture
The Situation Room. #8 – The EU AI Act SHIPPING
Read MoreThe Situation Room. #8 – The EU AI Act SHIPPING
The Situation Room. #7 – India’s Sovereign Play Against the P&I System
Read MoreThe Situation Room. #7 – India’s Sovereign Play Against the P&I System
The Situation Room. #6 – The 2026 COLREGS
Read MoreThe Situation Room. #6 – The 2026 COLREGS
TSM Blogs #9 – The Parental Audit
Read MoreTSM Blogs #9 – The Parental Audit
TSM Blogs #8 – Loneliness
Read MoreTSM Blogs #8 – Loneliness