Maldives is a country like no other. A brief stay there convinced me of that. I had come here to attend a maritime conference, with my wife accompanying me as a tourist. Soon after our…
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IMO: One Hundred Years after the Titanic
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has since long explicitly recognized shipping to be “perhaps the most international of all the world’s great industries and one of the most dangerous”. Ever since the advent of steamships…
Pakistan As A Key Player In The Regional Logistics Chain
The foremost question we need to ask ourselves is whether Pakistan has got what it takes to be a key player in the regional logistics chain. Though certainly endowed with the right credentials, it’s aspirations…
Challenges And Opportunities In The Maritime Sphere
In Pakistan, those entrusted with national planning never tire of speaking about the country’s central geographical location. Our military keeps discussing our superior strategic orientation. Our economists speak in glowing terms of our geo-economic potential….
Pictorial View
2nd Corporate Ambassador Awards 2012 held on 19 May 2012 at Carlton Hotel, Karachi.
Pictorial View
International Working Conference on “Human Face of Piracy” held on 29 Feb, 01 & 02 March 2012 at Bahria University Karachi Auditorium.
Managing the problem of Marine Piracy
Seeing the collective might and wisdom of the so-called international community floundering before a rag-tag group of Somali pirates, one can be forgiven for being pessimistic as to the ultimate outcome of this apparently unequal…
The Global Shipbuilding Industry and Pakistan’s Prospects
Introduction The world ship-building industry has had it’s share of ups and downs. The predominant powers of the first half of the twentieth century have been replaced by new actors. The meteoric rise of the…
Piracy – Aura, Reality and Response
It is indeed befitting that the International Maritime Organization has chosen ‘Piracy: Orchestrating the Response’ as it’s theme for this year’s World Maritime Day. For the past six or seven years, piracy stemming from Somalia is…
Remembering the Seafarers on World Maritime Day 2011
The World Maritime Day is an event of considerable significance in the calendar of the seafaring states but somehow passes by virtually unnoticed within Pakistan. The International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is a specialized agency…
