I feel embarassed as well as literary happy at being the most prolific blogger on www.seafolks.com. Whats the reason for other "Mariners" avoiding expression of their thoughts to the public?Scared of "Office Politics" or future "Job Procurement"?"Blogging" is educative as well as corrective to any group or institution, the beauty of "Literary Democracy".In case a "Topic" offends someone's interest,best, ignore rather than "BLACK-LIST" or rusticate the "BLOGGER". International Shipping is undergoing its worst crisis since the "TITANIC SINKING 1912" akin to "Economic Apocalypse-2008".Hijacking of the "Sirius Star" a 3,18,000 V.L.C.C brand new ship launched in March 2008 by Huda .M.Ghoson, the first woman to launch a ship in Saudi Arabia sums up the catastrophic year of 2008 akin to 1929, absolutely depressive economically.. Post "Sirius Star" hijacking would be part of "Shipping history books" and akin to "Titanic Sinking" expect a host of "Shipping legislations" on Piracy prevention, once considered as "MOCK DRILLS" on ships. A ship worth 125 million U.S $'s and with 100 million U.S$'s cargo doesn't get hijacked daily, but the very fact that this happened is serious food for thought on the importance of the "SHIPPING INDUSTRY".

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