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Shipping in Numbers
Shipping is a global, giant of an industry – but how big and what are the numbers that can really tell us more of what is going on, where, when and how? Let’s look at the data…
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Why is basketball so popular in The Philippines?
Brazil has soccer, the Philippines has basketball! As the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is set to show full games on merchant ships through KVH’s SPORTSlink™ and IP-MobileCast™ - we ask just how basketball got so big in the Philippines.
Seafaring A-Z Alphabet - B is for...
Ballast – Ships are funny things, when they are not eager to sink or run aground, they have a worrying propensity to topple over. Stability is a science and art, and has been vexing seafarers for centuries.
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