Editor’s digital letter
28 Jan 2020Once upon a very long time ago, when I was but a nipper, I had an uncle who...
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Learning by Training: Governance by information
13 Jan 2020President Trump’s approval of the killing of Iranian General Soleimani in...
Editor’s letter on substandard cargo
6 Jan 2020It has historically not been easy to make money in the shipping industry –...
30 Years Ago: January 1990
1 Jan 2020HCB began its second decade of publication inauspiciously, with a rather...
NOS: Got a light boy?
10 Dec 2019Here’s one of those headlines that pull us up short: “Man ‘could have...
Learning by Training: Sustainability
6 Dec 2019You have probably heard about the United Nations’ Sustainable Development...
30 Years Ago: December 1989
29 Nov 2019Thirty years ago, HCB celebrated ten years of monthly publication with a bumper...
End-of-year letter from the editor
28 Nov 2019This is the time of year I like the best. It’s not the impending...
Learning by Training: The Kodak effect
14 Nov 2019The Kodak Effect is a well-known phenomenon. The erstwhile industry leader in...
Not otherwise specified: Playing with fire
1 Nov 2019Regardless of what they would like to believe, humans are – by and large –...
30 Years Ago: November 1989
31 Oct 2019Every so often we field an enquiry from someone – who has a better memory...
Circular letter from the editor
21 Oct 2019It is good to be able to spend some time at the desk after a hectic few weeks...
Learning by Training: Sully and the human factor
14 Oct 2019Recently I watched the movie Sully with Tom Hanks and Aaron Eckhart. Perhaps...
Editor’s letter from Berlin
7 Oct 2019We live in interesting times. Geopolitical and geostrategic factors are...
Not otherwise specified: Terror in the toilet
7 Oct 2019As lightning strikes go, it was unerringly accurate. In August, a family in...
30 Years Ago: October 1989
27 Sep 2019There was a time when the LNG industry was small; thirty years ago there were...
Learning by Training: HSE and our brain
10 Sep 2019I’d like to tell you something about behavioural safety. As a professional...
NOS: Fishing for dangers
9 Sep 2019Readers will probably be aware of ‘detectorists’ – those people, usually...
30 Years Ago: September 1989
30 Aug 2019By September 1989, HCB was nearing the end of its first decade of publication...
Terminal letter from the editor
28 Aug 2019Over my time at HCB – more than 25 years now – I have had to introduce any...
NOS: Golden showers
9 Aug 2019Here on the Back Page we love a good headline as much as anyone, so when we saw...
