Lloyd's List's diary, Last Word, is a lighter daily look at the social and unusual sides of the shipping industry: the people, the places, the parties and more. We welcome your tales of joy, woe or achievement: lastword@lloydslist.com.
The ship that made New York
AN 18th century ship that surfaced, quite literally, from 20 ft below street level across from ground zero in New York is being dismantled in the hope it can be reassembled and put on display.
Hammond’s bravura effort
UK PORTS policy made barely 10 minutes at the end of a two-hour grilling of new transport secretary Philip Hammond by MPs on the House of Commons’ Transport Committee.
Rocking the establishment
WHATEVER is the Establishment coming to? There is something that doesn’t feel intuitively right about a retired Royal Navy officer, and one in possession of a knighthood at that, who spends his spare time gigging with rock bands.
Folding container on show
STAXXON, an Ohio-based start-up, is inviting prospective clients and investors to a three-day demonstration in Edison, New Jersey, from tomorrow to Thursday, to see a prototype folding container.
Cruise tracker
RELATIVES and loved ones stuck ashore while friends are off cruising the Mediterranean and beyond can now join the more fortunate aboard Costa Cruises’ ships — with a virtual vacation.
