Welcome to the first edition of the Quarterdeck! What is a quarterdeck? According to Wikipedia , traditionally in port, the quarterdeck is t...

The Greeks aren't wasting any time in evacuating their citizens from Libya. The Greek government chartered the Amver participating tank...

While piracy, Iranian ships transiting the Suez Canal, and the crisis in Libya take the front page of the maritime media its easy to forget ...

The Connecticut Maritime Association recently named Angeliki Frangou the 2011 Commodore .  Ms. Frangou will assume her role as Commodore at...

If you've been a reader of the Amver blog you know we've covered piracy issues in the past . If you are a mariner you've been m...

Another week, another list of newly enrolled Amver ships. With no shortage of headlines for the shipping industry vessel owners, managers, ...

Four German sailors were rescued by the Amver participating vessel Bow Engineer after Argentinian rescue authorities requested and Amver su...