Who doesn't love a Minion? The crew of BW LPG's 82,000-cbm BW Prince (built 2007) certainly do.
A photograph taken by the vessel's captain, Martin Gagelonia, won second prize in the company's recent photography competition.
It shows happy crew posing in front of three tanks customised to resemble the little yellow rascals from the Despicable Me films.
Why not go a stage further and incorporate Minion chic into seafarer uniforms, ditching the Guantanamo orange?
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Everyone thinks they know what the oldest profession in the world is.
But, maybe it is shipbuilding after all.
Archaeologists working in the Sinai province of Egypt have discovered the remains of a workshop once used to build and maintain ships that used to ply the Nile.
It dates from the Ptolemaic era, so is up to 2,300 years old.
Dry docks were found during excavations. They consisted of two limestone buildings that were separated by a central rectangular structure.
The larger of the two dry docks was six metres wide and 25 metres long, giving the presumably non-unionised workers space to haul boats in and out.
The docks were believed to have fallen into disuse when a nearby lake and branch to the Nile dried out.
There is no truth to the rumour that Korea Development Bank is ready to step in with bail-out cash, TradeWinds is told.
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Spare a thought for two US TV producers who have discovered just what a dangerous job shipping can be.
Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis, executive producers of LA's Finest, were injured when a car stunt went wrong in the port.
Their legs became trapped under a shipping container following a crash.
The execs had thought they were in a safe viewing area.
