In the January 2017 "Decoding the Polar Code" supplement to Marine Propulsion, Captain Snider describes the effect on crewing onboard Polar voyaging ships as a result of STCW manning related amendments becoming effective one year later than the bulk of the Polar Code
In the 2016 edition of the Arctic Yearbook, Captain David (Duke) Snider discusses the recent transit of Crystal Cruise's MV Crystal Serenity through the Northwest Passage, to date, the largest vessel to do so. Was this a herald of new things to come, or just an example of doing things right?
In advance of The Nautical Institute British Columbia Branch May 2015 conference on Maritime Energy Transport, Captain Duke Snider, Senior Vice President of The Nautical Institute, discusses how the interface between ship and shore is often forgotten when thinking of transporting energy at sea.
Captain Snider outlines the challenges faced by Arctic shipping and the moves by The Nautical Institute and the IMO to introduce ice navigator standards for mariners operating in Polar Regions in two articles for International Tug and OSV magazine.
