About Marine Café Blog

Launched in August of 2009, Marine Café Blog is known for its original and uncompromising views on the maritime world. It tackles issues that affect seafarers and other maritime workers but also highlights marine art and culture. Behind this choice of focus is the belief that the greatest challenge faced by shipping in the 21st century is how to reclaim its humanity.

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About the blogger

Barista Uno is the pen name of a Manila-based writer known to his fans worldwide as BU. He used to be an international shipping, ports and energy journalist. Outside the maritime sphere, his main interests are literature, art, photography, psychology, the rights of women, comparative religion, and Eastern philosophy.