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Help and Advice / Re: Funnel Markings

« on: May 17, 2016, 06:38:10 PM »

Hi, books on flags, funnels & hull colours published in UK post WW2 have been by Adlard Coles & most recently by J.L.Loughran. The Talbot-Booth books had them in black & white.

Tony

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Shipping News and information / Re: SAFMARINE MERU ablaze following collision with NORTHERN JASPER

« on: May 10, 2016, 10:56:41 AM »

I can well remember having to explain to some of my officers that the most important collision avoidance equipment was the wheelhouse windows.

Tony

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Shipping News and information / LLOYDS REGISTERS

« on: April 06, 2016, 06:22:33 PM »

I have the following Lloyds registers that I no longer require:
Vol. 1 Steam & motor ships less than 300 tons, Trawlers, tugs, dredgers etc.,
sailing vessels, shipowners: 1935/6, 1936/7, 1938/9, 1939/40, 1940/1, 1943/4, 1945/6, 1946/7.
Part Registers: 1953 vol 3, 1956/7 vol 1, 1957/8 vol 1, 1948/9 vol 2.
LR Registers complete sets: 1986/7, 1994/5, 1997/8, 2000/1.
Registers of offshore units: 1982/3, 1997/8, 2000/1.
List of shipowners 1957/8, 1988/9.

Available in South Wales & must be collected.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Ships-favourite names,not the ships,but the names,for any reason !

« on: April 06, 2016, 09:16:55 AM »

My last ship was named SPRING DELIGHT & her identical sister was SPRING DESIRE. We traded regularly to Guayaquil & a Rio Guayas pilot asked me what the names meant. I told him that one was hopeful for something nice to happen while the other, mine, got lucky!

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Shipping News and information / Re: IMO number

« on: November 29, 2015, 05:30:37 PM »

Does anyone have IMO numbers for P&A Campbells BRISTOL QUEEN & CARDIFF QUEEN???
Tony

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Shipping News and information / Re: World Reefer Tonnage

« on: November 23, 2015, 05:36:35 PM »

Hi Geir,

Sorry on that one; last position I could get was in 2012! That particular ship could be a freezer or a reefer. In either case it seems that she was rigged for fish loading as in your photo she has the Yokohama fenders in the water for trawlers to come alongside.

Tony

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Shipping News and information / Re: World Reefer Tonnage

« on: November 23, 2015, 11:23:28 AM »

Hi Geir,

The list contains ships exceeding 200,000 cubic feet refrigerated space. Ships of less than this are generally not reefers but freezers (fish carriers) & unable to carry fruit products whereas reefers can carry anything between -20 & +15C. Known reefers of less than 200,000 cuft are included in the list.

ISLEMAN (YURUSHIMA MARU) is a freezer of 197,056 cuft & is designed for transhipping at sea; note the Yokohama fender on deck.

I do have records of nearly all ships less than 200,000 cuft down to 50,000 cuft & can generally answer any questions about them should you require.

Regards,
Tony

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Shipping News and information / Re: World Reefer Tonnage

« on: November 20, 2015, 11:29:24 AM »

 
Last reefer built ATLANTIC KLIPPER 2011 for Seatrade  although Kyokuyo did have a couple of options I haven't been able to find out if they were actually built. There is a bit of a swan song for reefers at present due to slow steaming by box boats. Fruit shippers need fast transit times.

Tony 

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Shipping News and information / Re: Del Monte Reefers

« on: November 15, 2015, 09:14:15 AM »

I would be very interested to know what funnel she will be sporting?

Tony

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Shipping News and information / Re: Del Monte Reefers

« on: November 11, 2015, 05:13:03 PM »

Hi Juan Carlos,

I have been lucky enough to sail through the Magellan Strait & the Patagonian Channels almost as far as Puerto Montt but have never been able to set foot in your beautiful country. I also spent one season looking after Cool Carriers Chilean fruit imports at Philadelphia. I don't know which ships will be involved in the upcoming fruit season but I beleive that Cool Carriers will be one company together with Seatrade, Star, Baltic & Triton. I wish you all the good luck with your phtography over the next few months.

Tony

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Shipping News and information / Re: Del Monte Reefers

« on: November 05, 2015, 10:27:48 AM »

Nigel,
If you can give me your email I can send you the fleet list.
Tony

[email protected]

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Shipping News and information / Re: Reefers Summer Flower and Summer Meadow to lay up Falmouth

« on: October 22, 2015, 09:40:39 AM »

SUMMER BAY as YONG XIANG 7 now lying at or off Zhoushan.

Tony

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Shipping News and information / Re: USCG Searching for Missing Container Ship EL FARO

« on: October 03, 2015, 06:33:58 PM »

Fully agree with Capn Ted, ship should have got out of the dangerous quadrant by using the Florida Strait. As far as I recall it used to be mandatory in UK flag ships when I was doing my tickets. There are unknowns at the moment: what was the situation of owners/managers? How much fuel was on board? What was the stability of the ship? There appeared to be large openings in the upper hull - if she took water in would she be able to shed it immediately? What was her condition (I know she must have been within class) but she was 40 years old? I remember when I worked in LA, Matson had some similar ships & I was never very impressed with them - did they have a military function if required?

For the moment let us all hope that the vessel will be found & that loved ones will be reunited. We all know it's tough out there & our hearts & prayers go out to those on board & those who wait hopefully.

Tony 

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Shipping News and information / Stability of Large Cruise Ships

« on: September 23, 2015, 05:59:50 PM »

Having spent over 20 years calculating stability of fairly tender ships I have been unable to explain to others that large cruise may look top-heavy but cannot be so. This week I went to see BRITANNIA & NORWEGIAN EPIC at Cartagena & what I saw I found amazing.
BRITANNIA 143,730grt, 11,793dwt, 27'03" draft, 4,324 Pax, 1,398 Crew. 15 decks above waterline; it does look top-heavy. The deadweight would consist of 5,722 pax & crew together with effects, fuel, lubricants, fresh water, 4 swimming pools with free surface, all stores & consumeables and spare parts. I have heard of cases where the rudder has been applied well, if not hard, over with the ships taking a significant list. What I would really like to know is what are the locations of the centre of gravity and the metacentre and what is the metacentric height in the full deadweight condition; also the full load displacement tonnage.

Would appreciate some info from those experienced in these ships.
Tony

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Shipping News and information / Re: Del Monte Reefers

« on: September 21, 2015, 08:57:36 AM »

Ships employed as follows:
ANDALUCIA, CORDOBA, GRANADA, TOLEDO all trading far east mainly Philippines/Japan.
ARACENA was trading fareast now central/south America/USEC.
LUCENA was trading central/south America/USEC now on voyage Caribbean/Iran.
RONDA, STAR ENDEAVOUR 1, STAR LEADER, STAR PRIDE all trading central/south America/USEC
MARBELLA, MURCIA, HORNBAY, HORNCAP, HORNCLIFF all trading central/south america/USWC
STAR CARE has been trading central/south America/USEC & USWC.

I read somewhere that they might have containerised their North European services. If they have not we just need to find out which which ships they are using for Portsmouth etc., & we will know the complete fleet. It will not be any of the other STAR ships as they are all fixed to Fyffes.

Tony