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Shipping News and information / Digitised documents from Lloyd's Register's are available for free!

« on: January 24, 2019, 08:41:54 AM »

Might be worth checking out...


https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/?fbclid=IwAR2hcss-GInEfJfLnwBcqcmdfqW6mglsxxC475Td_FCGtU08c5dwGxgeK5k

Regards, Brian.

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Level Horizons

« on: December 11, 2018, 07:57:54 PM »

Just to add to the mix...
Verticals are always vertical, but the horizon may not be horizontal...

Regards, Brian.

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: LR/IMO numbers on older vessels

« on: November 29, 2018, 02:34:59 PM »

I like this part, "we only use this Miramar number in order to group all the photo's together", makes perfect sense to have some sort of central reference point. The IMO/LR or whatever else you want to call it does exactly that.

Perhaps we could get the same from the ENI number...

Regards, Brian.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Renamings

« on: November 14, 2018, 12:39:57 PM »

ALOE (IMO 9320336) has renamed to ATHOS. Renamed in Newport Docks, South Wales.

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Help and Advice / Re: Best viewpoints for Bristol docks, please?

« on: March 31, 2018, 07:11:15 AM »

I am sure I have read from other shipspotters that Portishead is the best vantage point.

Regards, Brian; AKA The Pier Master.

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Shipping News and information / Re: The View From The Bridge By Ships Pilot - prithvi partap singh

« on: January 17, 2018, 11:02:58 AM »

Give my regards to Prithvi, one of our 'ex' pilots from South Wales.
Regards, Brian AKA The Pier Master.

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Shipping News and information / Norways, (indeed the Worlds), first ship tunnel

« on: April 08, 2017, 02:58:53 PM »

News article from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39521570

Regards, Brian.

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Help and Advice / Re: MarineTraffic.com

« on: March 24, 2017, 09:40:19 AM »

A friend also reported problems with 'ghost' ships in the Bristol Channel asking me for advice. I use IHS AIS.

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Shipspotting "not a secure site"?

« on: March 18, 2017, 08:15:11 AM »

Using Chrome...

Not Logged In - Address bar says Not Secure
Logged In - It disappears

Regards, Brian

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Help and Advice / Re: Ship Spotting/Photogrphy Locations

« on: February 07, 2017, 05:06:48 PM »

Thanks Russell

Regards, Brian N

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Help and Advice / Re: Ship Spotting/Photogrphy Locations

« on: February 06, 2017, 03:23:04 PM »

Hi Russell, do you have any photographs of the locations for reference in http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/search.php?search_category_1=288 ?


Regards, Brian

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Site related news, functions and modules / Re: Vessel names being changed on Shipspotting.

« on: November 13, 2016, 05:55:11 AM »

Hi Geir,

Of the 479 photos of UNI on this site, there are none with the hyphen.To ensure uniformity across the site, and to ensure searches are complete all ships names are kept the same.

"To assist effective searching by members and for consistency, please use only the standard 26-letter English-language alphabet, preferably in capitals. But please feel free to add the name in the relevant national script in the Description box."

Also the standard on the site of ships names with a figure one is the Roman numeral I.

I am trying to find the relevant note in the FAQ and uploading guidelines...


We can't all be perfect but I hope this helps.

Regards, Brian.

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Shipping News and information / Very sad news of the death of a River Thames Pilot

« on: October 06, 2016, 06:53:48 PM »

Very sad news of Thames River Pilot death at Gravesend Reach, BBC News report here...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-37571465

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Shipping News and information / Royal Yacht (Britannia)

« on: September 28, 2016, 06:48:51 PM »

Could it make a comeback? BBC report here... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37428864

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Shipping News and information / Nelson's Dockyard Antigua

« on: September 11, 2016, 04:13:24 PM »

BBC Magazine report here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37286174