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Site related news, functions and modules / Pop-up ad at the bottom of the screen
« on: November 23, 2023, 03:37:07 PM »
I don't mind ads, but the pop-up one that now appears at the bottom of the screen is a real pain.
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Help and Advice / Scanner recommendations
« on: May 04, 2020, 09:11:47 AM »
Good morning,
I wonder whether anyone could recommend a good slide, negative and print scanner please?
I've seen some reviews online, but gaining the first-hand knowledge of someone who uses them would be helpful.
Many thanks,
Steve.
I wonder whether anyone could recommend a good slide, negative and print scanner please?
I've seen some reviews online, but gaining the first-hand knowledge of someone who uses them would be helpful.
Many thanks,
Steve.
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Shipping News and information / COSCO SHIPPING PANAMA - what an idiotic name for a ship
« on: June 27, 2016, 01:30:00 PM »
The first ship to transit the enlarged Panama Canal recently was the COSCO SHIPPING PANAMA
Fairly apt, I suppose.
But the vogue of putting a company name followed by, well almost anything, simply shows an industry devoid of any imagination when it comes to names of ships.
At one time you could learn a thing or two about places in a particular country, famous people, rivers, tribes, or even Latin names for shells.
But now the whole industry has become so dumbed down that I guess a 5-year old has now been put in charge of coming up with ships' names (Boaty McBoatface illustrates this point perfectly).
COSCO SHIPPING PANAMA is perhaps one of the most absurd of this craze, probably on an equal footing to the 'text speak' that's crept in too - NAVIG8, GENER8 and so on.
Someone once said that it was to underpin the 'brand' so that clients around the world would identify with a particular company more easily.
Well I'm sorry. If people are too stupid to put 2+2 together, then they shouldn't have left school.
In the OCL days, ships were named with the suffix 'BAY' and became known as "the Bay boats". Everyone knew what they were, and that was fine. Then P&O merged with Nedlloyd to create a fleet of ships with a dreadful prefix.
In the days prior to Nedlloyd merging many Dutch companies, ships had a suffix of 'Kerk' - Serooskerk, Laarderkerk, Westerkerk and so on. Others were prefixed STRAAT or NEDER. People in the industry knew exactly what ships they were and what company they were dealing with.
Sadly we're now in an age where we aren't allowed to think for ourselves. The shipping industry is now a business that seems to be run by accountants who, as Monty Python pointed out many years ago, "are too boring to be of interest."
Come on people! Be more imaginative! COSCO SHIPPING PANAMA?... yawn!
Fairly apt, I suppose.
But the vogue of putting a company name followed by, well almost anything, simply shows an industry devoid of any imagination when it comes to names of ships.
At one time you could learn a thing or two about places in a particular country, famous people, rivers, tribes, or even Latin names for shells.
But now the whole industry has become so dumbed down that I guess a 5-year old has now been put in charge of coming up with ships' names (Boaty McBoatface illustrates this point perfectly).
COSCO SHIPPING PANAMA is perhaps one of the most absurd of this craze, probably on an equal footing to the 'text speak' that's crept in too - NAVIG8, GENER8 and so on.
Someone once said that it was to underpin the 'brand' so that clients around the world would identify with a particular company more easily.
Well I'm sorry. If people are too stupid to put 2+2 together, then they shouldn't have left school.
In the OCL days, ships were named with the suffix 'BAY' and became known as "the Bay boats". Everyone knew what they were, and that was fine. Then P&O merged with Nedlloyd to create a fleet of ships with a dreadful prefix.
In the days prior to Nedlloyd merging many Dutch companies, ships had a suffix of 'Kerk' - Serooskerk, Laarderkerk, Westerkerk and so on. Others were prefixed STRAAT or NEDER. People in the industry knew exactly what ships they were and what company they were dealing with.
Sadly we're now in an age where we aren't allowed to think for ourselves. The shipping industry is now a business that seems to be run by accountants who, as Monty Python pointed out many years ago, "are too boring to be of interest."
Come on people! Be more imaginative! COSCO SHIPPING PANAMA?... yawn!
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Shipping News and information / Unidentified ship at Werkendam, NL
« on: February 24, 2016, 12:02:12 AM »
In December 2015 I saw a vessel moored at the shipyards in Werkendam.
All I could make out of the name was KASRYBA 3, which sounds like it could have been some sort of Russian fishing craft.
I wonder if anyone could shed some light on her true identity please?
Many thanks,
Steve Thomas.
All I could make out of the name was KASRYBA 3, which sounds like it could have been some sort of Russian fishing craft.
I wonder if anyone could shed some light on her true identity please?
Many thanks,
Steve Thomas.
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Help and Advice / Spotting at the Maasvlakte
« on: November 26, 2014, 04:50:35 PM »
Does anyone know if there are public roads that enable people to view ships alongside the container berths at the Amazonehaven?
I've not tried anything exhaustively as most roads seem to be blocked off with gates and fences.
Thanks to the infuriating ISPS code, many observation points are getting blocked off and some places in Rotterdam now have high security fencing which must make the employees feel like a bunch of criminals!
Many thanks,
Steve
I've not tried anything exhaustively as most roads seem to be blocked off with gates and fences.
Thanks to the infuriating ISPS code, many observation points are getting blocked off and some places in Rotterdam now have high security fencing which must make the employees feel like a bunch of criminals!
Many thanks,
Steve
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Shipping News and information / Saga Pearl II at Swansea
« on: February 20, 2010, 09:25:46 PM »
Does anyone know whether the Astoria has been renamed Saga Pearl II yet? If so, when did this happen?
Obviously there was a flurry of reports when she arrived and a number of photos too. But there has been very little since.
I gather she is now in her new colours.
Does anyone have an update?
Many thanks,
Steve Thomas
Obviously there was a flurry of reports when she arrived and a number of photos too. But there has been very little since.
I gather she is now in her new colours.
Does anyone have an update?
Many thanks,
Steve Thomas
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Shipping News and information / Columbus New Zealand
« on: March 01, 2006, 03:14:47 PM »
According to Equasis the Columbus New Zealand (now Maersk Duffield) was to have been named P&O Nedlloyd Resolution on completion.
Other sources suggest this didn't actually happen.
Does anyone know if she did actually receive the name P&O Nedlloyd Resolution?
I realise Equasis isn't 100% reliable when it comes to former names - many spelling mistakes are left in when the LRFairplay database is amended - but it does throw up some interesting bits of information.
Many thanks,
Steve.
Other sources suggest this didn't actually happen.
Does anyone know if she did actually receive the name P&O Nedlloyd Resolution?
I realise Equasis isn't 100% reliable when it comes to former names - many spelling mistakes are left in when the LRFairplay database is amended - but it does throw up some interesting bits of information.
Many thanks,
Steve.
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