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Shipping News and information / Re: MSC Katrina - Fire onboard
« on: September 17, 2021, 02:10:29 PM »
Great,, that area with those unpredictable waves in bad weather I always dreaded. But however wondered why to Durban as the entrance to Durban is not a easy one with almost always high swells. They have repair facilities there ?

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Well, Out of my 47 years at sea I know that one thing is always the problem that the sailors in general do not have any lobby or representation. Every company is usually a lot talks and no follow up. Any country world wide gives a damn about the well being of sailors. Even the unions are only present when it is good for them otherwise they are  in my opinion a self serving bunch. As long there is no organization for all sailors world wide, Something like the IMO set up by the seafaring nations but independent from them ABSOLUTLY NOTHING will change.

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Shipping News and information / Re: SHIP AIS DATA INPUT
« on: May 02, 2021, 07:52:16 PM »
The input is done by the crew, mostly officer in charge of Navigation which is usually the 2nd Mate. However there is a list with all port abbrevations, but to my knowledge it is not mandatory following it in the case of input to AIS.

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Shipping News and information / Re: BERGE STAHL Brunei Bay
« on: April 18, 2021, 12:14:25 AM »
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=3275917

one of the last pics of her, here at Singapore OPL end Mar 2020, from there she went to the breakers or
awaiting now same.

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http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=734804

I remember sometime back when we passed something similar as now capsized on the Mississippi and the pilot at that time mentioned to me that sooner or later one will capsize because the way they are constructed. As one can see the center of gravity moves way up when the legs are up and under way. The capsized one had them up and was under way.

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Hi I think this Gcaptain information is valid for this thread
rgds

Thanks Victor,,correct

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Shipping News and information / Re: Suez Canal blockage by Ever Given
« on: April 12, 2021, 12:32:50 AM »
@ Davidships,,,thanks for posting,,interesting to read also because I passed that spot fore sure 40 times or so.  Ted

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Shipping News and information / Re: Suez Canal blockage by Ever Given
« on: April 10, 2021, 12:19:19 PM »
Bank effect! Thanks Ted. Very much seems to be a debated phenomenon but in fact needs to be accepted. We had a recent event in my neck of the woods on the Welland Canal with the Florance Spirit and in spite of the bank effect in play many, many uneducated and ignorant accusations were made toward the crew of both vessels involved. Thanks Ted for your ongoing contribution.

Hi Paul, in todays shipping world and world in general the society wants to be presented with a guilty-one ASAP. Who easier then the Kapt and in that matter more vulnerable to it. The Company has for sure money and lawyers, same for the Canal and the Insurance. The only weak link in that matter is the Kapt. So lets hang him and society is quite. Remember the Kapt of Exxon Valdez ?  Before the grounding the best ever for Exxon,,three days after the groudning filed a law suit against him. On the end Kapt Hazelwood, if I heard it right, got a few millions awarded as he prevailed. But on the end it also cost him his Job for good.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Suez Canal blockage by Ever Given
« on: April 02, 2021, 12:46:56 PM »
Well,, first those big ships with 8kn speed (the official max speed in the canal) the tug boats would be useless. second, on the side of them there would be no place for a tug and total useless and at risk to be pushed into the banks by the ship, damaging the ship as it goes over the tug.(Oilspills ?) The same is for a tug in front of them. A tug aft would work as the tug
could slow the ship down that it would at least run aground with less speed. BUT,,, who pays ? First how much extra tugs the canal would need,, 100 ?,, then who pays for them,,the Canal Authority would charge the ships,,the charterers of the ships would tag it onto the average container price. and so on.

third, Who is then in charge, responsible when a ship anyhow runs aground and lets say runs the tug over and sinks it. Whoms fault it is,,the tug pulled wrong ?  the ship steered wrong ? the WHO is responsible question expands greatly if it happens. From my point of view nobody involved wants that.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Suez Canal blockage by Ever Given
« on: March 30, 2021, 01:50:20 PM »
My take on it is....When I look at the AIS track and assuming as reported they got strong winds from her stb side, it seems at the time of entering they had 9plus kn and were pushed towards the port side bank. I can easy imagine that the pilot gave then orders for more rpm to maintain steering as closer to the bank was less water. Then the vessel got clear of that bank and went for the other side, going back and forth from side to side until grounding. Once a ship that size picks up speed, which can be seen too as just before grounding the speed was 13kn plus they can,t be slowed easy anymore. What saved her from grounding in the beginning, more rpm, doomed her later as the vessel got out of control for too much speed-rpm and the banking effect and the squad effect took her the steering away.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Suez Canal blockage by Ever Given
« on: March 28, 2021, 02:00:36 PM »
CSABA,, well, as the Master is and stays in command he is ultimately responsible for the ship and whatever happens through or by it. Beside that, every ship nowadays has a insurance through PandI in case of such disasters which is far reaching, incl for example oil removal and wreck removal afterwards. This is however not a total loss and therefore all the owners of the cargoes aboard and the owner of the vessel have to come up for the payment. If I ship a container with 1 million worth of cargo in it, I better have insurance anyway and generally speaking I would insure it which is normally offered at booking time.
When this is cleared, the insurances working it out between them who pays what or how much.

btw,,the only place where the Pilot takes command of the vessel is the Panama Canal ,but that has to do with military and such. 

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I was very active on the site till rough 4-5 years ago. My main reason to

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AT rgr004,,thanks correction on Prestige/Erika.

Well,,latest what I read the vessel had a BD-party and sailed intentionally close to the island to get phone signal for internet.

The below,,too long aboard I disregard or at least question, as I have now 2 officers which both approach 12 month and the other now 6.
On  a trip like the one where the Wakashio was, from Malacca Strait to there is rough 10-12 days. If a officer goes everyday standard two watches of 4 hrs,,total 8 working hrs. Then they had plenty of rest time !!!! Special on those big bulkers,,after all its not a Feeder vessel with 5 ports a week !!! the trip China-Brazil is 35 to 40 days !!! Now hardly a stress situation. I understand of course that some people already going crazy when they are not released on a 4 month contract and sail 1 day longer. Years back 9-12 month contracts were standard, I did them by myself and can,t remember that it was looked at as too long. also in todays world any length of contract is already considered by some too long.


 

Captain Ted,
Suspect you are confusing Erika with Prestige, Erika broke in two off France during a winter gale, her stern part quickly sank under tow.
Regarding fatigue, I was only willing to be

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Hi Yvone
Towing that part to India/Bangladesh for scrapping no option as to recover some money to be used mitigate impact of the disaster in Mauritius ?

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