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Shipping News and information / Re: What's the Difference between Gross Tonnage and Dead Weight Tonnage?

« on: January 02, 2010, 09:07:05 AM »

David

I seem to recall that the abbreviation used in respect of ships to be scrapped is LDT, which stands for Light Displacement Tons. A ship scrapper is only interested in the weight of steel, copper etc that he is going to be able to recover and sell. So the displacement tonnage of the ship [i.e. the weight of water that it displaces when afloat] is a reasonably accurate measure of the weight of ship that he will break up. The 'light' refers to the fact that the ship will have no cargo on board when delivered to the breaker - i.e. she will be 'light'.

David Ford

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Shipping News and information / Re: Queen Victoria - a 'Cursed' Ship?

« on: January 02, 2008, 09:16:30 AM »

Here in New Zealand there is an International Scout Jamboree in progress, at which [surprise, surprise] there has been a similar outbreak.
Luckily, the jamboree doctor recognised the symptoms after a very small number of people had come down with it, and contacted the local health authority. They, in turn, sent more medical assistance, and the NZ Army sent a field medical team to assist.
By setting up wash stations all over the place, and forcing everyone to wash their hands before touching any food and when moving between sectors of the jamboree site, the total number affected was restricted to about 50. Some people were washing their hands 20 times or so a day as a result.
But - just try to get cruise passengers to follow a similar regime in order to restrict the spread of the bug :<) You would hear the complaints from miles away!!
And at sea, of course, getting outside help quickly is rather more difficult.

David Ford

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Shipping News and information / Re: Somewhere in the Carribean? Searching for ex german coaster..

« on: December 25, 2007, 03:06:35 AM »

Wolfgang

I have looked this ship up in the 1990-91 Lloyd's Register - at that time she was owned by Nomura Enterprises Inc, and registered in Panama. The agents for these owners were W. Schoonbeek & Co., Hamburg.
This ship's LR [now IMO] number is 5224247.
Checking Equasis using this IMO number, I find that she is still listed, and is still named 'Allegro'. Her owners are now shown as being Sea Services Transport, Cristobal, Panama.

So it looks as though your father's ship may still be in existence somewhere, but tracing her actual whereabouts / trading area may be rather more difficult.

Regards
David Ford

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Shipping News and information / Re: Equasis

« on: January 06, 2007, 09:02:11 AM »

Klaus

I didn't have to register again - just entered my user name and password, and got straight in.

David Ford

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Shipping News and information / Re: Origin of 'Casco'

« on: August 22, 2006, 07:21:05 AM »

Many thanks for your responses to my query.

David Ford

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Shipping News and information / Origin of 'Casco'

« on: August 21, 2006, 02:17:35 AM »

Can anyone tell me the origin of the term 'casco', as used in connection with ships whose hulls are built at one yard and then moved to another yard for completion  / delivery?

Thanks
David Ford

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Shipping News and information / Re: "Emma M

« on: August 21, 2006, 02:14:21 AM »

According to Equasis, 'Emma Maersk' is 170,794 GRT. If accurate, this is far in excess of any figure previously quoted.
Very strange, though, that the next vessel in the series [IMO 9321495] is quoted as being of 'just' 99,000 GRT - another example of Maersk's disinformation ?

Another point - on a ship of this size, why is her name painted in such small characters? The name is almost illegible in just about every photo I've seen.
Yet 'MAERSK LINE' is emblazoned in huge letters amidships.

David Ford

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Shipping News and information / Re: Arklow Rainbow

« on: June 29, 2006, 02:48:08 AM »

Thanks Edward.

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Shipping News and information / Re: Arklow Rainbow

« on: June 28, 2006, 09:46:43 AM »

Klaas-Jan

Many thanks indeed for your very detailed msg. Lots there that I didn't know about.

David

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Shipping News and information / Arklow Rainbow

« on: June 18, 2006, 03:13:21 AM »

According to Equasis 'Arklow Rainbow' has been in service since earlier this year [March?], but there is no photo of her as yet on this database.
Does anyone have a photo that they can post?

Tks.
David Ford

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Shipping News and information / Re: Shipping Takeovers

« on: March 21, 2006, 02:57:13 AM »

I understand that Hamburg Sud are purchasing Fesco's container services from New Zealand [and Australia??] to East Asia and North America, rather than the whole company.
Fesco's Asia service already has HS as a partner, and they are also partners with Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd [CP Ships] in a vessel-sharing agreement to North America.
This purchase also includes the ships used in these services.
Completion of the deal is supposed to happen by the end of May.

David Ford