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BIGGER SHIPS
Coping with bigger measures Monday 09 March 2015 Lloyds List by Michael Grey HOW do you get a quart into a pint pot? Of course you can’t unless you are in the shipping industry and you wish to take your … Continue reading
MERCHANT NAVY SERVICE MEDAL
Click on the following link to see all about getting a service medal if you were at sea for more than two years which is about the same if you were a policeman or fireman in New Zealand. http://www.awardmedals.com/merchant-navy-service-medal-p- 781.html
HOEGH OSAKA
The sentiments expressed in this article taken from today SHIPPING CLIPPINGS, apply equally to New Zealand. Maritime pilotage is the core profession within UK ports and coastal waters ensuring the 24/7/365 safety and efficiency of shipping movements. 95% of UK trade is … Continue reading
SALVAGE BEAST by William Langewiesche – “Vanity Fair”
The Most Valuable Man On The Seas With roughly 100,000 large merchant ships in the water at any time, scores sink, burn, break apart, run aground, or explode each year—often with toxic consequences. It is Captain Nick Sloane’s job to … Continue reading
Lifeboat Drill from Lloyds List
When lifeboats become death boats Monday 17 November 2014 by Michael Grey WHY would you not be frightened out of your wits every time you were required to carry out a lifeboat drill? When regulators, safety authorities and manufacturers seem … Continue reading
RECORD CONTAINER LOAD
On July 21, 2014, the mv MARY MAERSK departed Algeciras, Spain with a world record 17,603 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), the most TEU’s ever loaded onto a single vessel. mv MARY MAERSK is the third vessel in Maersk Line’s Triple-E … Continue reading
Statement by MNZ regarding LAKE TRIVIEW questioned.
This whole debacle, detailed in the article below, deserves closer scrutiny. The ship was in what some would say, an unsafe anchorage, after being ordered out of Port New Plymouth by the Harbourmaster because the port could not provide a … Continue reading
QUEENS BIRTHDAY HONOUR
Ian Dymock, the retired seafarer who has tirelessly sought recognition for the Merchant Navy personnel, especially those who served during the Second World War has been awarded the Queens Service Medal (QSM) it was announced today.
MASTER ARRESTED
Maritime New Zealand have detained a ship at Port Taranaki and charged its master after the ship was damaged in rough seas last weekend. Singaporean cargo ship Lake Triview suffered damage to its hull last Saturday night when it dragged … Continue reading