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To the Marine Engineer who has had his baptism by fire in the 1960s and 1970s, he has seen the transformation of most of his routine work being taken over by hydraulics or pneumatics or electronics, under the grand heading of " Automation". On the one hand, Automation is the angel which has eased his workload, for example the monitoring of a pressure or temperature, which he now does from the confines of a sound proofed and air conditioned Engine Control Room, rather than a n

This one is off the beaten track. Probably a few others similar ones are likely to follow.  The New Rolls Royce Phantom It was in 1985 that I boarded my first Car Carrier and, thus, began a love for cars. Subsequently, I worked on a total of 8 Car Carriers. All of them could not be termed pure Car Carriers as such, as we carried large components that could not be containerised and were put on tractor trailers. Later years saw a mind boggling variety of cargo coming in and wer

Of Sunrises and Sunsets I had a habit that I preferred never to break when I was a Chief Engineer at sea. I would be up-and-about by 5 every morning and, by 5.30 - or earlier - i would be on the Bridge when the vessel was at sea, having my first cup of the day of coffee, brewed by the Chief Officer who would, then, be on watch.  Navigational watches are lonely. Except for the Helmsman, who would be acting as a Lookout, the Chief Officer - or any Duty Officer for that matter -

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