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A Shakesperean dilemma - Do I watch the World Cup (T20) or send out my blog? Netherlands just now beat South Africa, denying the latter a...

MARINE MUSINGS 24 - MV THOR - to be CONVERTED TO A SELF UNLOADER MV Thor - 15th Aug 1991 (Ulsan) to 21st March 1992 (Ulsan) As usual, I...

WORK IN CAR DECKS : Ventilation for Car Decks: All the Ventilation Motors, Fans and their flaps were located on the outboard side of the...

MV Anna - 'Marine Musings 23" Engine Room and Smoke: V Type Engine At departure Sheerness, after the Main Engine was started, I saw all...

Marine Musings 23 - MV Anna - Pure Car Carrier Two consecutive tenures First from 14th Aug 1989 ( Sheerness) to 14th Jan 1990 (Singapore)...

MARINE MUSINGS 22 - EL NOVILLO - 18th Sept 1988 (Algeciras) to 17th Feb 1989 (Gibraltar) As far as I was concerned, it was the wrong ship...

We quickly fell into a pattern of work. We started with the slopes of the wing tanks, where (we thought) lay the maximum work. I thought...

Chapter 3 - Dividing my time between Engine Room work and Self Unloader Plant work The ship was built in 1967 as a Bulk Carrier by a UK...

MARINE MUSINGS 21 - CITADEL HILL - MY FIRST SELF UNLOADER - 16th Sept 1987 to 28th May 1988 Thanks to shipspotting.com Marine Musings 21...

"NOSAC" Advertisement for our Car Carrier: NO CAR GOES LIKE OUR CARGOES We loaded several types of European cars and SUVs. These included...

(The first paragraph is a repetition, for the sake of continuity). What did Happen on the Bridge? While waiting for the Office to call...

"Marine Musings 20" - Nosac Tai Shan - Maiden Voyage Chapter 7 US AND EUROPEAN PORTS As usual, it was a mad scramble in all US Ports,...

"Marine Musings 20" THE LAUNCHING, A CELEBRATION AND DEPARTURE OPPAMA A long line of limousines, with Japanese drivers in starched, white...

15th September was "Engineer's Day" ----------- A revered colleague and friend, Capt Rajkumar sent this in. BEYOND MIDNIGHT A train was...

Chapter 2 (continued) Surprisingly, the tests on mechanical items were successful most of the time. Hydraulic items and electrical /...

Building yard: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd., Oppama Built year: 1986 Yard no: 1139 ​ Tonnage: GRT: 48676/ NET: 14603 / TDW: 15577 Dims:...

A Flashback: Opening a Time Capsule that was Forgotten for 50 Years: My MUI Based Wages as a Fourth Engineer: (Amount in Rupees per...

Marine Musings 18 - MV Talabot PERSONAL Capt Kelkar One of the events that took place during my stay on board the ‘Talabot’ was the...

King Neptune's Certificate - from the 'Talabot' Comments on Blog 67 - From Auldius Pais Quote "On both the ships where the anchor chain...

"Marine Musings 18" Chapter 5 – Sailing Period As I recall, the entire tenure passed off peacefully and, for once, with no major...