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"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...

A Lookout? Foreword: In all justice to those who do send in their comments by e-mail or in the 'comments' section, I intend, henceforth,...

Foreword: On the incident of the Anchor Chain running out to the 'bitter end', (Blog 65), I have received two comments, detailing their...

Marine Musings 18 - Talabot – Tenure from 19th Aug 1984 to 07th March 1985 (as per Articles) Foreword: Once in a while, I receive...

To Quote Rabindranath Tagore Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not...

15th August Independence Day 75 Years Ago we threw away the yoke and broke the shackles of colonialism, ending a 200 year streak of...

Chapter 4 – More About the ‘Willine Tysla’ Within a period of ten days, I came to realise that the last Chief Engineer had not only left...

Marine Musings 17 – I join the ‘Willine Tysla’ at Yokohama. Tenure from 24th Sept 1983 to 04th May 1984. One of the Excellent Ships I...

Marine Musings 16 – "Ad Astra" – A Very Short Tenure of 25 days only – I then get Transferred – Tenure from 31st Aug 1983 to 24th Sept...

Foreword - Below is a Comment on Blog 59 "My Way of Paying Tribute to my Colleagues on the Navigation Side" by one of my readers, a close...

Courtesy Marine Observer Foreword : There is no denying the fact that present day Shipping, be they Indian or Foreign, today have their...

Foreword : A rather upsetting trend that I am coming across over the past year or so is on You Tube. Quite a number of present seafarers...