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SAD END TO WELL KNOWN NZ SHIP
The cement carrier WESTPORT which traded around the New Zealand coast for many years and is now now called FJORDVIK. Unfortunately she missed the entrance to the harbour of Helquvik, Iceland on 2 November 2018 and has ended up on the … Continue reading
CARRYING THE CAN
Viewpoint from Lloyds List 25 Oct 2018 Michael Grey ISN’T it time that society sorted out the realistic responsibilities of a master? With the master’s responsibility increased, his authority constrained and his civil and criminal … Continue reading
Wellington Branch – October Meeting
The fourteen members who attended the lunch meeting today would have been more than just entertained by speaker Chris King, past Chairman of the Russian Convoy Club. Chris’s talk about his real life experiences when he sailed on a corvette … Continue reading
ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT
ACX CRYSTAL (Philippines) / USS FITZGERALD In collision with US Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald 56 nautical miles SW of Yokosuka 16 Jun 2017. Ar Yokohama 19 Jun. Sd 25 Jun. 09 MAY 2018 London, May 9 — A press report, dated today, states: The … Continue reading
FOUNDER OF THE HONOURABLE COMPANY
Incorporated by Royal Charter, we are a City of London Livery Company with membership open to British and Commonwealth Master Mariners from the Merchant and Royal Navies. The Honourable Company of Master Mariners was founded by Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick, Bt in 1926. … Continue reading
MIND IN NEUTRAL Michael Grey from Lloyds List 03 August 2018
Why on earth do well-found ships, properly manned by certificated officers and crews, manage to run aground or collide, in circumstances that seem to defy rational explanation? There seems little excuse, in an era when circling satellites provide all the … Continue reading
Collisions in Suez Canal
Collisions in Suez Canal Taken from Lloyds List 18 July 2018 It is not yet clear in full detail what happened, and how, in Suez Canal, probably later more details will come up. It was a major accident, which involved … Continue reading
Wellington July Meeting
There were fifteen attendees at today’s monthly meeting Including Captain Michael Millar, our member and speaker. This was an acceptable number considering we are only a total of 49 including over 22 who come from both well out of town … Continue reading
SHIPS WHISTLES
Press reports from Sydney, NSW this week describe distressed residents hearing a ships whistle every 2 minutes which kept them awake one morning this week when Sydney was covered by a thick blanket of fog. Many misinterpreted it as a … Continue reading
Designed For Danger
This article highlights once again the paucity of good ergonomic standard bridge design often influenced by well meaning navel architects, salesmen of bridge equipment or retired naval officers who have had no or little practical experience in keeping a bridge … Continue reading