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Quite possiblyGood spot , would indicate a problem with the recruitment of staff. A standards issue.
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Quite possiblyGood spot , would indicate a problem with the recruitment of staff. A standards issue.
That cost under $200 million.
This one took 43 hours to build (with 8000 staff)
[email protected]Well send the video over to them and you'll save them a ton of money.
are you waking up to this bullshit yet
Doubt the ship would be cheap mind, Should be maintained to a minimum standard. I get the crew mind (beneath officer, engineer grade) but wont be many unskilled workers..Cheap , poorly maintained ship, cheap poorly trained and payed crew. Bottom line for these owners is to operate with the bare minimum in order to make any profit.
Dear GodMore CrItiCaL ThInKiNg from Bannon’s channel …. Ukraine mentioned yet?
Wonder when ships flag was changed from Marshall Islands to Singapore?
I see it's not the first time this ships had an accident.
Cheap , poorly maintained ship, cheap poorly trained and payed crew. Bottom line for these owners is to operate with the bare minimum in order to make any profit.
Which minimum safe manning certs aren’t a joke?Many UK shipping companies operate the same way as well. I've seen Senior Crews flogged for 6/7 week periods on busy schedules Some minimum safe manning certs are an absolute joke anarl.
Ratings, whether that be Filipino or Indian can be on board for months without a break...
I remember not so many Years ago. The Flips in my old department working 12 hour shifts,seven days a week. sometimes for up to a Year without home leave. I was on 2/2. I always felt guilty as hell. Savage world out there.Which minimum safe manning certs aren’t a joke?
I’ve lost count of the number of battles I fought to get crew members relieved on time or repatriated on compassionate grounds. Whilst I was doing 3 months on, 3 months off, all on pay, ratings were on 9 month contracts with minimal leave. You do what you can arranging shore leave, but it can be impossible due to offshore terminals and made worse with the ISPS Code.
I don't know where or why you are going with this argument ? I've said that I think it's likely that the cost of retrofitting every existing bridge with protection to guard against the tiny chance of this happening would be enormous.
I've never said, nor would I say , that they shouldn't pay for the damage. Why would you infer that I would say such a thing ?
Well if the ship owners' have to pay compo to the port authority for their losses each time it happens, why should the port authority bother to spend money to prevent this sort of incident?
could use the Chesapeake bridge near Annapolis... we went over that by mistake one day..The only other two crossings are tunnels, both of which can't be used to transport hazardous cargo.
If you want your shit from China at a reasonable cost then freight rates must be as low as possible.Cheap , poorly maintained ship, cheap poorly trained and payed crew. Bottom line for these owners is to operate with the bare minimum in order to make any profit.
Long ago I know, but when I did my first trip back in 1970 the crews of the company were changing over from Chinese to a Bombay Indian manning agency. Contract time on board was not to exceed 24 months and the crews would not be pleased to be repatriated earlier than the contract time. Sometimes the crews would be changed early if the ships were local to India or the Gulf to save money on air travel and accommodation. For individuals in the crews, a two year trip was a career one-off chance to save some money, hopefully to buy a house or start up a business back home. By the end of the 70's the contract time was down to 12 months. By the 80's it was 6 months on/6 months off for the British officers and still 12 month crew contracts at their insistence. By the 90's it had pretty much become a free for all with manning agencies supplying all nationalities of crew and officers. Any senior officer in the company I worked for felt penalised for having a contract while short contract agency staff could just turn up, do the minimum they could get away with then leave to be replaced by another agency man. Seemed to spend all the time training people up with no long term benefit. One of my last spells, a 100 hour week was not unusual so I came ashore. There's a lot more to the marine industry than working on ships. I had a further 15 years within the industry until retirement and, I think, a decent and rewarding career in terms of fulfilment and finance. I'd do it again.Many UK shipping companies operate the same way as well. I've seen Senior Crews flogged for 6/7 week periods on busy schedules Some minimum safe manning certs are an absolute joke anarl.
Ratings, whether that be Filipino or Indian can be on board for months without a break...
it was going to Sri Lanka i very much doubt American gangs will be exporting drugs to them, the reverse journey definitelyThere'll be loads of drugs in them containers. Just sell it all and pay for the bridge with the profits.
Over the summer that bridge is basically a parking lot many days with beach traffic from DC, but the larger issue is it dumps you way down on the Eastern Shore with no way to get back to 95 (or any interstate for that matter) within hours and hours.could use the Chesapeake bridge near Annapolis... we went over that by mistake one day..
It's so contradictory in that article ..I know it’s a disaster and devastating for the families but I would love to be part of that clean up crew.
my last job was cleaning up train derailments. Once the initial panic is over and everyone is safe it’s actually exciting doing the clean up
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That cost under $200 million.
This one took 43 hours to build (with 8000 staff)