http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/photos-week-maersk-alabama/ A Blog About Ships Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:36:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/photos-week-maersk-alabama/comment-page-1/#comment-19765 Mike Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:36:20 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=7907#comment-19765 Mark, I don't think that the first photo was taken during the standoff, but rather an "after the fact" photo to give an idea of what the situation was like... if that was what you were implying anyway. Mark, I don't think that the first photo was taken during the standoff, but rather an "after the fact" photo to give an idea of what the situation was like… if that was what you were implying anyway.

]]> http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/photos-week-maersk-alabama/comment-page-1/#comment-19762 mark scease Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:02:00 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=7907#comment-19762 Your first pic is a bit "fair and balanced" are we supposed to think that that is where the shots were taken from? All the same, nice operation. Sucker em in and well never mind. I and many of my friends are wondering; where next? One item which comes to mind; is the relationship between ship Operators and owners(not necessarily owners and insurers and most definetely MSP ships included) and how tight they are when it comes to spending money to; 1) fuel to travel well away from the coast in question 2) defensive measures beyond yelling on the radio and perfoming serpentine manuvers 3) the willingness of the "fifth fleet" to actually engage" and lets take a look at the abililty of the UAV's to provide a large scale view rather than the sexy cnn closeups. It isn't over. Your first pic is a bit "fair and balanced" are we supposed to think that that is where the shots were taken from? All the same, nice operation. Sucker em in and well never mind.
I and many of my friends are wondering; where next? One item which comes to mind; is the relationship between ship Operators and owners(not necessarily owners and insurers and most definetely MSP ships included) and how tight they are when it comes to spending money to; 1) fuel to travel well away from the coast in question 2) defensive measures beyond yelling on the radio and perfoming serpentine manuvers 3) the willingness of the "fifth fleet" to actually engage" and lets take a look at the abililty of the UAV's to provide a large scale view rather than the sexy cnn closeups.
It isn't over.

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