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The Most Dangerous Hour In Shipping

By On October 20, 2010

Question: What is The most dangerous hour in shipping? Answer: 22:24 to 23:45 There are three watches aboard ship 00-04 (i.e. 0000 to 0400 and 1600 to 2200) is often [...]

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Anchor and Mooring Gear – A History

By On July 21, 2010

Chief Mate Andre van Schoonhoven of the new cruise ship Eurodam gives us the history of classifying anchors. He writes; Traditionally ships were anchored using large hemp hawsers called cables. [...]

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Was the titanic sunk by a small key?

By On April 13, 2008

The U.K.’s Daily Mail has the story of Second Mate David Blair, the lucky Merchant Mariner who was pulled off the Titanic just prior to her infamous voyage. (Note: We [...]

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Are Rising Salaries Enough To Retain Mariners?

By On October 26, 2007

In another excellent article, Maritime Executive‘s managing editor Joseph Keefe is dead on with his assessment of salary (find the article HERE) and working condition improvements in this tight labor [...]

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