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Casualty Outlook

By On July 2, 2009

It’s been a bad week for lifeboats, once termed ‘the Pinto of the seas’. Over at Maritime Accident Casebook three incidents during drills and training have come to light, two [...]

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Maritime Podcast – Episode 02

By On December 13, 2007

Here’s episode 02 of Messing About In Ships, your new maritime podcast. This week’s topics include; Listener Comments Antarctic Cruise Ship Sinking Sinking of the Texas Clipper Pasha Bulker Incident [...]

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Official Report on the M/V Pasha Bulker

By On December 5, 2007

The ship that made gCaptain famous is back in the headlines. The M/V Pasha Bulker, a 76,741 deadweight ton Panamax bulk carrier launched in 2006, is the subject of a [...]

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Pasha Bulker Incident Report – Nearly Unbelievable

By On October 13, 2007

Photo By suburbanbloke In a post unusually harsh for gCaptain standards I asked some tough questions about actions taken by the captain of the doomed ship, Pasha Bulker. Here’s a [...]

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Pasha Bulker – Postscript

By On August 18, 2007

Our top commenter from down under, Ian, has sent me a wrap-up of the Pasha Bulker story: “PB left our shores several weeks ago under tow to an Asian shipyard. [...]

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Say Goodbye to the Pasha Bulker

By On July 26, 2007

Say goodbye to the Pasha Bulker. The ill fated ship that ran up on an Australian beach last month is finally under tow on her way to an unkown shipyard. [...]

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Pasha Bulker is Finally FREE!

By On July 2, 2007

It’s officially we’ve had reports from our resident reporters Ian & MarkL, fellow bloggers and the “real” media all confirming that the coal ship Pasha Bulker has been freed from [...]

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Pasha Bulker Swung Out but Leaking Oil

By On July 1, 2007

The Sydney Morning Herald brings us this update: THE Pasha Bulker has budged but is still stuck fast on the reef at Nobbys Beach, Newcastle. Damage to the environment from [...]

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Pasha Bulker – Questions and Answers

By On June 29, 2007

We have been receiving a lot of comments and interaction regarding our coverage of the Pasha Bulker story. There are many stories to cover on the seven seas and we [...]

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Pasha Bulker – Photo Slideshow

By On June 23, 2007

Here is a random selection of the best (and worst) photos of the coal ship “Pasha Bulker” grounded on Nobby’s Beach courtesy of Flickr. For those unfamiliar with the infamous [...]

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Maritime Experts Consider Dismantling Pasha Bulker For Scrap

By On June 22, 2007

In an interesting turn of events the salvage team working to remove the Coal Ship that ran aground on a popular Australian beach believe Pasha Bulker is damaged worse than [...]

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Maritime Experts Delay Salvage of Grounded Vessel

By On June 15, 2007

The latest word from Newcastle, Australia is to wait before re-floating the grounded coal ship “Pasha Bulker”. The West gives us information directly from the salvage team: “The reality is [...]

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