Yards get more timeCanada has extended the deadline for four shipyards to submit bids for a massive $35bn newbuilding programme. Irving Shipbuilding, Seaway Marine, Victoria Shipyards and Davie Yards now have until 21 July – an extra two weeks – to file their papers. Davie Yards But the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) secretariat rejected …
The wages of sin and my profiting thereby
A friend of mine described obtaining publicity as about as certain as throwing great gobs of over cooked spaghetti against a greased wall and foolishly hoping a few strands will stick. In our endeavours to get the name of TMS on everyones lips I have advertised in shipping magazines, paid for literature distribution at conferences, …
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Coming round again..
Received this message this morning from a friend who uses Hotmail for his mail service, been awhile but it would appear that someone is STILL trapped in a hotel in Lagos. I was actually pretty impressed with the writing of the message, generic enough to be sent to anyone but with just a soupcon of …
A game changer or a footnote?
I came across an article in the Sydney Morning Herald today about the tiny Google office in that fair city. It is run by two brothers who sold their business to Google some years ago. The business was called Where 2 Tech which no one had heard of, it became Google Maps, which everyone has …
Piracy and the criminalisation of seafarers
I don't usually just repost other peoples blogs but I think this one from Lloyd's today is worth repeating. The officers in the blog are all victims but how they are perceived and how they are treated are vastly different. Lloyd's List Comment
Where the chain of causation starts and how it bloody ends up
As so often happens an article in Mondays Lloyd's List caused me to ponder. The article was headlined, "Viking Islay master ‘failed in his duty of care' ". I quote directly from the article concerning the actions of some of the crew that lead to their deaths: "The three men successively entered the vessel’s chain …
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before..
I quote from this mornings Tradewinds, "Canada’s Nautisol is studying the feasibility of a new fast ferry service from Victoria to Vancouver, with the backing of foreign investors. The marine technology company’s boss Don Stein told local media that three overseas groups are ready with $150m in funding for the 90-minute run….. …If all goes …
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Did this guy talk with that European guy?
Recently, (ok a month ago but I've been busy) Lloyd's published an article titled, "Downturn leading to improved prospects for ship safety" The article quotes the International Union of Marine Insurance as having the view that, "the freight market crash is lifting some of the intense operational pressure exerted in recent years on the world …
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Remanence:Variance
This has absolutely nothing to do with things shipping or marine but is fascinating nonetheless. What I like the most is that it takes an old technique, time lapse photography, and turns into something that is technically elegant and beautiful at the same time. It's a year in the life of Tokyo, shot with a …
Have a try at this…
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