Maritime Transportation And Shipping Talk

As most Seafarers know, mechanical splices can slip and your Eye Splice on the wire becomes a choker type eye. If this happens to a mooring wire used in the Seaway you have a problem to get the wire loose from the Bullard and in most cases the wire has to be cut. The new […]

[Read more →]

Using Motorola Transportable Mobile Telephone as a permanent installation onboard ships can be a way of reducing cost of communication through Satellite. The system set up is fairly easy to set-up and following is needed; A) Transportable Mobile Telephone. B) Magnetic Antenna C) Voltage Transformer to fit Power Supply onboard with an output of 12V […]

[Read more →]

A few newly required people to the marine purchasing scene have no knowledge of what a Bowsing Tackle is nor what the purpose of it is. I will try to enlighten them on the use of it and also explain how it is put together. A Bowsing Tackle is simply two wooden blocks double or […]

[Read more →]

There are a couple of well-known brands names available on the market. One being better over the other in performance is hard to say. It can be a discussion that ends up being whatever you prefer on your ship. Looking at the pricing one versus the other I think that difference is too big to […]

[Read more →]

What is Bio Diesel Bio Diesel is extracted fats and oils from non edible animal by-products. Whatever is not eaten by humans,from pigs,chicken,beef and fish are used for raw material. This methyl diester product is a Boi-Fuel that is a renewable resource. The product burns at 150deg.C. Compared to 50deg.C.for regular diesel. It is less […]

[Read more →]

To keep these big cargo ships going around the clock all year a solid back-up organization is needed. The owners or managers need a chain of suppliers lined up for the various requirements from the ship staff. A ship will need provisions for their crew, spare parts for their machinery and other operation consumables. At […]

[Read more →]

We are quickly heading into the winter season on the river and in the Seaway. This means the we will once again get ships tying up in the ports all over eastern Canada. As a foot note to this, I just posted some older articles from the arcives on the original shippinb talk. I wanted […]

[Read more →]