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Forum: Container Vessels 21st September 2021, 17:19
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
Went down the cut? Surely wenting implies...

Went down the cut? Surely wenting implies movement, the phrase should reflect lack of wenting or, perhaps, ignorance of wenting.

LEFO? That's fine. As Erimus has recalled here Morar might have...
Forum: Container Vessels 21st September 2021, 11:31
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
You are right (politically anyway) those happy...

You are right (politically anyway) those happy people should certainly not attempt the canal just because they now have another crack to get sand in.

(Or perhaps 'address the canal' would be the...
Forum: Container Vessels 20th September 2021, 11:09
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
Can we use en route in this context? Anything...

Can we use en route in this context? Anything stuck is not really rooting anywhere. Well, not in a good way.
Forum: Container Vessels 11th September 2021, 00:04
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
Should the cause be, as I suspect, accidentally...

Should the cause be, as I suspect, accidentally having the wrong sort of tobacco rolled into one's Havana then I can assure E v H that drug and alcohol policy makes the syndrome an unlikely candidate,
Forum: Container Vessels 9th September 2021, 18:13
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
A quick Google suggests engine trouble around 53...

A quick Google suggests engine trouble around 53 KM mark, tuggged to bitter lakes without disrupting traffic, back under own power. (Courtesy FleetMon).
Forum: Container Vessels 9th August 2021, 15:07
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
I cannot think of any engineering approach to...

I cannot think of any engineering approach to efficiency would materially affect her ability to manoeuvre responsively.

(Like for like of course, container ships of this size have a very large...
Forum: Container Vessels 5th August 2021, 11:01
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
They're going to given the Suez pilots another...

They're going to given the Suez pilots another go. This time getting video as well as voice? (Make a good Walport educational number).

A long way without earning to get to a FE repairer perhaps...
Forum: Container Vessels 27th July 2021, 15:01
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
Is it likely she would take a channel/north sea...

Is it likely she would take a channel/north sea pilot? Where would they board these days?
Forum: Container Vessels 19th July 2021, 11:39
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
Palumbo site gives max draught is 9.3 metres for...

Palumbo site gives max draught is 9.3 metres for graving but temporary repairs would not necessarily require that.

Not many yards in the West that could take her 15M design draft without...
Forum: Container Vessels 19th July 2021, 00:11
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
Let us hope that delivery does not stretch...

Let us hope that delivery does not stretch patience beyond its elastic limit. Or beyond.
Forum: Container Vessels 18th July 2021, 14:36
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
A tug had passed my mind but her present position...

A tug had passed my mind but her present position is clear (as can be) of traffic and so maybe hull inspection? Better in the Med with (perhaps) time on their hands than in murkier and choppier...
Forum: Container Vessels 18th July 2021, 10:37
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
Perhaps you were on the better track. There is a...

Perhaps you were on the better track. There is a report ('Splash' by Adis Adjin) implying that she has a condition of class/flag limiting her speed. Rudder or shaft alignment concerns/certainties?
Forum: Container Vessels 17th July 2021, 11:58
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
That would be my guess. No point in her arriving...

That would be my guess. No point in her arriving until the discharge is planned. Not that ruined fuel pumps and overloaded deshitting plant are not also possibilities.
Forum: Container Vessels 17th July 2021, 11:02
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
I don't know but imagine it is more the logistic...

I don't know but imagine it is more the logistic planning of the disposal and changed ownership of her cargo. With a few parcels of crude, not a major exercise (we have probably all sailed on tankers...
Forum: Container Vessels 7th July 2021, 18:50
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
Our risk there is not Cyber then but fibre...

Our risk there is not Cyber then but fibre (especially if taken with porter).
Forum: Container Vessels 5th July 2021, 13:34
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
Plymouth University runs a sophisticated cyber...

Plymouth University runs a sophisticated cyber security unit. In this years AGM presentations for the IMarEST a professor there reported that they were satisfied that, had they wanted to, they could...
Forum: Container Vessels 4th May 2021, 00:31
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
With both the Persians and the Egyptians at it I...

With both the Persians and the Egyptians at it I suppose Sharia law's definition of 'negotiation' would be classed here as 'demanding money with menaces'.
Forum: Container Vessels 30th March 2021, 14:16
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
I would be on-side with the Dutch too. I have to...

I would be on-side with the Dutch too. I have to say, though, that salvage people may be from their unwashed (however good at salvage they are). When Aya got chopped in half in the Scheldt the crew's...
Forum: Container Vessels 30th March 2021, 13:45
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
Although I have little exposure to Ukrainians on...

Although I have little exposure to Ukrainians on the commercial stage the first Eastern Blocker that we (Denholm) recruited as an individual was Ukranian (we had had Polish crews for some time and...
Forum: Container Vessels 28th March 2021, 17:59
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
Surely a supply of the real thing, complete with...

Surely a supply of the real thing, complete with its own jolly jack, would be in demand if there is a shortage of such 'objets phalactic'. Better be careful about the user though, marking them as...
Forum: Container Vessels 26th March 2021, 13:24
Replies: 233
Views: 71,983
Posted By Varley
From someone who reversed into a wall on his...

From someone who reversed into a wall on his first driving test I can only commiserate with Mrs. P WRT narrow lanes. I don't think, however, that Suez pilots would use Norfolk Broads' manoeuvring...
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