Back in my ABS days, there were some Greek ship that I surveyed often that had chefs from the island resorts there that would work at sea during the off season. . . especially on the now very rare Mini Ships.

The Greek Mini Ships you referred to, where those some shallow draft and very basic ships, which would now probably be called River/Sea Ships? There were a few of them chartered to UNDP in Bangladesh after the 1971 war, transshipping cargo from larger ships at anchor off Chittagong in to the port. …

Yeah, they were very small bulkers, not much more than powered barges, really. Most, if not all were built in the 70s in Japan, by the Livanos family. I can’t recall how many were built, but several. Total crew about 8 or 9 as I recall, including the cook. Depending on which branch of the family…

I stand corrected. . started the series in 1969. [image] [image]

Yes that’s the ones. There were 5 or 6 on UNDP charter in Bangladesh and I did see a few in S.E.Asia after that. Very basic but very suited for the rivers in Bangladesh, except that they had problems in the rainy season, when the rivers flooded and the current got very strong. I was involved with s…

[image] Cooking at Sea https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/28949/title/mini-lama/cat/511 Must have been fun trying to see through those cranes.

The were pretty interesting little vessels. Very few internal passageways. Only way into the Capt’s and CE’s Cabins were from the outside, as well as the wheelhouse. From what I understand, they more than paid for themselves through the years.

An acquaintance of mine put a bid on one of those Mini ships some years back at a Marshall’s auction in New Orleans. He wasn’t expecting to win but no one else bid. It wasn’t in bad shape and he was able to flip it to some European buyers a few months later.

I remember seeing a half dozen or so ships that fit this description (and painted with stacks and trim in the typical Greek flag blue) laid up in a bend on the Miss. River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) channel just before you got to the France Road container terminal in New Orleans back in the late 80’s / earl…

Yup. Like anything else, there were some real dogs, but a few were in decent shape. VERY simple ships.

[image] Seago: I remember seeing a half dozen or so ships that fit this description (and painted with stacks and trim in the typical Greek flag blue) laid up in a bend on the Miss. River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) channel just before you got to the France Road container terminal in New Orleans back in t…

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dbeierl November 1, 2019, 1:05pm 6

Must have been fun trying to see through those cranes.

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