This kind of blatant arrogance pisses me off. Dumping this flotsam on the sidewalk in front of their pristine Geneva headquarters might get their attention.
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Hey thatâs pretty funny. Isnât this a bit of the frying pan calling the pot black? But I do wish you luck in your battles with the misunderstood but beneficial corporate overlords. If anyone is stubborn enough to get blood from that stone itâs you guys. Remember your motto,
Wooden shoes
Wooden head
Wouldnât listen
Illegitimti non carborundum
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DUTCH GOT SURINAM IN MANHATTAN TRADE; Gave New Amsterdam to British in Exchange for Colony.
Moneywise we were not all that smartâŚ
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Say what you will but Iâve never met a Grolsch I didnât like.
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Kinda fuzzy, but that looks to me like an inclinometer with the drag pointer at about 45 degrees on the Stb side, a little less on the port. (MSC Zoe)
It is an inclinometer alright. I donât know what your source was. So far I have not seen any pictures of bridge equipment which were taken post accident. It is unlikely that a roll of about 40° or more could be caused by 5 - 7 meter waves. It could happen with parametric rolls but the circumstances were not right for that, I think.
Similar inclinometer.
The inclinometer in the picture looks a bit old school, I would expect an electronic device on a modern ship. On rolling vessels the usual bubble or pendulum inclinometers indicate values which are too high. This margin error can be up to 30% of the measured value. Electronic inclinometers will not be affected by accelerations but will indicate the true inclination and roll period.
An electronic Inclinometer as this one is an advanced heel and pitch measuring device which is not sensitive to horizontal and vertical accelerations.
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (middle), since 26 October 2017 Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, is briefed during a visit to the island of Terschelling by Mayor Bert Wassink (right).
Mayor Bert Wassink of Terschelling criticizes handling of the container disaster by MSC: âIt seems like the Mafiaâ
The Mayor is gloomy about the further handling of the container disaster by shipping company MSC. The disaster has already cost the small municipality tens of thousands of euros.
We have never seen or spoken to anyone here on behalf of the shipowner. The only response was a notice of objection to our claim as part of their opaque legal action, said Wassink on Friday during a visit from European MP Agnes Jongerius to Terschelling. âWith MSC it is trouble everywhere in the world. It looks like the Mafiaâ, says Wassink, former alderman of the municipality of Aa and Hunze.
You posted it.
Has a museum somewhere reported something missing?
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At the moment rumors are circulating that for the time being the MSC Zoe will not touch the Rotterdam harbor as the owners are afraid that the ship will be seized, chained on arrival by the Dutch authorities for failing of any payments so far for damages caused earlier by the ship.
Just bar all MSC ships from calling in the Netherlands. MSC will pay those invoices quickly.
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A new theory was launched by a lashing expert during a recent hearing on the MSC Zoe disaster held in the House of Representatives. The lashing expert may be knows all about lashings, although, but not too much about ships.
The container disaster with the MSC Zoe prevented much worse. If the 342 containers had not fallen into the water, the entire ship would have capsized.
Thatâs what Gerard Baks from the International Lashing Company says. He is an expert in securing containers on sea-going vessels and spoke on Wednesday during a hearing in the House of Representatives about the aftermath of the disaster above the Wadden Islands. According to Baks, the lashing system of the MSC Zoe has done its job. The ship must have touched the seabed above the Wadden Islands on that January 1st. The MSC Zoe came out of balance and heeled.
Lashing bars hold the top rows of containers in place. They are made in such a way that they break off at a certain strength, after which the containers topple into the sea and the ship remains upright. Baks: âIf you look at it cynically, thousands of containers didnât end up in the sea that night.â
It is comforting to know that the lashing system of the MSC Zoe has done its job and so prevented a much bigger disaster to happen.
Oy vey.
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Dutchie
Iâm a newbie that just has a hobby interest in container shipping (ex navy). I read this blog off and on
How do you find that chart that shows all the ships sailing the seas that you posted? Is that an app? I have an app that shows planes live but thought it would also be fun to see all the shipping lanes around the world. Thanks!
Click on the link here. You can choose a region like UKC (left) and zoom in or out from there. It is also possible to move the map for instance to the Baltic Sea.
That is really cool! Thanks for sharing. Just curious, why some have their name pop up and others just identify as generic cargo/ tanker/fishing etc when I click on them?Does it have something to do with proximity to shore or do ships have the option to identify themselves or not? Thanks!
Thanks you for sending this. Iâm amazed at the data available. At some point we will be able to track what products they have on board! Appreciate the info
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