reading for captains dredgers, and more ... and lessons learnt non-dredging stuff a hobby gone wild ... nothing serious here |
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"Postnik Yakovlev" some serious earthmoving equipment.
"Optimalisatie van het baggerproces op TSHD"
The very basics of trailer dredging
Megadredgers an overview of newbuilding mega's and lengthened jumbo's (december 2008)
Marine diamond mining vessel "Peace in Africa"
The Jones Act part I Why no foreign dredgers dredge U.S. soil ?
The Jones Act part II What does the Jones Act means for injured seaman ?
Dredging on the Westerscheldt river don't get your experience the hard way, read it here
Firefighting with hopperdredgers
One man operated dredgers Safe ? ? ?
Dredging industry battles vessel, manpower shortage
Dredging- the past two decades 20 years in dredging; how everything changed
Operating hydraulics during repairs
Captain's overriding authority
Accuracy of nautical charts ... some personal experience
Somalia piracy update - december 2008
"DP Operator's Manual" - book review
The pilotage paradox - a look into the Cosco Busan incident
"Human error in the maritime industry" book review
Crew about going to hell and come back
First time captain Do's and Dont's for newby captains
A sketch of the integration of engineers in the social fabric onboard through the ages
Damage to suction pipe / TSHD "Breydel"
Sinking of bucketdredger Rozgwiadza
Capsizing of Rocknes damage stability, initial stability, hydrographics
Sinking of "Bowsprite" ship's strength in bad weather
Capsizing of TSHD "Nautilus" -preliminary report ship stability issues
Collision WD Fairway with MSC Joanna
Capsizing of "Spauwer" contact of draghead with seabed
Manning shortage, sept. 2008 update
The pilotage paradox - a look into the Cosco Busan incident
Latitude-speed error on gyro compasses
"Rigging of Pilot Ladders" new brochure IMPA & MARISEC
USCG safety alert Watertight integrity
Vertical squat What's the deal here ?
Yacht blocks VHF16, English Channel cut off
News on Ecdis ... becomes mandatory (IMO)
Weatherforecasting and aboriginals
Tropical cyclone avoidance "Ask your barometer ?"
Tropical cyclone predictability
Tropical cyclone predictability - an example (typhoon Nina sept. 2008)
GRIB files Meteo info onboard part I
Weatherfax Meteo info onboard part II
Internet Meteo info onboard part III
Tropical cyclones From my own experience, not from textbooks
Dredging in marginal weather conditions Pushing the weather envelope with hopperdredgers.
In August 2001 the Bulk Carrier Windoc was lined up on the Welland Canal’s Bridge 11 in Ontario Canada. After recieving the flashing amber approach light indicating that the bridge operator was aware of the vessel the captain lined up on the centerline and maintained a speed of 5 knots. Minutes later while the vessel was half way through the bridge started descending.
Read on: http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/windoc-incident-photos-video-tsb-report/
"Milland" - The Netherlands