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 Subsea trenching

Explosives  

"Dredging for dummies"  ... Dutch version                                                                                         

Dredging freeboard                                                                            

Dubai for dummies                                                                  

One man operated dredgers  with DEME,   "Safe ?"                            

Dredging industry battles vessel, manpower shortage

Dredging- the past two decades                                                             

Operating hydraulics during repairs                                                                                               

Turtle deflector on dragheads                         

"Human error in the maritime industry"     book review       

Crew

First time captain Do's and Dont's for newby captains  

"Kamsar Voyager" and "Odin R"   

"Goryo 6 Ho"     the Korean jumbo dredger      

Oldtimer "Wilhelm Kruger"   

Sinking of "Bowsprite"    

Capsizing of TSHD "Nautilus" -preliminary report    

Collision WD Fairway with MSC Joanna    

Capsizing of "Spauwer"   ... lessons learnt      

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 ?   

Horizontal squat   

Yacht blocks VHF16, English Channel cut off                                

News on Ecdis    ... becomes mandatory (IMO)   

Tropical cyclone avoidance   "Ask your barometer ?"             

Dredging- the past two decades                                                             

Operating hydraulics during repairs                                                                                               

Turtle deflector on dragheads 

 Tropical cyclone predictability   

Rogue waves   

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    

 "This is sand"   -   dredging for die-hards 

Windoc Incident - Story Behind YouTube’s Most Chilling Video

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/