A portable gangway was arranged between the main deck and the terminal with the hooked end of the gangway on the ship’s side and the
A bulk carrier was to load a cargo of nickel ore from barges into five holds. During loading, which took approximately three weeks, intermittent rainfall
After leaving the port under pilotage, the outward transit of about three and a half hours was without incident. The Master and the pilot were
While underway but not yet in open sea, the bosun was instructed to properly secure the port lifeboat for sea. He called on a seaman
Preparations were underway to load anchor chain into the moon pool locker, and the hatch cover had been temporarily removed prior to the installation of
An engine room crew member was preparing to do some torch cutting. He opened the stop valve on the oxygen pipeline that precedes the pressure
A small tanker was manoeuvring to leave port without tug assistance. The departure manoeuvre began at twilight, with winds from the south of about 10
A small products tanker docked at terminal to load a cargo of tallow. The pilot had given the Master the local pilot information card that warned of
An excursion passenger vessel arrived off an island where the passengers spent the morning making shoreline excursions in rigid-hulled inflatable boats, observing the wildlife. The
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