[BITList] \UMS Bridges!!

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Hugh,
The more I read about the amount of equipment on the bridge plus having 
first hand knowledge of installing the latest and greatest on our fast 
patrol boats I personally don't see why they don't go the whole hog and 
take the people off the bridge and let the ships steer themselves around 
the world as when any of the equipment breaks down apparently the 
present personal are unable to revert to traditional navigation so 
what's the point of putting more people on board when the whole system 
could be made safer by removing the weak link man
frank

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> Mike,
>  
> People fall asleep on "watch" if there are too few of them on board. 
> There are two possible solutions to this - increase crewing numbers 
> (the first part of the above statement) ; don't have any crew at all 
> (the second part).  The latter might sound draconian, but it will sure 
> as hell remove the problem of people falling asleep.  If you ain't 
> there, you can't fall asleep.  I'll bet a draught document is already 
> circulating among bean counters to that effect, with a picture of a 
> ship on the front for them to colour in.
>  
> A friend in Canada sent me photos and details of the Emma Maersk, must 
> be the ugliest ship afloat. L = 1302 ft, B = 207 ft, 31 kts, 15,000 
> containers. The "accommodation block" is midships with 10 or 11 decks 
> and at least 93 windows - if the ship is 207ft beam, the bridge is 207 
> ft port to stbd. The engine is a B&W 2 stroke 108920 metric HP, 9 or 
> 14 cyls depending on which photo one looks at.  All very impressive, 
> but she has only 13 of a crew.  She'll make a fine sight sitting on a 
> shingle beach on some tropic isle.
>  
> Hugh.
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> [BITList] Lloyds List Article 23.2.09.
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> Michael Feltham <mj.feltham at madasafish.com>
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> Hugh,
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> There is an Irish Company called ARKLOW,green hulls.  They tramp 
> around N. Europe and the Med.
> I think it was last year that they appointed 2nd.Mates to all their 
> ships.  When I asked people aboard,why the company had done this, the 
> reply was "Arklows had got in first, i.e. before there was a shortage 
> of 2nd. Mates".  Before it becomes compulsory.
>
> I spent three years on small ships, I used to do the evening 8 - 12.  
> It meant the Mate and 2nd.Mate did 10 hours a day.  A civilised way of 
> doing things with no risk of exhausted Mates.
>
> Mike
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