After leaving home for a new turn onboard, the time passes very fast in the beginning. The period of work is 3 months and it sound like a lot and to most it is. Comparing with sailing periods of the past this is a rather short time. It wasn’t long ago when the sailing period [...]
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Crew Change….I’m finally going home
July 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Maritime Community in Canada, Maritime Community in USA
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What Is A Tanker
July 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Maritime Community in Canada, Maritime Community in USA
What Is A “Tanker”… In marine transportation there are two main categories of ships. Those two main categories are “Dry Cargo Ships” and “Liquid Cargo Ships”. Under category of “Dry Cargo” we have two main categories and they are Dry Bulk Cargo and General Cargo. Under Liquid Cargo Ships we have again two main categories [...]
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The Family A Shore
June 8th, 2011 · No Comments · General, Maritime Community in Canada, Maritime Community in USA, The Maritime Family
Many sailors have a full family at home. They are married and have children. It is not always easy to understand what this means for people that are not going through it. We have similar situation with our Military where one of the spouses are posted overseas or are out on tours of duty, lasting [...]
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While we are at Sea our Families have to
June 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Maritime Community in Canada, Maritime Community in USA
It was suggested to me that we should have as section that deals with the family at home. The mother with 3 small kids to take care of, alone most of the time. The time that we miss like the first step, first words etc from our children.The birthday party that should have been with [...]
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Maritime Community within North America
May 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Maritime Community in Canada, Maritime Community in USA
The maritime community in North America is fairly tight knit as a shipping community. On the Great Lakes ships are crossing from Canada to USA and back again several times during a voyage from Montreal to Duluth as the most upper port in the Great Lakes system. In the Saint Lawrence Seaway the cooperation between [...]
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