Author: Martin Leduc

BC Ferries hit the news again with a blackout on the Queen of Capilano.Sources say that when the online generator went down, the standby didn’t start. This is bad enough on a coastal job, but on a ferry with passengers, it is enough to give you the heeby jeebies, especially with some of the spectacular accidents they have had in...

Ships Collide in English Bay Tuesday, October 31, 2006 The Vancouver Sun reported that winds of up to almost 43 mph tore through the Lower Mainland, knocking out power to 14,000 homes and causing the collision of three large cargo ships in English Bay. The weather in the Lower Mainland followed a weekend storm across northern B.C. Coast Guard spokesman...

Globe and Mail’s Mark Hume writes about a case of “slavery” at sea. Ok so the covering in fish blood and a throwing them overboard in shark infested waters is definitely abusive; the term slavery could widely be used on many vessels at sea on the world’s oceans. VANCOUVER — As the subject of a bet on whether sharks would...

MCA overhauls certificate test procedures after three engineer officers are caught copying papers – NUMAST Telegraph SEPTEMBER 2006 THE MARITIME & Coastguard Agency has overhauled procedures for UK certificate of competency examinations following a case in which three engineer officers were caught cheating. The three officers — Avilano Alves, from Goa, Pervez Rafique Modak, from Mumbai, and Tahir Malik Mahmood,...

This is a bit dated now, but still very valid for anyone in our business. Agency clamps down on 2 websites that duped would-be oilpatch workersBy MIKE OLIVEIRA TORONTO (CP) – Canada’s Competition Bureau says it has shut down two Edmonton-based websites that duped job seekers around the world with promises of lucrative salaries, but oilcareer.com is already back online...

Of the many interesting articles always found on Ship Talk, you will find quite few dealing with lack of seafarers. Which, I am sure you have heard, as a regular visitor you might be, that I am pretty much sick and tired of hearing about this. If you want professional seafarers from North America and / or Europe – to...

Tune in to CBC TV Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening next week at 10:00 p.m. to see The National broadcast from the CCGS Terry Fox.Portions of Peter Mansbridge’s broadcasts from on board the CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent last August will also be part of the show those three nights. Since I can look out my window and see the...

AP Moller – Maersk Group shocks the “box shipping” world by launching the Emma Maersk (pictured on the right – from JTA Ship Photo) from the company’s Odense Yard in Denmark, on August 12th 2006. Shock because the official box count from Maersk is set at 11,600 Twenty Foot Equivalent (TEU), but popular sizing suggest a total capacity of 13,500...