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31 diciembre 2007

Feliz 2008

Los mejores deseos para el año que entra, en especial, para aquellos que estan al pie del cañon

# Escrito por Marmer @ 31.12.07

29 diciembre 2007

Foro Reactivado (con limitaciones)

Ayer como buen inocente, acabé marchando al Corte Ingles de Barcelona para ingresar la nómina navideña, no había mucha gente y hasta el IKEA estaba accesible, resumiendo, que el foro se quedo sin barrer, hoy ya funciona pero con algún fleco pendiente

Etiquetas: web

# Escrito por Marmer @ 29.12.07

28 diciembre 2007

Foro en mantenimiento

De momento no es una inocentada, de vez en cuando, hago copias de seguridad, liftings, etc, etc, y hoy a tocado. Si la naturaleza no toma partido por el defecto oculto, espero que mañana esté todo operativo.

Etiquetas: web

# Escrito por Marmer @ 28.12.07

25 diciembre 2007

En tal día como hoy

Feliz Navidad

# Escrito por Marmer @ 25.12.07

Pelagatos

De Papá Noel puede hacer cualquier pelagatos, pero para hacer de Reyes Magos se necesitan al menos tres.

Del manifiesto Pro-Reyes Magos

Etiquetas: Llamadme Ismael, off topic

# Escrito por Marmer @ 25.12.07

22 diciembre 2007

LLego el invierno

Curiosamente y según el Almanaque Náutico que todavía publica el Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina, hoy, día de la Salud, a las 0608 UTC se ha producido el Solsticio de Invierno. Desafortunadamente, no afecta al horario comercial y todos los hipers seguiran abiertos independientemente de la duración del día.

Etiquetas: otros

# Escrito por Marmer @ 22.12.07

El suceso de ayer - Un barco en peligro

Boletín de la sociedad de Salvamento de Náufragos Numero CCVI 1 de julio de 1902

A las diez de la mañana de ayer circuló por toda la población la noticia de que había un barco en gran peligro á la boca del puerto, y muy pronto se vió ir hacia la Magdalena mucha gente, que se fué aumentando á medida que avanzaba el día, y que por la tarde coronaba todas las alturas de la costa en aquella península, sobre las fortificaciones y en toda la línea de los pretiles del Mareógrafo.

Efectivamente, había un barco en gran peligro. Era el Cabo Espartel, de la Compañía Vasco-Andaluza que, procedente de Cádiz, venía en demanda del puerto, ya bastante acosado por el temporal, y que al llegar á la altura de Cabo Mayor, apenas doblada la punta, sufrió la rotura del eje de la hélice, quedando, por lo tanto inutilizado y á merced de la mar, que estaba muy gruesa.

Entonces hizo señales de auxilio, izando una trinqueta, con la que se dejó venir sobre el puerto empujado por el Noroeste, como á las nueve de la mañana, aproximadamente, saliendo pocos momentos después en su busca el remolcador Cuco, el cual le dió una amarra cerca de Cabo Menor, remolcándole hasta el faro de Mouro .

Al llegar frente á la isla de Mouro, un accidente imprevisto hizo imposible la continuación del remolque y por poco causa la pérdida de los dos vapores. Un golpe de mar acercó algo los dos buques, y el cabo, que al aflojarse se hundió en el agua, fué cogido por la hélice del Cuco, que se inutilizó, quedando también el remolcador sin gobierno y á merced de las olas, porque otro golpe le rompió el guardín derecho del timón.

Entonces hubo un momento de verdadera ansiedad, durante el cual se creyó que el Cabo Espartel y el Cuco iban á estrellarse sobre Mouro, á donde les arrojaba el mar y el viento. Leer resto del relato.

Etiquetas: Aquellos origenes

# Escrito por Marmer @ 22.12.07

20 diciembre 2007

El Canon

Lo próximo los bolígrafos, porque algunos degenerados los usan para copiar la letra de las canciones o tomar citas de algún libro. Viva la cultura!!

Etiquetas: off topic

# Escrito por Marmer @ 20.12.07

16 diciembre 2007

Inocente

La justicia británica ha declarado inocente al 2º Oficial del Pride of Bilbao en el caso del yate Ouzo. El informe del MAIB sobre este caso apuntaba a que el Ouzo naufragó por el aguaje del ferry o porque este le abordo. En cualquier caso, la investigación del MCA deja claro para aquellos que aun no lo tienen, que muchos yates y veleros no se ven en los radares y que la estela puede llevar a más de uno al fondo. Como decía aquel: "o el barco chico se aparta del grande o el grande lo aparta".

Del LLoyds List

THE Pride of Bilbao second mate, Michael Hubble, was cleared yesterday of remaining charges brought against him under the Merchant Shipping Act over the deaths of the three crew of the yacht Ouzo last year.

The jury at Winchester Crown Court, who had spent nearly a week to reach a not guilty verdict on three counts ofmanslaughter against Mr Hubble, failedto agree on a verdict on the further charges after more than 30 hours of deliberation.

The prosecution decided it was not in the public interest to go for a retrial on the remaining charges, and the judge ordered that Mr Hubble be found not guilty.

Mr Hubble had denied all the charges laid against him.

James Meaby, Rupert Saunders and Jason Downer drowned after the Ouzo sank and the Marine Accident Investigation Branch report released in April this year said it was of the "firm opinion" that the Pride of Bilbao had either collided with the Ouzo or "passed so close that she had been swamped or capsized by the vessel's wash".

Commenting on the verdict, P&O said yesterday that the company had co-operated fully with the police and the maritime authorities throughout the investigation and "continues to be of the opinion that, based on the evidence, the Pride of Bilbao was not responsible for the sad loss of life arising from the unexplained sinking of the yacht Ouzo."

The ferry company would not comment on the fact that their statement appeared to be contradicting the findings of the MAIB report.

P&O produced five fleet directives following the incident, which were listed in the report and which covered keeping a proper lookout, radar operating procedure, calling the master, familiarisation with bridge equipment, and maintaining situational awareness while taking avoiding action.

MAIB chief inspector of marine accidents, Stephen Meyer, said: "The MAIB has reviewed its analysis in the light of the theories put forward by the defence at the trial and finds nothing to alter its assessment of the accident."

Maritime and Coastguard Agency head of enforcement, Jeremy Smart, said the case had involved a lot of evidence and expert opinion and unfortunately the jury had not been able to reach agreement.

While the Crown Prosecution Service had felt the evidence was strong enough to warrant a manslaughter prosecution, the jury did not feel the the test of "beyond reasonable doubt" had been reached.

Recommendations to the MCA in the MAIB report include eliminating the use of photochromic lenses on UK-registered ships, and dealing with the issue of the ineffectiveness of many radar reflectors and the inability of ships' radars to detect small yachts.

The MCA, in conjunction with the Royal Yachting Association and QinetiQ Funtington, is carrying out research on the radar issues, which will then be presented to the IMO for action, Mr Smart said.

The officers' union Nautilus said that the case had raised serious questions about safety at sea and highlighted a number of issues that needed to be addressed by the authorities.

"There is extreme concern amongst our members about the potential dangers posed by large numbers of yachts and pleasure craft operating in and around busy shipping lanes like the Solent, and an incident like this could occur at any time," the union said.

The official investigation into the loss of the Ouzo had highlighted "serious shortcomings in the adequacy of navigation equipment.

"There is now extensive evidence that the standards of lights and radar reflectors fitted to many yachts are simply not good enough," it said.

Etiquetas: Accidentes, MAIB NTSB etc, Pride of Bilbao

# Escrito por Marmer @ 16.12.07

12 diciembre 2007

STMM se integra en CGT

Nota de Prensa

Hoy en Madrid se ha celebrado un encuentro de afiliados del Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Marina Mercante con el propósito de celebrar su Congreso Extraordinario, que tenía como punto fundamental del Orden del Día, decidir sobre la integración del STMM en la Confederación General del Trabajo.

Ya con anterioridad ambas organizaciones habíamos suscrito un acuerdo de colaboración con el objeto de conocernos mejor y a su vez visualizar la conveniencia del paso dado. Hoy pasado este periodo, la valoración de todas las partes ha sido de muy positiva y el pleno del Congreso, ha aprobado por unanimidad la integración del Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Marina Mercante en la Confederación General del Trabajo, siendo de esta forma y a partir de ahora el STMM de la CGT.

Etiquetas: otros

# Escrito por Marmer @ 12.12.07

POSH

Port Outbound, Starboard Home

A popular theory holds that it is derived from the initials of "Port Out, Starboard Home," the cooler, and thus more expensive, side of ships traveling between England and India in the mid-19th century. The acronym POSH was supposedly stamped on the tickets of first-class passengers traveling on that side of ships owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

Etiquetas: Llamadme Ismael

# Escrito por Marmer @ 12.12.07

La importancia de estar preparados

Una llamada de teléfono Satélite de unos subditos de su Graciosa Majestad permite al MCA coordinar un rescate a 750 millas de Falmouth. Concretamente se trataba de un yate de 9 metros con 3 tripulantes que aprovechaban la ARC para cruzar el charco. Nota de Prensa del MCA con los detalles.

Etiquetas: Nautica Deportiva

# Escrito por Marmer @ 12.12.07

11 diciembre 2007

El accidente del Hebei Spirit

También del LLoyds List

Hebei Spirit arrived at the pilot station at 1936, local time, on the eve of Dec 6 in rough weather and was requested to anchor, awaiting the Korean pilot.
At around 0630, local time, Dec 7, in heavy weather, of gale force gusting winds of 30-35 knots and a swell of 2.5 to 3 metres, Samsung No 1 (owner believed to be Samsung Heavy Industries) was being towed by two tug boats (believed to be also owned by Samsung Heavy Industries), the Samsung No.5 and Samho T3, in the close vicinity of Hebei Spirit.
Hebei Spirit anchored in an area designated by the Deasan port authorities, kept a proper anchor watch and displayed proper anchor signals as per regulations. When they realised that the tugs were going to pass close by in a potentially dangerous situation, they attempted VHF communication - however without response (apparently the tug was listening on channel 12 instead of the official channel 16.). Subsequently, the Marine Police was contacted and they also attempted to contact the tug, again without response.
Meanwhile, the Korean tugs were towing the crane barge across the bow of Hebei Spirit from starboard to port. Immediately crossing the bow, the tugs lost all control of the barge and the Indian Master of Hebei Spirit, tried to communicate with the tugs without success.
When the tow lines broke and it became apparent that the crane barge was heading towards Hebei Spirit, the master tried to move the ship out of the way ñ however, with the sheer size of the vessel, 264,162 deadweight tonnes, 338 metres long, in conjunction with adverse weather, there was insufficient time to avoid the collision.
The crane barge then came in contact with port side No.1 and subsequently Nos. 3 and 5 tanks, rupturing all the said tanks. Oil started to leak out of the damaged tanks immediately and the master immediately transferred some cargo from port side tanks No. 3 and 5 to other centre and starboard intact tanks, which had some remaining capacity.
On impact by the crane barge, the vessel listed about 5-7 deg to starboard and the master took quick action in adding further ballast to starboard side No.2 and 4 tanks to list the vessel further to starboard and mitigate any outflow of oil port tanks. Subsequently the oil stopped leaking from the port side tanks, with only intermittent oil leaking from one tank as the vessel rolled in heavy seas

Etiquetas: Hebei Spirit

# Escrito por Marmer @ 11.12.07

Los papeles

Tras el accidente del Cosco Busan, los muchachos del USCG le ha pedido al Práctico, que asesoraba al Capitán del containero, que entregue su licencia de piloto (y práctico) por no estar en sus facultades, y este los ha entregado voluntariamente porque sino... Nota de Prensa

Por otro lado, en el LLoyds List

California State officials today issued formal misconduct charges against the pilot involved in the Nov 7, San Francisco Bay oil spill that resulted in 58,000 gallons of fuel spilling into the water and fouling 40 miles of shoreline from Oakland to Bolinas. The accusation charges that Captain John Cota was negligent when he advised the captain of the fully cellular containership COSCO Busan to proceed under the Bay Bridge, resulting in the 900-foot vessel hitting a bridge tower. Among the specific claims levelled by the Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun are that Cota proceeded under the bridge despite doubting whether the vessel could manage safe passage, and that he did not have sufficient information about visibility in the fog as the vessel proceeded. Cota is also accused of travelling at an excessive speed for the conditions and failing to make use of all available resources, including a tug, the Vessel Traffic Service of the Coast Guard and his vessel's lookout. The tug remained tethered to the vessel's stern and was not used, the document said. Cota could have requested more information to assist him from the Coast Guard, but he did not, the document charged. Cota, as the pilot with local knowledge, also should have ensured that the vessel's lookout was properly instructed to know what to look and listen for and to report that prior to approaching the bridge. The charges issued by the board could lead to the revocation of Cota's pilot licence. Currently, his licence is suspended. He has 15 days to respond to the charges and request a formal hearing. Both the vessel's captain and its crew have refused to be interviewed by the US Coast Guard or other authorities. Last week, the US Department of Justice filed a civil suit against the owner of the vessel, Hong Kong-based Regal Stone Ltd., the company that insured the vessel, Shipowners' Insurance & Guaranty Co. and Cota. The suit did not specify the amount of damages, but it asserted that under federal law those liable for the spill should be required to pay for all clean-up costs and wildlife losses. In addition, the government seeks to confiscate and sell the 900-foot-long vessel, which is only six years old, to pay the costs, which easily will reach tens of millions of dollars.

Etiquetas: Cosco Busan

# Escrito por Marmer @ 11.12.07

10 diciembre 2007

Hebei Spirit

En este caso, al igual que en el Cosco Busan (containero pero con tanques de fuel mayores que muchas barcazas de bunker), un doble casco hubiera ahorrado muchos millones, ahora, el desastre ya está hecho.
Según parece, el accidente ocurrió mientras el Hebei Spirit (269.605 dwt) esperaba fondeado la entrada en Daesan (al sur de Inchon, +ó- aquí ), cuando una barcaza con una grua partió el remolque y le hizo tres agujeros al petrolero.

Etiquetas: Accidentes, Hebei Spirit

# Escrito por Marmer @ 10.12.07

09 diciembre 2007

El inicio del fin del S/S Norway

Fué la trágica explosión de una de las calderas, ocurrió llegando a Miami tras un crucero de 7 días, a la postre, ese sería el último crucero de placer del S/S Norway. El originario transatlántico France, con 43 años, era uno de los últimos S/S (steam ship) que quedaban, pero los años lo habían dejado anticuado, a pesar de las multiples reformas, era poco apropiado para los actuales cruceros, donde cualquier ratonera es puerto y pronto se las tendría que ver con el nuevo SOLAS. En fin, el NTSB del accidente que se llevo la vida de 9 tripulantes.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the boiler rupture on the Norway was the deficient boiler operation, maintenance, and inspection practices of Norwegian Cruise Line, which allowed material deterioration and fatigue cracking to weaken the boiler. Inadequate boiler surveys by Bureau Veritas contributed to the cause of the accident.

Etiquetas: MAIB NTSB etc

# Escrito por Marmer @ 9.12.07

Navegando

Visto siguiendo un enlace de microsiervos

Etiquetas: otros

# Escrito por Marmer @ 9.12.07

02 diciembre 2007

Estamos perdiendo el norte...

Y nada tiene que ver con la giro, la magnética o los barcos, pero como dice el juez: "estamos perdiendo el norte", se refiere a la educación de nuestros hijos, son 15 minutos de video de lo más sabrosos.

Esto no se toca, quita.
Con esto no se juega, dale.
Esto no se toca, quita.
Con esto no se juega, dale.
Quita los pies de la mesa.
En el salón no se juega.
En el sofá no se come.
En el salón no se juega.

Vía Halón Disparado

Etiquetas: off topic

# Escrito por Marmer @ 2.12.07

 

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