Ship Simulator
English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: Ballast on September 04, 2009, 10:16:18
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I've added some pictures on my flickr page of my latest voyage. I thought you might like it ;D
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ballast/sets/
Enjoy :doh:
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Hi Ballast
Thanks for sharing photos very interesting to view brings back memories
to us old salts :lol:
Eric
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Awesome ballast!
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Very nice pics Ballast, wish I could be on a ship too, I tried it once and loved it.(worked on a little oil tanker)
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Thanks guys ;D
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Hi Ballast great pics are you a deckhand"?
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Hi Ballast great pics are you a deckhand"?
Hi Matt, we sail with Philipino deckhands. The officers are mostly Dutch or Belgium.
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Great photos! :)
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Excellent gallery! I add you as a friend :2thumbs:
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So your an officer then?
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Excellent gallery! I add you as a friend :2thumbs:
I already wondered who added me :2thumbs:
So your an officer then?
Not yet, still collecting my last sea service days to retrieve my license :thumbs:
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Awesome pics Ballast!
You're making me jelous :evil: :lol:
I'm going to the college soon, to do my Day Skipper course...It lasts into 2010, starting soon. Give me a taste of my future :lol: I'll be able to collect my radio lisence when I'm 16 as well too. Almost 15 now ;D
I've also got work experience at the end of this year, Hopefully with Stena Line, if they say yes..Hopefully on the Stena Leader, pushing it :lol:
Thanks for sharing!
Jack.
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Excellent stuff, Ballast!! Thanks for sharing! :2thumbs:
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Brilliant pics Ballast, very interesting! :2thumbs:
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A licence for that ship cool would that be under the Unlimited category?
I kow it starts with a 6pack here then a bit bigger to 50 then 100 tons my dad has a small 100 tons I believe he is going a step up though but he doesnt need any larger as they cost quite a bit of cash to keep up dont they?
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Thanks guys ;D
Awesome pics Ballast!
You're making me jelous :evil: :lol:
I'm going to the college soon, to do my Day Skipper course...It lasts into 2010, starting soon. Give me a taste of my future :lol: I'll be able to collect my radio lisence when I'm 16 as well too. Almost 15 now ;D
I've also got work experience at the end of this year, Hopefully with Stena Line, if they say yes..Hopefully on the Stena Leader, pushing it :lol:
Thanks for sharing!
Jack.
It will give you a great advantage if you already have some experience with working on board vessels. I was 14 when i sailed on barges during holidays and summervacation during high school. A licence for that ship cool would that be under the Unlimited category?
I kow it starts with a 6pack here then a bit bigger to 50 then 100 tons my dad has a small 100 tons I believe he is going a step up though but he doesnt need any larger as they cost quite a bit of cash to keep up dont they?
Overhere you have a license for 'ships not larger then 3000 gross tonnage' and 'all ships'. The first one i already finished, and in a few months i start studying for my 'all ships' license which will take about 4 months.
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New trip, new pics!
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Alongside in Ceuta, north Africa for bunkers.
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Barbwired fence to keep the stoways out, or the sailors in....
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Bridge
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Mission Control Centre. For all cargo, ballast and tank cleaning operations.
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Dense fog
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Dolphins playing at the bow in Mediterranean Sea
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Passing Gibraltar strait
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Compulsory escort tug at the port of Cartagena, Spain. A bit overkill, made fast with a ship's line. Tow line of the tug was too big to fit through the fairlead! :doh:
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Morocco
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Rendez vous at Huelva roads. Dutch Spirit - Dutch Navigator - Dutch Mate
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Huelva roads.
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Aircraft carrier in Dover strait
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Nice set mate :thumbs:
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Very enjoyable pics.. :thumbs:
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Thanks for the comments guys :thumbs:
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love those pics, thanks for uploading :2thumbs:
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Great Pics :2thumbs:
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Cool photos, I still have no idea why dolphins would actually PLAY at the bow of a ship though, I would think they would get themselfs keelhauled. :o But still, GREAT PHOTOS! :2thumbs:
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I also dont have a clue why dolphins do that, but it sure looks fun :thumbs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq0ebuOLTnI
A short movie of the dolphins
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I agree, it does look fun, (and like the ship is chasing the dolphins like they were wanted criminals and the ship was the police). :lol:
Also, nice vidio!
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i do not think the ships chasing the dolphins, it's funny that dolphins like to play with ships so much and and peoples that are swimming BDW it's a great video
Tore/TJK
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Back on board since's 3 weeks. No easy life trips in the Mediterranean sea this time, but just plain fun on the North sea. The crew is generally the same as during my previous trip, which is always a plus :)
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Passing the Botlek bridge in the port of Rotterdam.
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Hey Ballast,
Good to see someone starting out on their career at sea.
Looks like a nice ship you are on, good luck with your license, do you have any more exams to take or only some more sea time?
I assume from your screen name that you are training to be a deck officer rather than an engineer? I have been saying for years that you lot are only any use as ballast! :P :P :P
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Hi Clanky!
I'm finished with all the exams. Just 7 more weeks of sea service days before i can pick up my '2nd mate no limitations' license. A bit strange, like i have no limitations... ;D Before i went to sea, i sailed on inland barges for 6 years. The last few years i sailed as mate. Unfortunately my barge license isn't interchangeable for a sea going license, so i had to go back to school for that.
My interest in the engine room is very little. I was lucky that the nautical schools over here recently started with the separated mate and engineers courses again. Before that you could only follow the 'maritime officer' course, a combined course with the bridge and the engine room. Once you finished it you get a license for both functions, meaning you also had to work 6 months in the engine room during your apprenticeship!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr7484pPBhc
Bridge tour! ;D
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Hi Ballast,
That's a nice video you posted there. I have told "clanky" that he is not at all complimentary about the deck department. :doh: But then, One cannot expect anything different from the down below lot. ::) ;) ;)
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New trip, new pics!! :)
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Put your hands up for .... ;D
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Bridge in the port of Antwerp, Belgium
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Film crew of the new "Deadliest cargo" show at the Discovery channel.
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Meeting the Dutch Faith at the Elbe.
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Alongside the m.t. "Harbour Clear" (16225 dwt) for cargo transfer.
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Sailing at the river Tees. The Riverside stadium, home of FC Middlesbrough, dead ahead.
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The Svitzer Sun, our escort tug on the river Tees. Not that she can do anything, her draft is deeper than ours :doh:
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Changing the cargopump. Pump + pumpstack is about 9 meters long.
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Selsey IV in Dunkerque, France.
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Dunkerque lighthouse.
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The Sandettie light ship who has been replaced by a large buoy for quiet a while now.
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Leaving Dunkerque. Bye bye, till next time :doh:
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The pilot boat after picking the pilot up. The ship is ours again! Always nice how the serene atmosphere comes back after the start of the sea passage. Everybody starts to do their own thing again.
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Elbe approach.
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Belgium dredger owned by Jan de Nul dredging on the Elbe.
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Very good pictures, btw will you be on TV?
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Nice pictures Ballast, well done. Hope you are enjoying yourself.
There can of course only be one contender for the most deadly cargo.....
Passengers :o
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Nice pics Menno :thumbs: Saw the Sandettie lightship last year - through the rain soaked windows of the car!
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Nice pics Menno :thumbs: Saw the Sandettie lightship last year - through the rain soaked windows of the car!
Thanks mate :)
Nice pictures Ballast, well done. Hope you are enjoying yourself.
There can of course only be one contender for the most deadly cargo.....
Passengers :o
True, i don't like sailing with a cargo that moans and has an opinion ;D
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Talking cargo is very definitely the most dangerous. ::) I fully agree about the sublime peace which comes over the ship on clearing port for a sea passage. Being AT sea was the time I most enjoyed, on a general cargo ship. In port it was usually total chaos and noise, rooms had to be kept locked and portholes tightly closed against thieves. Absolute bliss to be away from it. :2thumbs:
Regards,
Angus.
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from the 2-3 weeks of experience on a tanker I have had, I most enjoyed sailing or being anchored on the raid. Even though painting can be boring, it is interesting when your working with the crew, even the captain was painting. Also we got to play with the mob boat, and sailed into a small town/village in Norway and the weather was trough the 3 weeks I think it was amazing. But I did like loading and unloading oil, didn't really mind I did all the work, though those valves can be tiring to operate, especially when all the tanks start to say biiiiiiiiiiiiiiip, cause the are about to be full. Btw there were no thieves to be worried on in Norway on the dock, but beautiful Spambot worked on the dock actually(not often, but sometimes), that could be a distraction
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Great pics MJ ;)
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Thanks for the comments guys :)
@Minime, on our vessels all valves for the cargo system as well as the ballast system are hydraulic controlled from the cargo control room. I'm not sure if it's always better. I learned the profession with manual controlled valves on deck. Old skool ;D
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hehe, the one I was on is now sold to Nigeria, that means it was an old outdated vessel. You know when the vessel you are on was built? Is it just maintained well or is it quite new?
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The Mate is built in 1989, that makes her 21 years old now. Our oldest vessel atm is the Dutch Progress with the age of 25.
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Dutch Progress. Hard to believe she's 25 years old huh ;D
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wow, good to see they are so well maintained, do they have double hulls though?
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Yeah, our fleet is double hull :) The cargo tanks and cargo lines are made of stainless steel (SS 316), giving us the possibility to transport a very wide range of liquid chemicals.
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That makes it an great fleet,. Very nice looking tankers, maybe one day I'll be making those, I've always had a great interest for tankers.