Ship sailing from Liverpool Docks

A court sentenced a captain to a total of 30 months imprisonment: It had been proven beyond doubt that the side ropes had been manipulated to make a ship inspection more difficult or to prevent it.

Many thanks to Capt. Pilot Evan Simkus for the insight into the working day!

APL Belgium in rough water near the Farallon Islands pilot station.

Lately there has been a considerable increase in opinions of seagoing ship´s masters complaining about pilotage services, expressed whether as LinkedIn articles and comments or in some reputable industry magazines.

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The Finnish special vessel "Meri" collided with Holtenau High Bridge (Holtenauer Hochbrücke) over the Kiel Canal early on Wednesday morning at around 4.37 am.

The ship could not slow down and sailed against the Old North Lock - “Alte Schleuse Nord”.