otnmbrd adds:

-Maersk was another of these who made good from WW2.Story goes, he turned
over all his ships to US government at the outbreak of the war with the
stipulation that all those sunk would be replaced at the end of
hostilities.Most of the ships were junk and all were sunk so that at the end of
the war he ended up with a fleet of "new" ships, courtesy of Uncle Sam.-


Bilge- LOL, that's the outfit I'm working for now, alright! Hey...it's still
going on, check the link:

http://www.maersklinelimited.com/mll/fleet/mps.asp

I'm on the Phillips. After the charter to Sammy expires, Uncle has to refit
the ships to their original form, see: Maersk Constellation, or buy the pooches
with their 30 year old salt-water cooled engine rooms.

In fairness, A.P. Moeller-Maersk's mom was American, so I believe he has dual
citizenship...but Lordy is he cheap bastid!

On my first Maersk ship, I was rootin' around the machine shop and found a
repair kit for a six-inch crescent wrench...the worm gear, the movable jaw, and
the pin, all in a plastic bag.

I wandered around dumbstruck for an hour that they would pay a guy two hours
to repair a tool that they could replace for 5-10 bucks.

These people spend zillions on crap, but whine cry and wail about our wages
and overtime.

And then they go wail and whine to the unions and the Coast Guard and anyone
else who will listen about how hard it is for them to fill the jobs...why won't
anyone take these jobs?

If ya can't figure out what the problem is, then its' highly likely that you
are the problem.


Cheers;


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