"Jetcap" wrote in message

It was nice that you could call your buddy. You had his phone number
didn't you? Did you call one of the bulkers that were rounding the corner
into English Bay just a couple of miles away? Not knowing if a ship was
even there, much less what the name of the ship might be, who owns it and
who manages it, you will have fun obtaining the ships sat phone number.

You really don't get it do you?

I guess I don't..... I would never think of calling the port authority for
information on shipping schedules which would include arrivals & departures?
Where would I obtain a list of shipping lines to a certain port and inform
them of the situation ... then have them inform their ships in the area? I
mean that's impossible isn't it?
I guess when a 'bulker" is enroute... nobody knows where they are or what
route they are taking or when they will arrive eh?

Yeah... all those hundreds of thousands of vessels out there and nobody
knows where they are. Let's face it Rick... according to you.. they can't be
contacted! I guess Fleet Tracking is just a wet dream!

Plus I would assume that no manner of radio communication or radar target
would matter much if the entire bridge crew is in the mess getting drunk and
watching videos.... as they usually are.. the *******s!

CM