labomba 'splains:

-Sorry if I misunderstood. I think it started when you started your reply
with Bilge -.I though you were using it as a replacement for calling BS. And
then when you went on talking about a large ship and swinging areas I lost the
tie in.-

Bilge---my shorthand nickname, (although many,many,many people will agree that
it also means BS!). No problemo, Captain.

Diego Garcia and Saipan are prime places to observe the imporatnce of staying
in the little circle on the charts. Once the tide was running into Diego
lagoon, and the American Cormorant was swinging, and we on the Gibson
weren't...interesting watching "Big Red" come at you at such a stately pace.

The unwritten backstory behind the Express' grounding is that they don't like
to anchor close in, because the charterer, Maersk Line, supposedly doesn't like
paying for launch service, and Capetown is one of the few ports in the
container trade where you actually ride the hook while awaiting a
berth...potential off time.

I was on SeaLand Voyager last year, did 112 days and had 4 hours off the ship
in Durban. And the corporate dummies wonder why no-one wants any past of their
crappy industry!

Personally, I think someone makes extra compensation for "cutting budget",
that Maersk would pay launch service fees...but that's another story.

In light of this, they try to anchor as far out as possible, and this being
South Africa right off the Southern Ocean, they anchored maybe a little further
out than was...prudent.

Word around the hall is they were dragging anchor and heading for the island
prison where Mandella was kept for all those years under Apartheid.

Much opportunity for "pucker factor".

Regards;


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