Washington State Ferry Walla Walla Runs Aground | Containerships and LNG Tankers Orders Smash Records | Hong Kong Receives Largest FSRU | Black Sea Grain Initiative May Be In Jeopardy | NETFLIX War Sailor Features the Plight of Norwegian Merchant Mariners at War and in Peace
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April 16 2023
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano – maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner – discusses the Top 5 Maritime News Stories as of April 16, 2023.
#supplychain #wallawalla #containership #LNG #tanker #shipbuilding #HongKong #china #blacksea #russiaukrainewar #grain #ukraine #russia #Netflix #WarSailor #norway #merchantmarine
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00:00 Introduction
00:42 1. Ferry runs aground in Rich Passage near Bainbridge Island
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/ferry-runs-aground-rich-passage-near-bainbridge-island/LQY7OHKUHJBE7I64BIHBOQAMPY/
MV Walla Walla
https://wsdot.com/ferries/vesselwatch/VesselDetail.aspx?vessel_id=36
Marine Traffic : MV Walla Walla
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-122.482/centery:47.581/zoom:12
04:55 2. Boxship and gas carrier orders smash more records
https://splash247.com/boxship-and-gas-carrier-orders-smash-more-records/
Cash buyers making fortunes flipping vintage tankers
https://splash247.com/cash-buyers-making-fortunes-flipping-vintage-tankers/
09:27 3. World’s Largest FSRU Arrives in Hong Kong
https://gcaptain.com/worlds-largest-fsru-arrives-in-hong-kong/
13:05 4. Ships Inspections Slow as Black Sea Grain Deal Negotiations Continue
https://gcaptain.com/ships-inspections-slow-as-black-sea-grain-deal-negotiations-continue/
Russia Says Black Sea Grain Deal May be Nearly Over
https://gcaptain.com/russia-says-black-sea-grain-deal-may-be-nearly-over/
What Happens if Russia Abandons the Black Sea Grain Deal?
https://gcaptain.com/what-happens-if-russia-abandons-the-black-sea-grain-deal/
A Grain Glut Is Straining the Goodwill That Ukraine Badly Needs
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-02/a-grain-glut-is-straining-the-goodwill-that-ukraine-badly-needs?leadSource=uverify%20wall
21:07 5. War Sailor: A Masterpiece Sheds Light On PTSD And The Unsung Heroes Of The Sea
https://gcaptain.com/war-sailor-a-masterpiece/
Nortraship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nortraship
https://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/nortraship.html
Norway: War Resistance Peace
https://www.wwiinorge.com/
See where the blockbuster “Krigsseileren” was filmed – DS Hestmanden has an open ship
https://www.vestagdermuseet.no/ds-hestmanden-apent-skip-sondag-25-september/
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We recently had a ferry fire here in the Philippines killing several people. Always appreciate your shipping and logistics discussions.
HOW DOES ON GROUND THE FERRY WHEN YOU TRAVEL THE BAY EVERYDAY? AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE.
It's beyond me why we would be selling anything to China we're basically at war with them just goes to show how greedy the bastards are the run this planet
Howdy Sal .
As an very interesting and ( normally ) acurate historian , You should get
Your facts right😉 My home town NARVIK 68° north , way above the artic circle , where the nazi's had their
first loss to the allied forces , is the biggest Norwegian iron ore exporting harbour .
Best wishes
My regards
Dan Solvoll
Master &
Commander
( ret . )
Breakfast at the mango farm with Sal
I rode that ferry. Got a funny story about one of the vending machines on board. A bag of chips was stuck on the skittles screw, so I bought the skittles and only got the chips, that I wasn't interested in. Wish I could shows pics.
Thanks Sal
At long last, somebody who can read a map lays out one of the obvious motivations for Russia's invasion of Ukraine: sea lanes. As in, every war since Peter the Great's war with Sweden has been heavily influenced or primarily caused by Russia' inherent geographic limitations on her international trade by sea.
I had a seventh-grade history teacher in probably 1971 who pointed out that there is no clear way to interpret Russian history, and make any sense of it, without taking into account the vast dilemma posed by Russia's enormous size and enormous wealth in natural resources, and her being completely hogtied for centuries by a lack of warm-water anchorages for trade with the world.
Russia's Azov Sea priorities, whatever anyone might think of the way Russians have conducted the war itself, are so obvious as a permanent strategic motivation that I have a hard time understanding why no one in media ever seems to mention how huge a factor Russian access to the Black Sea really is for them.
Short of this, Russia has only the north Pacific coast, the Baltic, and of course the Arctic to ship goods in and out of the country, every one of which is severely compromised both by geopolitical considerations as well as by weather and geography. Now with Finland having joined NATO, the Black Sea egress to the Mediterranean is that much more crucial to the Russian economy, and their dealings with Turkiye that much more one-sided and not in Moscow's favor.
My father was ordered to sea in September 1939. He was on his honeymoon!. His choice was back to his ship or enlist in the Royal Netherlands navy (MPs were at the door!). He did not see my mother again until 1944 when his ship was in Antwerp. He sailed in the Atlantic conveys, Russian convoys, support fleet for Anzio landings and evacuation of Dutch East Indies. Also was involved in the repatriation of Dutch POWs from Indonesia after Japan surrendered. He always down played his role as a seaman in WWII. He was my hero.
Walla Walla ran aground on RIch Passage.
Thanks!
I will cry you a peninsula.
Could you recap what you mean by Russia Hit ships? With what? Did they sink?
(new subscriber, sorry)
Is all the world buying that CO2 Hoax?
15:40 Yes of course they do. Russia's view on this region is that it historically is Russian clay since Catherine the Great. On top of this geostrategic issue comes the fact that due to the history of the region the Donbass and Crimea is settled with ethnic Russians who have been (violently!) discriminated against by post-Maidan Kiev governments under behest of US State Dept., namely Mrs. Nuland, who has a flaming hatred toward all things Russian. So the reasons for Russia to fight this war are threefold:
1) secure the Black Sea Fleet base of Sevastopol for good and all
2) "Bring home" the Donbass and establish buffer to outrange western (rocket)artillery
3) secure Asow-Sea as an inland sea
24:45 OK, the Swedish ore goes by rail from Luleå to Narvik. Germany decided to conduct operation "Weserübung" in April 1940 because of intelligence gathered that England was on its heels to occupy Norway for their own strategic reasons, that is to cut off this vital ore supply from Germany. This was a race to the mission-objective (Narvik, Oslo) by both sides of the conflict, so much so that Germany quite literally arrived first by a single day!
Tks again Prof Sal. I learned something new on Norway. Loved sailing in the fjords on a trip to Haakonsvern.
Man, as always OUTSTANDING CONTENT!
Sal This class of WSF vessels had a problem with commutator flash over since they were new. The solution was to slow them down (convenient to be at same time of Arab oil embargo of 1975. ) I do not know what was done about this excessive bar to bar voltage during the 2003 rebuilds as the WSF is pretty tight lipped when it come to these kinds of things that they consider too technical for public display! I would not be suprised that the speed limit was exceeded causing the problem.
NATO countries should be given first priority at US LNG supplies until the war in Ukraine is won.
Same with any LNG coming out of the North Sea/Norway….to NATO countries.