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Post by onlymark on Feb 22, 2011 19:57:31 GMT
For some reason you need to know where that ferry or cargo ship is that you are interested in. Can't think why, but you might need to know. Maybe it is on this map - www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?centerx=30¢ery=25&zoom=2&level1=140If you scroll in or move it to the area you want, or search on a port for example, you'll see details of loads of ships regularly updated. Just in case you were interested.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 22, 2011 20:34:06 GMT
I don't know why, either, but it's nifty as all get-out!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2011 20:36:41 GMT
Excellent, and it will be quite useful for all of our seafaring members once it gets moved to the "shipping out" branch.
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Post by onlymark on Feb 22, 2011 20:41:42 GMT
The Red Sea is surprisingly quiet.
The shipping out branch may well be the the place for it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2011 21:23:00 GMT
In one of my favourite films of all time ("Li" also titled "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"), almost nothing happened. It's about a cargo ship moored in Hong Kong harbour. An Irish sailor (Stephen Rea) encounters a young Chinese girl who lives on a sampan and makes her living cleaning the filth of these ships while they are in port. (Other girls on other sampans make their living on the visiting cargo ships a different way.)
They just spend a day in Hong Kong together and that's all.
I have been under the spell of cargo ships in port since the trip I made to Aqaba during the first week of the Iran-Iraq war. Aqaba was completely deserted because there were fears that it would be bombed -- it was the major supply port of Iraq, since the Persian Gulf could not be used.
A friend and I stayed in a complete empty hotel on the beach. It had about 200 rooms and only about 4 rooms were occupied. It must be confessed that we may have abused of the duty free alcohol that we had bought, and we decided that we absolutely had to go out to the sea around 1 a.m. Skinny dipping seemed to be a must, so Marie and I stripped down and went into the deliciously warm water, but we were not alone.
Just offshore were dozens of cargo ships waiting off shore, bobbing up and down in the water. They had lights on the prows and the masts, and we could hear radio music coming from the ships, as well as voices of conversation, engine sounds, and splashes of water. It seemed absolutely magical and festive and at the same time, one was supposed to worry that rockets could come hurtling down from Iran at any moment.
We finally went back to the hotel, but I have never forgotten the magic of that night and how much I wanted to be on one of those ships, living a life of adventure and seeing the world.
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Post by mich64 on Feb 22, 2011 23:30:57 GMT
To many people this may not be interesting, but to me, oh yes! I enjoyed going through it with my logistical brain. Although my dream is not like Kerouac's, that of being on one of these ships, mine is tracking them and their cargo. I also love watching films that has ports involved.
I had input in putting such a program into purpose for the company I worked for. I also trained staff on how to input data nightly so management knew where every unit was every mornings conference call. Very exciting. Thanks Mark!! Mich
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2011 14:36:39 GMT
I want to go along with the containers.
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Post by mich64 on Feb 23, 2011 14:44:16 GMT
Then I could trace where you are and we would both be happy! ;D Cheers! Mich
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Post by htmb on Aug 20, 2016 12:06:24 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 20, 2016 14:40:54 GMT
That is more than interesting, it's beautifully written and the photography is great.
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Post by htmb on Aug 20, 2016 14:42:19 GMT
The photographer is his wife. He's written a few other interesting travel pieces that have also included her photographs.
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