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Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear

07-10-2015, 18:57

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Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

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Posted By hellosailor

Re: Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

That is the reason that "jargon" is expressly prohibited by FEMA and DHS. You may think "ping" means sending out an acoustic pulse. To someone in the IT fields, it means sending out a data burst...

Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear

07-10-2015, 15:23

Replies: 130

Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

Views: 21,693

Posted By hellosailor

Re: Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

The Jones Act was "once upon a time" intended to do many things by keeping a well paid, well treated, US Merchant Marine. These days? Probably the only argument that can be made for it, in a global...

Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear

06-10-2015, 20:58

Replies: 130

Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

Views: 21,693

Posted By hellosailor

Re: Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

Joaquin was moving at about 13 mph after it increased in strength and accelerated. Typical container ships today can move at 21 knots to 25 knots, and 21 is simply a fuel conserving choice for many....

Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear

06-10-2015, 09:02

Replies: 130

Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

Views: 21,693

Posted By hellosailor

Re: Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

"At any rate, where would you mount free fall lifeboats on this ship?"
Engineering can solve anything. Except accountants, because for some reason, no matter how often the engineers propose...

Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear

05-10-2015, 20:21

Replies: 130

Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

Views: 21,693

Posted By hellosailor

Re: Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

" Is there something that makes a PLB for merchant mariners impractical"
Add $400 per suit for 34 crew, $13,600 up front. Plus mounting/installing/deploying and repacking and maintenance. And then...

Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear

05-10-2015, 15:56

Replies: 130

Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

Views: 21,693

Posted By hellosailor

Re: Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

From tonight's Nooze...

Apparently the crux of the matter is that they lost propulsion for unstated reasons, and THAT left them unable to outrun, outmaneuver, or otherwise simply cope with the...

Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear

05-10-2015, 10:29

Replies: 130

Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

Views: 21,693

Posted By hellosailor

Re: Safety of Ships' Lifeboats in Major Storms

Ann-
You'd really have to chase down details. The bottom line is that shippers almost always try to cut every possible corner in order to make profits. Retrofitting a pair of big orange "torpedo...

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