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by Revolver
Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:15 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Canada Transportation Act Review - Report
Replies: 25
Views: 10318

Re: Canada Transportation Act Review - Report

NL and NS offshore should remain...
by Revolver
Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:35 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Wartsila is the new Volkswagen
Replies: 9
Views: 7705

Re: Wartsila is the new Volkswagen

the company said its internal audit revealed that 2 percent of its ship engine deliveries may have been affected by the manipulations, and the deviations in the readings were on average 1 percent of fuel consumption. Yeah so 2% of delivered engines saw an average of 1% fuel consumption - so it's on...
by Revolver
Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:45 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Wartsila is the new Volkswagen
Replies: 9
Views: 7705

Re: Wartsila is the new Volkswagen

haha of course; but would an average fuel consumption deviation of 1% spoil the results of the engine's best emission control set up to have it not meat emissions standards? There was no mention of not meeting standards in the article. Maybe they wanted to take control of the news and make it look j...
by Revolver
Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:27 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Wartsila is the new Volkswagen
Replies: 9
Views: 7705

Re: Wartsila is the new Volkswagen

I thought it was just a consumption not an emission result skewing...
by Revolver
Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:55 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Canada Transportation Act Review - Report
Replies: 25
Views: 10318

Re: Canada Transportation Act Review - Report

Okay so long terms, if all Canadian cargo movement on the lakes go tits - all those Seafarers have to go somewhere.

While we don't produce enough seafarers now, if all the lakes get taken up and displace those mariners - we then don't have enough jobs to place all them. Lookin' pretty bleek.
by Revolver
Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:06 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Canada Transportation Act Review - Report
Replies: 25
Views: 10318

Re: Canada Transportation Act Review - Report

Industry is definitely keeping wages low; for example on the lakes if you don't get your OT hours - you don't make enough money. (OT hours/salary/day rates blah blah is a whole other can of worms though) We currently have 4 schools (BC, MI, Romuski, and Georgian...that all?) pushing numbers out ever...
by Revolver
Sun Mar 06, 2016 6:11 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Canada Transportation Act Review - Report
Replies: 25
Views: 10318

Re: Canada Transportation Act Review - Report

If international operators gain access to Canada's domestic trade; how are Canadian seafarers going to keep their wages... If there's a 2nd Canadian Registry with foreign flag and foreign crews; essentially, how are Canadian seafarers even going to keep their jobs... Is our clock ticking, are we bas...
by Revolver
Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:32 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: The future of Canadian shipping
Replies: 4
Views: 2736

Re: The future of Canadian shipping

We sure are important...to make our employers a bunch of profit.

"The current policy of prohibiting access to Canadian domestic operations by foreign-
owned and registered vessels is restrictive and protectionist.
"

Hrmm...They make it sound like a bad thing... ...
by Revolver
Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:01 pm
Forum: General Job topics
Topic: MED refresher
Replies: 12
Views: 16827

Re: MED refresher

This new regulation is an interesting one. It's expensive enough (for people who's company might not pay) and it's physical enough to be too much of a bother for a number of the 'older' people near retirement to go through. This is going to knock a lot of people out of the game... Wasn't a horrible ...
by Revolver
Wed Jan 13, 2016 6:44 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Anode Changes
Replies: 11
Views: 5798

Re: Anode Changes

Well from first look there's an extra chunk of machinery stuck to the arse end of the port Engine.
by Revolver
Tue Dec 01, 2015 4:31 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Good Shipbuilding Practice vs Requirement
Replies: 11
Views: 7204

Re: Good Shipbuilding Practice vs Requirement

Common sense, not so common anymore.
by Revolver
Mon Nov 30, 2015 6:45 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Good Shipbuilding Practice vs Requirement
Replies: 11
Views: 7204

Re: Good Shipbuilding Practice vs Requirement

Not a class req, just proper design.
by Revolver
Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:15 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Atlantic Canada Shuttle Tankers
Replies: 2
Views: 1922

Re: Atlantic Canada Shuttle Tankers

I have heard good things about TeeKay in the same regard; competitive bids on contracts is how it works, and with a commitment to build new ships for the job, I see no reason why they didn't hire TeeKay. But I'm just saying Canship has been doing a pretty good job and it's a NL based company which i...
by Revolver
Tue Jun 02, 2015 7:24 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Atlantic Canada Shuttle Tankers
Replies: 2
Views: 1922

Atlantic Canada Shuttle Tankers

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/new-shuttle-tanker-contract-changes-landscape-in-newfoundland-s-offshore-1.3096559 https://teekay.com/offshore/teekay-offshore-awarded-east-canada-shuttle-tanker-contract/ Shame to see that for Canship - we'll see how it goes in the long term. ......
by Revolver
Sat May 02, 2015 4:43 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Spill Timing
Replies: 4
Views: 3541

Re: Spill Timing

Not too long ago a C/E I was working with wanted to to this for the emerg. Gen (or Fire pump?) and I was really looking forward to seeing it done! But...it was pushed back "we'll do it tomorrow, no the next day...", and then I got off...so I never got to see it (or know if it was actually ...