Category Archives: Scotland

Mirrored tanker in the “silence”

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Tim

A still night in March where the dark waters of Grangemouth dock became a mirror. The only sound was the oil rushing through the cargo lines and the cargo pumps whining at high pitch so you couldn’t really have heard … Continue reading →

Posted in At home, From the ship, Scotland, Tankers, UK, photos, ship spotting | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Straight through

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Tim

“Flintercarrier” entering Grangemouth docks.  I had my first experience of “Level Gates” and straight through at Grangemouth locks. We let go at a few minutes before high tide, and the pilot asked me if I would “take her into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Container, From the ship, Navigation, On the ship, Scotland | 3 Comments

Icing

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Tim

I’m the one in the lovely orange suit, the deck cadet is in blue, he is the computer expert and it’d his fault I got into wordpress, however he was not the one complaining about the wireless internet. Anyway, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Cork, Engineers, From Sweden, From the ship, Ice, Scotland, accident, as gaeilge | 2 Comments

Alan Hansen

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Tim

On my way out of the country the other day I observed the above Liverpool & Scotland football great Alan Hansen. I was not going to make a gobshite of myself and ask him if I could take his photograph … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, Liverpool, Scotland, Scottish, Sport, football | 4 Comments

Bourbon Dolphin Continued

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Tim

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazette reports that the AHT Bourbon Dolphin will not be salvaged because of the extreme depth at which she lies and due to the fact that the area can be subject to heavy seas and weather further … Continue reading →

Posted in Anchor Handler, Bourbon Dolphin, Norway, Scotland, Shipping, Sinking, UK, accident, capsize, sunk, wrecks | Comments Off