REG: Absolutely spot-on observations there. The life at sea these days is a far cry from those of yore.
The amount of paperwork alone is astonishing & leaves Captains & crews vulnerable to imprisonment for any oversight.
The number of crew per ship is decreasing to alarming levels, yet any errors are automatically attributed to the crew....again with punitive punishments.
(Check out Captain Ted's signature!)

Those who may believe that modern technology and computerization have made life easier for the crews on ships such as this one couldn't be more wrong. Things aren't easier, they are much more difficult. The fact is that there is far more work to do, and far fewer people and far less time to get it done. In addition to the greater amount of cargo carried, international regulations have created a whole lot more additional paperwork that has to get done, all of which has been delegated to the ships' personnel, without adding any additional people to do it.

How do the crew find time to check that all the containers are loaded properly, all the refrigerated containers running properly, and all the container lashings properly secured, prior to sailing? And those things do have to be done, because any discrepancies that are found later are blamed on the ship, not on the shore-side workers.

Interesting to think that these monsters are driven by guys maybe smaller that 1.90.

Good one, Cody! :)

I guess it's either "Get TEU big" or "Get lost" for the companies...

Rgds

Vlad

Those container ships are getting TEU big I think.

And thanks to Petros Psarras, now we know the meaning of her name. Thalassa Mana = Sea Mother in Greek.

Those lifeboats sure does look tiny on that massive hull :-)

...AND ANOTHER TEU monster to make sure the over capacity in the container market stays

Thanks, Shaun!

Rgds

Vlad

Perfect maiden picture as usual Vlad!!!