Sulpher

[John Arton]

I was only ever on one ship that required fumigation, but that was to get rid of the copra beetles from the previous cargo and we were due to load bagged rice. The holds had been washed at least 4 times including once with a so called beetle killer additive to the wash water but all to no avail, the little buggers were still there. It was decided to fumigate the whole ship with, I think, some sort of chlorine gas. This was in Orange, Texas and meant we all had to go and live ashore for 4 days in a hotel whilst the ship was fumigated...oh joy 4 days in a hotel all paid for and loads to drink.
C.P. had a contract with a world wide outfit for checking for infestation and getting rid of any. To get rid of roaches they would place a special powder on the steel beams where the roaches passed along. On going through this powder the roaches would get it on their bodies and ingest it , which led to their dying of the stuff, believe it also made them infertile so they could not breed.
IN order to prevent the spread of disease carried by rodents etc. it is now quite common to place smoke bombs on the top of the grain cargoes prior to sealing the hatches, these smoke bombs are timed to go off after hatches are sealed and they emit a gas that is harmless to humans in open spaces but in enclosed spaces are dangerous as they kill off any rodents etc. There is a recent P and I notice regarding the use of these with SOYA Bean meal and the possibility of scorching the cargo due to the heat these bombs let off.
Rope guards, you will find many ports will fine you if you have incorrectly set rope guards, especially if you have arrived from certain countries and in many countries they will fine you anyway, even if they are correctly set..its called baksheesh.
Re; Light dues
In the U.K. for a 120m, 7500t ship it was £134 per call but after 7 calls within the year, after that it is free.
For that same size ship, Port Dues (including Pilotage) could be anything up to £5000 (Barry) or £2000 (MSC)
Nowadays I doubt if any ships master does his own inward and outward clearance due to the varied and huge amount of papers required.
Most papers are emailed via the agent in nearly every country I have visited these days, even the surrendering of the 1/3 original B/L is usually done by the ships Agent as most vessels Masters, apart from not having the knowledge of the procedures, most likely do not have the time to trot around to the customs house, port authority, receivers etc. including the time to travel the miles between all the various bodies.
rgds
JA

[john sutton]

here in spain the locals use sulphur to sop dogs pee-ing on gate or door posts.
just sprinkle some around the post every few days.works

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Marion.
First ship I joined straight from sea school a Hain's boat Trevose, she was in dry dock, she was changing over from a Indian crew, we sailed for Rotterdam and were put ashore while they fumigated her, she was full of cockroaches, going to sea in a day they were all over the place.
As for sulfur there is now a political row going on in Balmain Sydney over the Liners running their engines while in port, as they are using a cheap fuel they spew out sulfur fumes making the local people's kids sick, when they built the new terminal they omitted to put in shore power for the Liners.
Cheers Des

[happy daze john in oz]

On UCL Lavender ladies there would be no need to fumigate the crew quarters of first class wingers. Most of the perfume they used would kill a brown dog.

[j.sabourn]

Sulpher...Just add charcoal and saltpetre and whazam you have gunpowder. JS

[John Arton]

Hi Marion.
First ship I joined straight from sea school a Hain's boat Trevose, she was in dry dock, she was changing over from a Indian crew, we sailed for Rotterdam and were put ashore while they fumigated her, she was full of cockroaches, going to sea in a day they were all over the place.
As for sulfur there is now a political row going on in Balmain Sydney over the Liners running their engines while in port, as they are using a cheap fuel they spew out sulfur fumes making the local people's kids sick, when they built the new terminal they omitted to put in shore power for the Liners.
Cheers Des

Des
IMO introduced new regulations regarding emissions from ships and designated areas established where ships have to burn low sulphur fuel. For instance any ship bound for a European port has to burn fuel containing less than 1% sulphur 24 hours before arriving off Ushant and in special areas that limit is 0.1%. I know the Isle of Wight is a special area and the I.O.W. ferries have to burn gas oil to comply.
I would have thought that Sydney harbour was an area where they were required to burn low sulphur diesel.
California has some of the strictest emissions laws going further than the International regulations, any ship transiting the California coast line has to be a minimum of 200 miles off the coastline before it can use fuel containing more than 1% sulphur.
rgds
JA

[j.sabourn]

#19 Hey Louis you never said you were on the Pennyworth. Were you there before or after Jim Brady. Wasn't Jim that brought them on board as was clear when I was there. Was that the trip you came back from Bombay and didn't check your bag. If you had the stuttering Ch. Steward there then you probably got them served up in your curry and rice as some kind of oriental nuts. Cheers JS

[j.sabourn]

Ref. Pennyworth managed sometime ago to get someone to post the picture of, coming down some waterway, don't know if Manchester ship canal or the Kiel Canal. Maybe someone will recognize. JS