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Wednesday 18 July 2012

RAPPAHANNOCK shootout - are Indian seafarers target practice now?



http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Diary-of-a-Divorced-Delhi-Male/entry/battleship-potemkin-naval-war-movies-as-propaganda-tools


We were at sea in the "good old days" when we heard stories about how naval ships from the Western countries, well after WW-II was over, would take potshots at fishing fleets from developing countries in the middle of the ocean, for whatever reason, even wagers between people - in a day and age when communication was not all that good.
It is the submission of some of us that a similar arrogance is coming back on the oceans. There are rules for us and there are no rules for them. Are we now target practice for a bunch of cowboys?

Tuesday 10 July 2012

Fatigue at sea with seafarers - a film you must watch


Not just watch, but also comment, on their website as well as this blog. Finally somebody who gives some plain talk - why are seafarers subjected to such horrific conditions of work?

http://www.seafarersfatigue.com/

http://251589.edicypages.com/en

And please share too. We owe this to not just ourselves, but to the future generations.