Last week and this has not been good for our team here in Australia. Our Captain who was on a wine tasting session with our boss got nipped ...

Yesterday our boss came to inspect the ship he is building here in Australia. He had loads a meetings and finally settled down to discuss ma...

The weather has been awful for the last week, rain, rain and more rain. Haven't seen raining men but it sure is close. Well, enuff of th...

Greetings from Australia once more. Have been down under in Oz for a couple weeks now. Last Saturday I volunteered to be the designated driv...

Been now almost a week in Oz and seen and experienced a lot.

06.10.2006-05.04.2007 Chief officer m/y Titan  Titan in La Seyne-sur-Mer

26.05.2006 - 27.09.2006 Second Mate (Safety and medical Officer) m/v CMA CGM Capella CMA CGM Capella (photo courtesy of Ivan Meshkov/ Shipsp...

Deutsche Schoner cover

08.08.2005 - 20.12.2005 Marine Superintendent r/v Tonle Pandaw on Tonle Lake

George and Nikos

RMS Windsor Castle Later: SS Margarita L / Rita Ship of sheer beauty! ( Author’s collection) RMS Windsor Castle 1960 - 1977

m/s Margarita L on Salamina

30.01.2003 - 03.02.2003 Owner's representative/ Captain m/v Columbus Caravelle Columbus Caravelle alongside Gaoyanglu wharf, Shanghai (p...

04.03.2000 - 31.05.2000 Chief Officer 01.06.2000 - 07.08.2000 Captain 02.10.2000 - 01.11.2000 Chief Officer 02.11.2000 - 04.02.2001 Capta...

Having signed off last April I knew that the stay in Singapore was over and also my counterpart resigned for landbased work, I was now the s...

Having signed on last October as Chief Mate we got the news of a new acquirement by Conning shipping, an old 2nd hand cruise ship made in De...

24.01.2000 - 16.02.2000 2nd officer m/s Oihonna Oihonna (unknown photographer)

10.12.1999 - 07.01.2000 Chief officer M/s Winden Winden (unknown photographer)

07.04.1999 - 22.09.1999 Captain m/v Columbus Caravelle LOA: 117m, GT 7560, Passengers: ~200 Columbus Caravelle in Port Klang

11.03.1999 - 29.03.1999 2nd officer m/s Oihonna M/s Oihonna

07.03.1999 - 10.03.1999 1st officer m/s Railship I M/s Railship I (Photo by A. Sporri)

22.09.1998 - 23.12.1998 2nd officer m/v Superstar Leo Superstar Leo (unknown photographer)

16.06.1998 - 16.09.1998 2nd officer m/v Superstar Sagittarius Superstar Sagittarius at Pulau Pangkor, Malaysia

In 1998 Capt Jan Rautawaara had the opportunity to Captain the old schooner Anny von Hamburg for a summer and from the experience he wrote a...