LAST WEEK’S BEST BUNKER FINDING
AND LAST WEEK’S RECORD GOES TO:
MUMBAI INNER ANCHORAGE [INDIA]
OFF HIRE BUNKER SURVEY
13/AUGUST/2026
VLSFO: 525.900 MT / LSMGO: 327.300 MT – ENGINE LOG BOOK.
VLSFO: 556.657 MT / LSMGO: 327.676 MT – BUNKER SURVEY.
VLSFO: [+] 30.757 MT / LSMGO: [+] 0.376 MT – DIFFERENCE.
ANOTHER FAT RECOVERY ON THE REDELIVERY TO OUR CLIENT!
THIS BUNKER FINDING REPRESENTS AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO 1 DAY OF CHARTERING HIRE.
CRANE INSPECTION
LAST WEEK WE ATTENDED FOR ON HIRE BUNKER AND CONDITION SURVEY IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.
DURING THE CONDITION SURVEY, WE NOTED THE HOISTING WIRE OF VESSEL’S CRANE NO.1 WAS IN POOR CONDITION:
-EXTERNAL CORROSION;
-DRY GREASE;
-NUMEROUS YARNS BROKEN [IN DISCARD CRITERIA AS PER ISO4309];
WE PROMPTLY ADVISED THE CLIENT AND SHOWED IT TO THE MASTER, WHO PROCEEDED WITH WIRE’S REPLACEMENT BY A NEW SPARE UNIT AVAILABLE ON BOARD.
SOME NICE PHOTOS OF SURVEYS PERFORMED LAST WEEK
MOTIVATION
CUTTING THE GORDIAN KNOT.
AN ANCIENT PROPHECY IN PHRYGIA [MODERN-DAY TURKEY], STATED THAT WHOEVER COULD UNTIE THE SUPER COMPLEX KNOT, WOULD RULE ALL OF ASIA.
BACK IN 333 BC, ALEXANDER THE GREAT ARRIVED AT GORDIUM AND, UNABLE TO UNTIE THE COMPLEX, HIDDEN-ENDED KNOT THROUGH NORMAL MEANS, HE DREW HIS SWORD AND SLICED THROUGH IT WITH A SINGLE SHARP STRIKE → AFTER THAT, HE WENT ON TO CONQUER MUCH OF ASIA.
THIS STRONG ACT IS NOWADAYS USED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT BUREAUCRATIC, LOGISTICAL, COMPLEX PROBLEMS REQUIRES “THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX” [OR A RADICAL SHORTCUT, AS DONE BY ALEXANDER THE GREAT].
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