“An incredible amount of extremely usefulinformation on the subject of knots, hitches,splices, fancy work, block and tackle, and wire rope. Starting out with a description ofthe construction and care of rope, thereare tables of the breaking strengths andweights of various ropes, definitions of thenames applied by sailors to different typesof lines and advice on care and handing.
Столкнулись два балкера.
Вьетнамский балкер Vinacomin 03 с грузом около 3000 тонн угля затонул после столкновения с однотипным балкером Vinacomin 02 того же судовладельца,