The Maritime Advocate–Issue 872

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. What’s for dinner?
2. ICS Secretary General
3. Indian Register
4. Intercargo year
5. IACS rules
6. Carbon capture
7. LNG
8. Pump failures
9. Expertly separated
10. 3D design

Notices & Miscellany

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1. What’s for dinner?

By Michael Grey

It was very many years ago, at a Mission to Seafarers’ conference, when I was commenting on sub-standard shipping (there was a lot of it about then) I made reference to some cheapskate operator I had heard about who provided his wretched crews with a tin of pilchards every second day as their sole