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MSC Malaga - The Rest (2/4)

They used charts and protractors lots, and then punched the results into a computer to pilot the boat along the decided course. The stuff at the top of the stern. Exhaust pipes, radar, etc. Here's a clear view of the three cranes. They can be used to load and unload the ship in ports that don't support it, but the route the ship currently was one (Liverpool to Montreal to Antwerp) didn't need that, obviously, since there was fancy container-loading stuff everywhere. Bins for different kinds of trash. Rescue boat for if someone fell overboard. Computer navigation tool. Had various waypoints and ETAs, but once we had the pilot on board (as here), it was just a fancy GPS thing. Hydrostatic distress signal; Back of the barometric pressure thing. You can see the line is thinner here than before, 'cause it's much smoother sailing. Somin' down the St. Lawrence Seaway Wires..uh-oh! Sailboats ..Some of them thought it was cool to get really close. The pilot didn't dig that much. Sailboats. We honked the giant horn/whistle-thing at them. Pilot again. Random industrial stuff beside the seaway. More random industrial stuff. Coal? Industry. Sailboats. Ferry. Canadian Shipping Lines..Maybe Paul Martin's on board? The deck from above. All the flags they had, for various ports the ship might go to. A bunch of specs about the ship. Looking down the bow A giant rope, with a smaller rope. Stuff on the bowdeck Stuff on the bowdeck Looking down the bow (again) looking across the ship at some land. this was the "standard" side-stuff with lunch. Survivable-on, as necessary. Wee ship passing us. Looking down at the stern. Those two spools were the mooring lines. Life-boat. 24 (?) rear-facing seats with pilot-style double shoulder belts. Looked like a rough ride. The flag of the managing owner, the NSB (not the MSC, that's the contracting company.) Canada! Light on the door of my cabin, from inside. Going under a bridge. Close! Only a few feet of extra height. Bridge.
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