Lemschout
2nd April 2008, 20:06
Hello,
“Lemschout” is an alias made by contracting the first syllables of the two discoverers of the Cape Horn: LEMaire and SCHOUTen, two personalities which are typical of the seafaring world of all ages. They were thrown in jail for having discovered this new route to reach the Dutch East Indies. Nowadays, masters are still easily harassed by the authorities for accidents they had no or little power to control: ERIKA, PRESTIGE, HEBEI SPIRIT, ZIM MEXICO… among many others.
Normally I am not so interested in pure nostalgia, but well in maritime history as far as it can be used to understand and improve all the factors affecting commercial shipping. But on this forum I discovered that nostalgia can be an significant source of proved common sense and important facts.
Experience: a good 30 years at sea up to master on bulkers and containers, got several jobs after bankruptcy of company until I finally settled as Maritime inspector for the Belgian administration.
Further details can be found at http://users.skynet.be/p.woinin/swptcv.htm
I saw already quite a few topics where I could add some interesting details, but my present function require a total discretion on the information obtained in the scope of my work. Unless of course the information cannot traced to any particular ship but could be useful to enhance safety.
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“Lemschout” is an alias made by contracting the first syllables of the two discoverers of the Cape Horn: LEMaire and SCHOUTen, two personalities which are typical of the seafaring world of all ages. They were thrown in jail for having discovered this new route to reach the Dutch East Indies. Nowadays, masters are still easily harassed by the authorities for accidents they had no or little power to control: ERIKA, PRESTIGE, HEBEI SPIRIT, ZIM MEXICO… among many others.
Normally I am not so interested in pure nostalgia, but well in maritime history as far as it can be used to understand and improve all the factors affecting commercial shipping. But on this forum I discovered that nostalgia can be an significant source of proved common sense and important facts.
Experience: a good 30 years at sea up to master on bulkers and containers, got several jobs after bankruptcy of company until I finally settled as Maritime inspector for the Belgian administration.
Further details can be found at http://users.skynet.be/p.woinin/swptcv.htm
I saw already quite a few topics where I could add some interesting details, but my present function require a total discretion on the information obtained in the scope of my work. Unless of course the information cannot traced to any particular ship but could be useful to enhance safety.
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