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Re: Web form design: eight common mistakes to avoid

jtweed — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 03:29:12 -0000

Seems Halifax forgot to run a spell check on their form too : Is "Partership" what happens after Partnership?

Re: Your weekly update on the Dry cargo chartering market from Coracle and The Baltic

jtweed — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 15:29:47 -0000

Hi! If you could email us info@coracleonline.com we'll send you the information you're after. In the meantime, please check out coracleonline.com and mycoracle.com for prices and background to us.

Re: The World Just Changed

jtweed — Wed, 01 May 2013 03:58:21 -0000

Congratulations! We're loving working with TinCan at myCoracle.

Re: Liz Weston on … Lesson #1 from the Learning Journey and Stanford University.

jtweed — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:45:43 -0000

Excellent points. I've made a note to re-read this later ;-)

Re: Part 3: Exploring opportunities and threats of shipping’s information boom #bluedebate

jtweed — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:06:52 -0000

Hi Jeffrey. Glad you found this useful. Rgds

Re: Finding a needle in a haystack and other thoughts from Silicon Valley

jtweed — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:27:42 -0000

That's cheating! But ok... In terms of jobs we're looking for fab web app developers and brilliant sales people and committed account managers....

Re: A salutary tale of VLCC ownership highlighted by S&P activity, and other tanker market news Jan 19

jtweed — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:51:06 -0000

You mean how many tankers will come to the market in 2012?

Re: http://coracle.tumblr.com/post/7040531149

jtweed — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:34:51 -0000

Well done for getting them all right... not many did.

Re: The Coracle Container market podcast for March 25, 2011 in association with GFI

jtweed — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:48:32 -0000

For Economics we would suggest that you listen to the Currency podcasts: http://commoditypodcasts.co...
For Legal Principles we would suggest that you listen to the Law podcasts:
http://commoditypodcasts.co...

Re: INCOTERMS 2000

jtweed — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:16:35 -0000

Thank you for your comment and positive feedback!

Re: Maritime Law: The Rotterdam Rules

jtweed — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:32:47 -0000

Thank you for your comment. We will be providing links to the written script on these podcasts in the future...

Re: An introduction to containerisation from Shipping Podcasts listener, Henry Samut.

jtweed — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:05:00 -0000

THIS COMMENT IS FROM HENRY SAMUT VIA CORACLE:

Hi LuckyMike
Thank you for your comment and interest in hi-vent containers. Hi-vent containers are 20ft long, 8ft 6" high and have a series of slats acting as vents running along the top and bottom
of each of the container walls (sides). Hi vents are used for cargoes which are hydroscopic, ie
cargoes which contain moisture such as cocoa beans. The optimal moisture content of cocoa beans for shipment must not exceed 7.5%, in particular for cocoa beans shipped in jute bags.

Cocoa beans in bags are stowed into the hivent container in warm West African countries such as Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. The ambient temperature is around 28 deg celcius making the air inside the container must warmer which in a standard dry container will be trapped inside the container once the container doors are sealed.

During the sea journey, the ambient temperature starts cooling down in particular at night time and drops down dramatically during the winter months, (which is peak season for cocoa beans), upon arrival of the vessel in the Bay of Biscay.

With a standard dry container, the warm air can not migrate or adjust to the ambient temperature, therefore the warm air turns into condensation causing damage to the cargo.

A hi vent container, allows for the warm air inside the container to migrate via the vents and slats alongside the walls thus preventing condensation as a result of thermal shock (ie sudden reaction of warm air with cold air).

Hope this clarifies.
Best wishes
Henry

Re: The Coracle Valuing Chemical Tankers Podcast

jtweed — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:50:04 -0000

Thank you for your comment. Glad you like the podcast...

Re: Shipping is failing to steer a steady course

jtweed — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:04:48 -0000

For regular podcast updates on the shipping markets, please see ShippingPodcasts.com

Also - if you're interested in info on which ships are which, then please feel free to sign up for free six-day course on commercial shipping delivered by email. It explains the main ship types and the job that shipping does in the world today, and provides a mass of background information and extra learning materials to put everything in context.

The Daily Draft from Coracle Online is an introductory course. In only ten minutes a day, you'll get a solid general understanding of ship types and a grasp of the bigger picture that will help you in your work and studies.

Re: Carbon emissions and Shipping

jtweed — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:48:00 -0000

new promo code for March 2010 = mepc60 - Get £100 off Coracle's Emission Trading - http://www.coracleonline.co...

Re: Piracy. A review of 2009.

jtweed — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:34:36 -0000

What a great potential use for the exhaust fumes!

Re: The Tanker podcast for Nov 26, 2009

jtweed — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:16:03 -0000

Thank you for your comment: we love hearing positive feedback!

Re: Thoughts on that article about 16 ships and their pollution

jtweed — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:08:24 -0000

Indeed! He was able to strike a nerve with people on this topic because the industry is something of an easy target... I think that it is fantastic that organisations like Intertanko are engaging in this debate now though on an open and public basis. Debate like this will surely improve the quality of information out there, which should have a positive impact on the impression that people have of the industry.

Re: Thoughts on that article about 16 ships and their pollution

jtweed — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:13:03 -0000

You're right about the out of sight comment: the shipping industry plays a vital role, but essentially does a pretty poor job of telling people how and/or why, and whilst there is lots of work going on (certainly in London) to move towards a 'collective voice', in the meantime, I think that those of us who follow the industry also need to point out when things are being said that are just simply inaccurate.
So, yes, scream away, but let's make sure that the facts are there as well!

Re: Shipping Law – Piracy…

jtweed — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:05:20 -0000

Thank you :-) Glad you like this approach...

Re: Coracle Online - The Online Way to Study Shipping

jtweed — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:24:42 -0000

Thank you Mark: We are really glad that you found the course helpful. Good luck in your search for a job as a ship broker and please keep in touch with Coracle!

Re: A guide to twitter and the shipping community

jtweed — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:30:24 -0000

Twitter has now released a guide for business and Twitter. You can see the guide here: http://business.twitter.com...

Re: Maritime Law: The Rotterdam Rules

jtweed — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:24:01 -0000

Thanks to UNCITRAL for linking from their website to this post... There is loads of great info on the subject here: http://www.uncitral.org/unc...

Re: Maritime Law: The Rotterdam Rules

jtweed — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:30:55 -0000

Thank you for your feedback and please do feel free to link to the podcast from your website... Your comments are really helpful and will be really useful for other listeners: perhaps we could do a follow up episode as an interview with you? If this would be possible, then please let me know - you can reach me via the contact form on www.shippingpodcasts.com

Re: Currency Report 23 March - episode 63

jtweed — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:30:03 -0000

thank you for your comment...