Duke of Normandy Tug.

[Chevalier Blanc]

In an article on the BBC website the Commercial Director Myra Shacklady states that the Duke of Normandy Tug's weight is
7 tonne. With her reporting on the iron particles in the hydraulic system going to be payed by the insurance company and then we find out the cost of repairs to in the region of £100,000 plus what on earth is she doing in that job. Apart from the lies and knowledge about the tug she should be asked to resign without a payment.
When i worked for the Harbours they had people who knew what they were talking about and no lies. Just goes to show when you have the person at the top who is no good and they are the ones who appoint some high payed person into a job that both do not understand then see where the tax money goes. Also you then start to see why they overspent by £100,000,000 last year.

[man in the street]

only seven tonne, lol.
loads of rumours about  the tug , like a whopper about the removal  of the vessel before the job was complete  and stampping of feet , mind you total hearsay.

[Chevalier Blanc]

Believe me what you may have heard would have been true.

[Dundee]

Service was not complete and the oil needed changing, as they were informed, but the oil was never changed hence the damage.

Also the replacement vessel was of use as it undertook tasks the other one could not..

Harbours have always been a corrupt and arrogant department, although time past and now they have some very good workers, but sadly they often have little say in what goes on.

[man in the street]

it was good to see "golliath" back, last time i had sight of her she was pulling  a barge full of stone .

[Chevalier Blanc]

The wisdom of the States management in closing down the Harbour Works and bringing all it's staff over to TTS will never work without paying out loads of money to  private business because they have lost the expertise of the staff that they got rid of. For years they have wanted to close down the Harbours Works but the men in charge until 3 years ago would not let it happen because the work undertaken is very special in a number of fields so now they have to get in people from the mainland to do some maintenance jobs. The new mobile crane for instance, the Harbours had 2 mobile cranes between 1971 and 1980 they cost more to maintain then what they made in hiring out. Now this new mobile there no one on the island that is competent to carryout maintenance let alone repairs. The engineer comes over from the makers. The Crane Maintenance Department was closed down and the men then left to work in other things hence the knowledge has gone. The States were warned that this would happen but the incompetent manager at the time thought that the Harbours etc could be done from TTS. He is now been put to one side because they realised that he did not know Wat he was talking about. There lies the problem within the States, Managers who are incompetent in the position that they are in. That is where money can be saved simply but listening to the staff on the shop floor to how to save money because they know. The tug was under the control of an incompetent manager and the higher up civil servants. Take note when Phil Rondel asks question of the minister of the Harbour & Airport which now comes under Economic Development Alan Mclean and remember he gets his advise from the civil servants in charge. God almighty that Myra would have had the chop by now over the tug business if that was a  private company.

[Dylan]

How about the astronomical balls ups done by Myra's predecessor?

[Chevalier Blanc]

The Golden Balls was Nibbs pet. He was the worse harbour master ever. Full of his own importance. Nobody liked him. Wonder why he never got the Jurat's job because he was well known of what he was like. I shall say no more on that.

[boatyboy]

In the JEP we see another stealth tax by harbours, get your boat,windsurfer or canoe registered or pay a 200 pound fine.

Is this the work of Frank Walker, John Mills et al paid as a shadow board to watch over the Harbour management and getting a nice little earner. Paid to manage the management. Great pension plan for has been politicians who are in favour, but back to the point.

A person does not want to register their canoe, dinghy boat as they do not use it at this time. What happens in six months time, court heavy fine anger,  dismay, disbelief. ?

This is another case of user pays gone mad and proping up a incompetant out of control management who are obviously supported by an equally out of control ( expensive ) shadow management.

Boatyboy.

[ageofaquarius]

Now this new mobile there no one on the island that is competent to carry out maintenance let alone repairs. The engineer comes over from the makers

Think you are wrong on this one, existing TTS experienced engineers have been sent on courses and are called out to maintain the crane

[Chevalier Blanc]

No i am right

[ageofaquarius]

The Golden Balls was Nibbs pet. He was the worse harbour master ever. Full of his own importance. Nobody liked him. Wonder why he never got the Jurat's job because he was well known of what he was like. I shall say no more on that.

You are completely right on this one - Nibbs was a waste of space

[man in the street]

regarding  the maintenance of the crane, the engineers may only have a limited software access, a lot of controll systems only let you go so far the guess what ," refer to the manufacturer for this problem".
 they will happily fly here at cost and sell you the upgrade.
 how about its fuel consuption per hour?

[ageofaquarius]

TTS engineers do 99% of the maintenance, the manufacturers do an annual service.  Would you take your Mercedes to your mate would knows a bit about car servicing or to the recommended dealers. 

[Dylan]

To my mate of course! He is a fully qualified diesel engineer who has been taking apart engines for 35 years. He has taken on all software requirements necessary to be able to do the job efficiently.

On the Other hand, having spent 10 years in the Motor Industry and having been a Franchise holder, I can tell you that the local "agent" will employ "fitters" whom have no engineering knowledge.

Case in question: A customer of mine is also an engineer. He had a problem with his merc, took it to the agent and told them exactly what the problem was.

The local agent fitted the wrong parts, incorrectly, charged a fortune and did not fix the problem.

The Friend of mine took the vehicle back and re-explained the problem.

The local agent considered this and told him he was wrong.

My friend then fixed the car himself correctly and took it back to the agent to show him how.

The local agent apologised but still wanted paying for his cock-up!

This Island has a wealth of qualified engineers, Architects etc whom are underutilised especially by the States.