Journal
Notes written after the book is closed for the day
These pieces come from harbours we have stood on. They are not general essays on shipping. They are about occupancy, tide gates, ramps, and the stubborn paper diary.
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How a winter quay diary differs from the summer one
Fog, delayed pilots, and empty Saturday mornings change the shape of occupancy. Here is what we look for in a January log before we draw a single bar.
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What a tide window actually costs a small harbour
Missing a lock by twenty minutes is not an abstract delay. It is a tug kept waiting, a crew on overtime, and a berth that sits empty until the next rise.
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Notes from three days at a Ro-Ro ramp
The ramp does not lie. If the marshalling yard fills before the ship is made fast, the occupancy chart will show a spike that no annual average ever mentions.
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Drawing berth occupancy without a control room
Many municipal harbours keep a paper movements book. We still prefer it. This piece walks through how those rows become a chart a councillor can read.
