A recent bulk cargo ship to enter Townsville without being noticed by the local media-shipping reporters seemingly almost extinct throughout the nation - was the oddly named ROOK . Rook? In bygone days when there were shipping reporters and a vessel with this unusual monicker sailed into port it would immediately be the subject of investigation by an alert reporter or two .
Could it be named after the chess piece having the power to move any distance in a straight line if no other pieces are in the way ? If so , why ? And do the crew play chess while at sea ? Is there a man considered the grand master aboard ? A few reporter type questions and there could be a most unusual human interest story here .
Could it be named after the chess piece having the power to move any distance in a straight line if no other pieces are in the way ? If so , why ? And do the crew play chess while at sea ? Is there a man considered the grand master aboard ? A few reporter type questions and there could be a most unusual human interest story here .
Registered in Cyprus , the ship could owe its name to the black European crow which nests in trees near buildings. If so , why ? Another colloquial meaning for rook is to cheat , fleece , swindle . Surely no shipping line would want to connected with anything untoward ?
Well , no . At least one line whose spectacular vessels make regularly runs to Townsville without media coverage has been charged and fined millions of dollars for criminal collusion, an executive locked up in America .
See upcoming report for details in special ongoing PLUNDER DOWN UNDER SERIES which highlights how the nation has and is being looted , the workforce being squeezed and dudded, farmers and suppliers monstered and robbed by duopolies ... where does it end ?
Well , no . At least one line whose spectacular vessels make regularly runs to Townsville without media coverage has been charged and fined millions of dollars for criminal collusion, an executive locked up in America .
See upcoming report for details in special ongoing PLUNDER DOWN UNDER SERIES which highlights how the nation has and is being looted , the workforce being squeezed and dudded, farmers and suppliers monstered and robbed by duopolies ... where does it end ?
