Martin Leduc

@dieselduckster.bsky.social

Propensity for adventures; striving to be a useful human. Marine Engineering professional sailing on commercial ships all over the world. Creator of www.dieselduck.net, a website for Marine Engineers, online since 1997. From Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Several sailings between Nanaimo and Vancouver were cancelled Monday and Tuesday, due to mechanical issues on board one of BC Ferries' vessels. RCMP attended Departure Bay terminal Monday evening, with several travelers left frustrated. #Nanaimo nanaimonewsnow.com/2026/08/31/r...

RCMP called as cancelled sailings frustrate Nanaimo passengers

NANAIMO - Mechanical issues on board a BC Ferries vessel led to police trying to calm frustrated travelers Pro...

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New data from the BC Coroner's Service shows six people in Nanaimo and 11 across central Vancouver Island lost their lives in June to toxic street drugs. Working-age men continue to make up a vast majority of all fatalities. #Nanaimo #Parksville nanaimonewsnow.com/2026/08/25/u...

Unregulated drug death rate spikes across central Vancouver Island

NANAIMO - June was a particularly deadly month across central Vancouver Island for lives lost due to toxic dru...

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I do not understand the point of this. Horses are faster than Usain Bolt. Cars are faster than Usain Bolt. Airplanes are faster than Usain Bolt. You get the idea. Who cares if a robot is faster than Usain Bolt? And can we talk about how it plows into a barrier and falls to pieces at the end?

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A Chinese humanoid robot outran Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint world record on the opening day of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, posting a time of 9.39 seconds — 0.19 faster than Bolt’s pace in 2009.

🚨🇷🇺🚢🎯🇨🇦 Canada has quietly become the leading sanctions jurisdiction targeting Russia's oil tanker fleet. According to the KSE Institute, Canada has designated 639 oil tankers, more than any of the six major sanctions jurisdictions it tracks.

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Who doesn't like a good Jason Statham movie, especially one with ships in it - Mutiny! While movie maker get a few points somewhat accurate - using earmuffs in the noisy engine room, american crew being armed to the teeth - the rest is just so fantastic and painful to watch for any mariner.

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Okay, how much taxpayer money is going to take to support the infrastructure needed to move Canada's resources that are controlled by non Canadians, to be shipped on non Canadians assets, to the benefit of non Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Shrinking sea ice makes year-round shipping possible on Hudson Bay: Manitoba premier's office | CBC News

Year-round shipping is possible on Hudson Bay without the use of the most expensive icebreakers, a spokesperson for Premier Wab Kinew says.

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