You are completely wrong, I was involved with a group of marine officers representing Gozo Channel overseeing the entire project when the Danish designers inspection group was reduced to just one person.

The Norwegians insisted that the vessel should have been built within 200000 man hrs but shipbuilding took over 1000000 man hrs. Wrong again when you mention the budget. The vessels’ specifications where changed/reduced to try and stay within the budget.
Problems with the pipe work where specifically attributed to:
a) hydraulic lines joint fairing not properly done because the pipe workers at the Marsa ship building could not use/not bothered to operate the pipe fairing tool properly;
b) sea water cooling pipes had to be replaced a desicion taken by Gozo Channel technical management, because the original ones used where of an inferior steel quality.

It shows that you know the inverse of 200% about this project.

[Daphne – Why are we having this tedious and pointless discussion about who built which ships when and for how much?]

Joseph Muscat
L-Orizzont 23 ta’ Gunju 2004

“Ma nistax nibda dan l-artiklu din il-gimgha minghajr ma nghid grazzi kbira minn qalbi lil kulhadd wara r-rebhiet li kiseb il-Partit Laburista fl-elezzjonijiet tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsilli Lokali, u b’mod personali, wara l-elezzjoni tieghi fil-Parlament Ewropew.

Huwa privilegg ghalija li kont l-ewwel Membru Parlamentari Ewropew li gejt elett min-naha tal-Partit Laburista Malti…. ”

Zewg sentenzi gibdu l-attenzjoni tieghi; 1.”…
grazzi kbira minn qalbi lil kulhadd wara r-rebhiet li kiseb il-Partit Laburista fl-elezzjonijiet tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsilli Lokali” u 2.”…. li kont l-ewwel Membru Parlamentari Ewropew li gejt elett min-naha tal-Partit Laburista Malti…. ”

Dan juri kemm il-LP huwa kuntent li jirbah il-battalja anke jekk jitlef il-gwerra u bil-wicc tost kollu jiftahar li wara li ghamel min kollox biex Malta ma tidholx fl-UE, jhossu kburi li tela’ MEP u ser jithallas mill-UE stess!

Veru li wiccu u l-ghadba tal-Qorti haga wahda!!

I repeat what I said in an earlier blog. But maybe this time, with the help of your comment, even Twanny would understand. If only votes were weighed and not counted.

And no thanks to NO2EU and Sharon Ellul Bonici.

I remember she also gave an interview to First magazine. Well…

And frequently to The Malta Independent too.

My thoughts exactly, she thanked everyone except hubby. U dejjem jaqbez ghalija dan ahseb u ara..