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1000 Year Hurricane? Doesn’t Look THAT Bad
Posted 8 hours ago

The naval architects at Houston Offshore simulated the hydrodynamic response of a 1000 year hurricane on a moored paired-column semi submersible.  Here's what it looks like:

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1000 Year Hurricane?  Doesn’t Look THAT Bad
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Containership Rescues 116 Survivors Off Papua New Guinea
Posted 9 hours ago

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that the MOL-operated containership MOL Summer rescued 116 survivors from the ferry Rabaul Queen, which sank about 17 km east of Papua New Guinea.

According…

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Containership Rescues 116…
Search and Rescue off Papua New Guinea Continues, IMO Secretary General Extends Condolances
Posted 11 hours ago

On February 1st, the passenger ferry MV Rabaul Queen sank in heavy seas off Papua Guinea.  The search for survivors continues.

Papua New Guinea's Maritime Rescue Coordination Center spokesperson Nerae Mari…

Search and Rescue off Papua New Guinea Contin…
2011 Worse than Expected for South Korean Shipyards Hyundai and Samsung [REPORT]
Posted 13 hours ago

SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- The world's two biggest shipbuilders, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (009540.SE) and Samsung Heavy Industries Co. (010140.SE), reported worse-than-expected earnings for 2011 as sales of high-end ships fell…

2011 Worse than Expected for South Korean Shi…
Deal Struck To Salvage The World's Most Valuable Wreck
Posted 14 hours ago

our years ago a 43 pound cylindrical object broke the surface of the ocean for the first time in over 250 years and, in doing so, confirmed the fact that…

World’s Most Valuable Wreck? Salvage Deal Str…
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