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We have seen bad loading plans in the past but this one is a true gem. Thanks to AutosUnleased

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The following is posted by Fred Fry:
For those of you who missed 10-hour PBS CARRIER marathon, have no fear as they were kind enough to post the full series online.

I am about halfway through episode 2 and it’s a great show. So click on the image to go to the episode list.
Full Episodes of […]

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The BBC tells us:
Latvian authorities have begun evacuating hundreds of people from a cruise ship stuck on a sandbank.
So far tugs have failed to free the Bahamas-registered Mona Lisa, which ran aground off Latvia on Sunday with nearly 1,000 people on board.
Officials say there is no danger to the passengers, most of whom are German.
The […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6UKhFpkE3Q

Pilots boarding the M/V Berge Stahl, the world’s largest bulk carrier.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSop1RS1nSM

This video show the 1975 construction of the tanker M/V Batillus in St. Nazaire, France. she has since been scrapped.

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Inhabitat brings us the RECYCLED FERRY HOME. They write:
How many of you have wished you could trade your apartment & crappy office space for a floating live/work houseboat in the San Francisco Bay? I know I have. I came across an article in last week’s New York Times (LINK) which refueled my hope that one […]

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CargoLaw.com brings us this week’s incident photo. At first glance this could just be two ships at anchor, waiting on weather. To uncover the incident take a second look at the draft lines… ouch!
Full details on this incident, including more photos, can be found HERE.

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The BBC Tells us:
One of the world’s largest cruise ships has been officially named by a member of the public who won a national competition for the honour.
Elizabeth Hill, from Baslow in Derbyshire, won the chance to name and christen the 160,000-tonne Independence of the Seas.
Built in Finland, the £400m vessel will sail to and […]

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This morning Fred Fry pointed us to this amazing time lapse video by our favorite maritime photographer. Click HERE for the details.

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Via, The London Daily Mail.
The world’s biggest cruise liner is to have a New York-style “Central Park” on the ship, its owners have revealed.
Royal Caribbean is building the 220,000-tonne liner with the working name Project Genesis and the announcement is the latest salvo in the intensely competitive global cruise market.
The company said the park would […]

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