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Poor Loading Plan Of the Week - Cars

May 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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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Tags: Ro-Ro

Full Episodes of ‘CARRIER’ Posted Online

May 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Interesting · Navy · Nuclear · Video

Mass Evacuation Of European Cruise Ship

May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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.
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Tags: Cruise Ship · Lifesaving Incidents

Pilot Station Rotterdam - Boarding the Berge Stahl

May 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments

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

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

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Tags: Bulk Ship · Video

Birth Of A Giant - Supertanker Construction Video

May 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Shipyard · Tankers · Video

Nautical Scavengers - The Ferry Houseboat

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Ferry · Ship Design

Incident Photo Of The Week - MSC Sabrina

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Container Ship · Incidents · Photo

Independence Of the Seas - Naming Ceremony

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Cruise Ship

Houston Ship Channel - 500 Knot Transit

April 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: Tankers · Video

Enjoy Central Park, at Sea

April 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Cruise Ship