How is a cabin is built in this day of containerization and commodization? Remotely of course. Eurodam News, Holland America’s blog showcasing the shipyard activities around their latest new build project, brings us photos of the stateroom installation.
Of potential interest to readers of this blog the method shown here is very similar to how accommodation blocks are built aboard modern commercial ships. In conjuntion with this trend is the movement towards equality among crew members, which means the Captain’s cabin is often identical to that of the most junior crew member minus the extra rack. This is in stark contrast to my first ship, a Wrecks Act tanker built in Japan, which contained bunkrooms for junior crew members and a four room (day room, office, sitting room, cabin) suite for the Captain. [Continue Reading →]
Maritime Photographer Frodog brings us this HD image of the infamous MSC Napoli in drydock. He writes:
In a Dry Dock aft of the Resolution was this Hulk of a ship, being broken up. it transpired to be the Napoli, which ran aground around about this time last year, off the Devon and Dorset coast, with many items of her cargoes washing ashore, including BMW motor cycles amongst other stuff, which bounty hunters rightly claimed ownership. Whilst looking around, there was a decontamination unit working. What are they decontaminating? I ask. I was lucky enough not to be asked not to take photographs, unlike a colleague of mine who was prevented from doing so! LINK
On June 12, efforts to remove the final section of the wrecked container ship got under way as salvors working to raise the stern - including the ship’s 1,400-tonne engine - laid new chains under the hull to help them lift it off the sea bed . Salvors aim to bring the remains of the vessel to the surface by August so it can be scrapped.
Read the latest on the MSC Napoli salvage operation at BBC HERE
Some of you may have noticed the recent change we made to gCaptain’s homepage. I will not get into the underlying reasons for the switch, but one thing we (and you hopefully) miss is the “Photo of the Day”. That being said, we want to do our best to promote what a great tool Flickr is for sharing photos amongst professionals and amateurs alike. That is why we are starting Photo Friday, where we will post the slideshow from gCaptain’s regularly updated photostream of favorites from around the Flickr community.
The above photo is the first hull section of Holland America Line’s cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam at the Marghera Shipyard in Italy. As bloggers we are excited by the news of her keel laying as Holland America is committed to documenting the daily lives of all their vessels via online blogs. This means, like the Eurodam before her, we shall get an inside, day-by-day look into how a mega-cruise-ship is built.
The Emma Maersk is a true Modern Marvel. The world largest container ship, longest ship currently in service and is propelled by the largest diesel engine ever manufactured. By mid-year 2006 the construction project was going well when on June 9th the accommodation block was devastated by fire. [Continue Reading →]
Our friend Richard Rodriguez of the BitterEnd Blog had an excellent post titled VTS - Working with large vessels, that gives Puget Sound boaters tips on communicating with the numerous large ships transiting to and from port. [Continue Reading →]
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