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Wednesday, December 23, 2015
ACL’s Atlantic Star, World’s Biggest Roll-On/Roll-Off Containership
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ACL’s Atlantic Star, World’s Biggest Roll-On/Roll-Off Containership

Delivered in October, the Atlantic Star is the first of five new ‘G4’ ro-ro/containerships (ConRo) for Atlantic Container Line (ACL)

December 23, 2015
Total Views: 2358

Monday, May 4, 2015
NASA Booster Recovery Ship
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Ship of The Week – Space Ships – NASA’s (former) Space Rocket Booster Recovery Ship M/V Liberty Star

Photo courtesy NASA Note: This week’s interesting ships are reposted and updated from gCaptain’s archives. When one thinks of a NASA ship,

May 4, 2015
Total Views: 279

Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Interesting Ship: New Compact Accommodation Vessel ‘Olympia’
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Interesting Ship: New Compact Accommodation Vessel ‘Olympia’

Do not adjust your screen resolution, this interesting new ship is actually a compact accommodation vessel recently delivered to the Brazilian company

January 28, 2014
Total Views: 377

Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Turkish Power-Ship Maker Karadeniz Eyeing Expansion in Africa, US, UK
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Turkish Power-Ship Maker Karadeniz Eyeing Expansion in Africa, US, UK

Turkish power-ship builder Karadeniz Holding expects to supply its next electricity-generating vessel to a Middle Eastern or African nation and is also looking

July 30, 2013
Total Views: 86

Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Interesting Ship – Incat Crowther’s Great Barrier Reef Patrol Vessel
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Interesting Ship – Incat Crowther’s Great Barrier Reef Patrol Vessel

Incat Crowther and Marine Engineering Consultants (MEC) have started on the construction of a 24m long-range catamaran patrol vessel that will work to protect

June 12, 2013
Total Views: 73

Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Far Solitaire Wins SMM’s “Ship of The Year Award” For Chemical Compliance
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Far Solitaire Wins SMM’s “Ship of The Year Award” For Chemical Compliance

Farstad Shipping’s new PSV Far Solitaire was today named the recipient vessel of the prestigious Ship of the Year 2012 award at the SMM conference in

September 5, 2012
Total Views: 32

Monday, August 27, 2012
Interesting Ship – The Damen “Do-It-All” Offshore Carrier 7500
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Interesting Ship – The Damen “Do-It-All” Offshore Carrier 7500

Damen Shipyards on Monday released information about an innovative new concept vessel designed as a smaller heavy transport, offshore installation and ro-ro

August 27, 2012
Total Views: 347

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Interesting Ship – Versabar’s VB 10,000 Heavy Lift Catamaran
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Interesting Ship – Versabar’s VB 10,000 Heavy Lift Catamaran

VB 10,000 The Versabar heavy lift vessel, the VB 10,000, was built in a span of 12 months and launched in October 2010 from Gulf Marine Fabricators in

May 22, 2012
Total Views: 1864

Friday, April 13, 2012
Mirabella V pendennis shipyard
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World’s Largest Sloop Arrives for Refit at Pendennis Plus

To some gCaptain readers, the superyacht market may be an alien world, however, over the last ten years, this niche industry has exploded. With dedicated,

April 13, 2012
Total Views: 38

Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Interesting Ship of the Week – The new ‘Ramform W’ class seismic vessel
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Interesting Ship of the Week – The new ‘Ramform W’ class seismic vessel

This week’s interesting ship is the new “Ramform W” class seismic vessel, two of which were ordered by Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) earlier

September 7, 2011
Total Views: 206

Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Ship Photos of The Week:  Heavy Lift Offshore Windmill Installation
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Ship Photos of The Week: Heavy Lift Offshore Windmill Installation

Today’s ship photos come to us via the heavy lift operator, Jumbo Shipping, who has just announced it has won a contract to transport and install all 111

August 30, 2011
Total Views: 56

Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Interesting Ship of The Week – Bourbon’s new seismic support/chase vessels
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Interesting Ship of The Week – Bourbon’s new seismic support/chase vessels

The OSD-designed fuel efficient seismic support vessel for Bourbon courtesy Offshore Ship Designers This weeks interesting ship is actually a series of six new

July 19, 2011
Total Views: 29

Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Interesting Ship of The Week – MARLIN 2000 Blue container feeders
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Interesting Ship of The Week – MARLIN 2000 Blue container feeders

This weeks interesting ship is the next generation MARLIN 2000 Blue feeder ship.  The Cardiff-based Graig Group has ordered a series of up to 26 of these new

July 12, 2011
Total Views: 200

Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Interesting Ship of The Week – MPI Discovery and MPI Adventure
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Interesting Ship of The Week – MPI Discovery and MPI Adventure

MPI Resolution courtesy MPI Offshore This week’s interesting ships are MPI Offshore’s MPI Discovery and MPI Adventure, two state-of-the-art

June 29, 2011
Total Views: 347

Monday, June 13, 2011
Interesting Ship – The hybrid turbocharged SHIN KOHO
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Interesting Ship – The hybrid turbocharged SHIN KOHO

This weeks interesting ship is NYK Lines’ 180,000 DWT bulk carrier, Shin Koho, which was recently delivered at the Tsu Shipyard.  What makes this vessel

June 13, 2011
Total Views: 48

Friday, April 8, 2011
Interesting Ship – ‘Ile De Sein’ to recover Air France Flight 447 data recorder
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Interesting Ship – ‘Ile De Sein’ to recover Air France Flight 447 data recorder

© Stéphane Saissi Cable laying vessel “Ile De Sein” selected to recover Air France flight 447 data recorder This weeks interesting ship is the

April 8, 2011
Total Views: 368

Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Interesting Ship – Wilh. Wilhelmsen’s Mark V class ro-ro
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Interesting Ship – Wilh. Wilhelmsen’s Mark V class ro-ro

In commemoration of its 150th anniversary, Wilh. Wilhelmsen has launched the M/V Tønsberg, a Mark V class vessel said to be the largest, most sophisticated

March 23, 2011
Total Views: 54

Thursday, November 25, 2010
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Edda Fides, Accommodation Vessel – Interesting Ship Of The Week

The Edda Fides is a type of vessel that goes by many names. Officially designated as an Accommodation Vessel these Floating Hotels are often reffered to as

November 25, 2010
Total Views: 382

Sunday, September 26, 2010
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Skysails – Plus – Top 10 Green Ship Designs

From the gCaptain Archives: In honor of the EPA’s Pollution Week, let’s take a look at an archived post on Skysails. But first, here is a brief

September 26, 2010
Total Views: 1754

Monday, September 20, 2010
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Name That Ship – What Is it?

We are looking for a few specifics on this interesting vessel

September 20, 2010
Total Views: 12
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