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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Discoverer Americas – A 6th Generation Drillship Leaves the Gulf of Mexico
Engines

Discoverer Americas – A 6th Generation Drillship Leaves the Gulf of Mexico

For Statoil and Transocean’s crew assigned to the Discoverer Americas, heading to Egypt had always been part of the long term plan, however in this case,

September 21, 2010
Total Views: 86

Saturday, August 7, 2010
Photo of the Week – BOURBON MISTRAL
Photo

Photo of the Week – BOURBON MISTRAL

Photo by Lars Grepstad On the North Sea – Photo of the Bourbon Mistral The Bourbon Mistral platform supply vessel was the first ship with the

August 7, 2010
Total Views: 135

Friday, August 6, 2010
Interesting Ships of The Week – Blue Dolphin and HOS Centerline
Oil Spill

Interesting Ships of The Week – Blue Dolphin and HOS Centerline

This weeks interesting ships are none other than the Blue Dolphin and HOS Centerline, the two vessels used to supply drilling mud to the Q4000 as part of the

August 6, 2010
Total Views: 121

Saturday, July 10, 2010
Photo Of An Engine
Engines

Photo Of An Engine

The name is Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged diesel engine: 14 cylinder 80,080 kW or 108,920 bhp Output Power is (your Jeep may have 300 bhp) width

July 10, 2010
Total Views: 305

Thursday, July 8, 2010
Banana Ship Dole Chile – Interesting Ship of The Week
Interesting

Banana Ship Dole Chile – Interesting Ship of The Week

Ship-Technology.com brings us this weeks Interesting Ship: The Self-Sustaining Cellular Reefer Vessel ( Banana Ship ) Dole Chile and her sister vessel, the

July 8, 2010
Total Views: 1646

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
All Eyes on A-Whale: World’s Largest Oil Skimmer or Another False Hope?
Oil Spill

All Eyes on A-Whale: World’s Largest Oil Skimmer or Another False Hope?

This week, all eyes have been on A-Whale, the 1,100-foot iron-ore and crude carrier that was recently converted into what’s being billed as the

July 6, 2010
Total Views: 74

Friday, June 18, 2010
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Ship Design

Interesting Ship of The Week – Black Magic turns oil tankers green

Whoever said a little black magic couldn’t be used to help cut carbon emissions?  Well, the folks at Sauter Carbon Offset Design aim to do just that

June 18, 2010
Total Views: 222

Thursday, June 10, 2010
Interesting Ship of the Week – Split Hull Oil Recover Vessel (SHORV)
Ship Design

Interesting Ship of the Week – Split Hull Oil Recover Vessel (SHORV)

Earlier this week we challenged gCaptain readers in a contest to identify a rather odd looking ship (shown above).  Sure enough, the first commentor

June 10, 2010
Total Views: 494

Tuesday, June 8, 2010
gCaptain Contest: What is that?
Interesting

gCaptain Contest: What is that?

We came across the above image while reading an article titled “WTF is that?!”.  Quite frankly, it got us thinking:  WTF is that? Be the first

June 8, 2010
Total Views: 51

Sunday, March 21, 2010
Wartsila condition based maintenance
Engines

Wartsilla CBM – Live Condition Based Monitoring Of Ship Systems

The days of anonymity at sea are long gone. With LRIT and satellite based AIS tracking the office has, for some time now, had access to the precise location

March 21, 2010
Total Views: 255

Friday, March 12, 2010
Order placed for jack-up crane vessels based on Wärtsilä-IMS design
Ship Design

Order placed for jack-up crane vessels based on Wärtsilä-IMS design

Click Image for high resolution Wärtsilä, in consortium with IMS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, has been engaged by RWE Innogy, the renewable energy arm of

March 12, 2010
Total Views: 41

Friday, September 4, 2009
M/V Seabed Worker – Interesting Ship of The Week
Ship Design

M/V Seabed Worker – Interesting Ship of The Week

This weeks interesting ship is the M/V Seabed Worker, an 88 meter Multi Purpose Support Vessel that is very well equipped for Subsea operations. The M/V Seabed

September 4, 2009
Total Views: 344

Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Engines

Big Motor Problems

Big Motor Problems By John G. Denham I am impressed with the significant improvements that large diesel engine manufacturers are making in reducing offensive

August 19, 2009
Total Views: 96

Thursday, July 16, 2009
austal auto express 102
Engineering News

Interesting Ship – Austal’s Auto Express 102 High-Speed Trimaran

Austal, the world’s largest builder of fast ferries and makers of the revolutionary trimaran Benchijiqua Express that inspired the design for the USS

July 16, 2009
Total Views: 239

Thursday, June 18, 2009
photo eurodam cabininstall
Interesting

How It’s Built – Cruise Ship Cabins

How is a cabin is built in this day of containerization and commodization? Remotely of course. Eurodam News, Holland America’s blog showcasing the

June 18, 2009
Total Views: 1905

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Offbeat

World’s Largest Yacht Launched in Germany – Time Lapse Video

Costing over $100 million more than a Swedish Gotland SSK submarine, nearly as much as an Indian Vikrant class Aircraft carrier  and just a touch more than

June 17, 2009
Total Views: 61

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
hms thrusters
Engines

Lease A Thruster – Video From Marine Hydaulic Systems

We first met Hydraulic Marine Systems during our coverage of the International Workboat Show in December and, like the rest of the trade show participants,

June 16, 2009
Total Views: 175

Thursday, June 11, 2009
Interesting Ship of The Week – The Far Samson: Rolls Royces’ UT 761 CD design
Ship Design

Interesting Ship of The Week – The Far Samson: Rolls Royces’ UT 761 CD design

This weeks interesting ship of the week was just more appropriately name ‘Ship of the Year’ at Nor-Shipping 2009 in Oslo Norway.  It is the Far

June 11, 2009
Total Views: 5868

Thursday, April 23, 2009
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Ship Design

Interesting Ship of The Week – NYK Super Eco Ship 2030

In celebration of Earth Day, NYK Line released the initial exploratory design for its NYK Super Eco Ship 2030, an energy-efficient ship expected to emit almost

April 23, 2009
Total Views: 166

Saturday, March 7, 2009
Engines

Salt Water As A Fuel Source

Boing Boing, The Directory of Wonderful Things , brings us a story that’s seemingly unthinkable: John Kanzius, a retired TV station owner, believes

March 7, 2009
Total Views: 51