When the UK's Royal National Lifeboat Institution was given the chance to design their dream lifeboat, they came up with the Shannon: a waterjet-propelled, highly-maneuverable, stop-on-a-dime, beach-launched and recovered, self-righting, shock-absorbing, 13-meter all-weather lifeboat capable of reaching speeds up to 25 knots. The Shannon is actually the first class of … [Read more...]
New Super Post-Panamax Cranes Arrive at Port of Houston
The Port of Houston's Bayport Container Terminal welcomed this week the arrival of three new Super Post-Panamax cranes, highlighting of the port's $100 million investment in port upgrades to handle the increasingly larger ships calling at the port. The three 270 foot-tall Neopanamax ship-to-shore (STS) cranes are the first of two crane shipments Port Houston … [Read more...]
Watch This Boat Get Tossed by a Huge Wave
This video was apparently filmed this week in Nias in Sumatra, Indonedia as a huge swell hit the island. Luckily, according to reports the vessel was unmanned when it broke free and drifted into the break, drawing a crowd that was just waiting for this to happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyH1DXzk6Ic … [Read more...]
AIS Animation Shows Suez Canal Mayhem After Ship Grounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YNg0qlolRU On 15 July 2018, container ship Aeneas ran aground in the Suez Canal during a southbound transit. As a result of the grounding, the Panamax Alexander, Sakizaya Kalon and Osios David also ran into each other in convoy heading southbound through the canal. The Aeneas was the 20th ship out of 27 in the convoy. The ships … [Read more...]
Incident Video: Australian Whale Watching Boat Loses Control at Dock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceyAEST9Tbo Check out this incident video showing an Australian whale watching boat apparently lose control as it was docking. We are told the incident took place on July 13, 2018 on Queensland's Gold Coast. The vessel in the video is the 32-meter-long, high-speed catamaran MV2000, which is a purpose-built whale watching vessel operated … [Read more...]