A large crane collapsed onto the deck of one of the world's largest cruise ships as it was undergoing repairs in a floating dry dock at the Grand Bahama Shipyard on Monday, resulting in injuries and damage. According to reports, Royal Caribbean's 225,000-tonne Oasis of the Seas was in the shipyard's Dry Dock No. 2 when the accident occurred, leaving at least one large … [Read more...]
Watch: AIS Animation Shows Just How Close the Viking Sky Cruise Ship Came to Disaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy7J8JvIcjw An animation of the Viking Sky's AIS ship tracking shows just how close the cruise came to disaster after losing power along the west coast of Norway on Saturday. The ship had almost 1,400 passengers and crew on board when it suffered engine failure as it sailed in stormy weather in the Hustadvika, an infamous … [Read more...]
Pioneering Spirit Sets New Offshore Lifting Record at Johan Sverdrup
A new offshore lifting world record has been set with the installation of the final topsides in first phase of the Johan Sverdrup field development project in the North Sea. The final two platform topsides were installed using none other than the heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit, which installed the topsides utilizing the vessel’s unique single-lift … [Read more...]
Incident Video: Towing Vessel Sinks Near Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The U.S. Coast Guard has closed a portion of the lower Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana after a towing vessel sank Thursday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report at 11:00 a.m. of the towing vessel Michelle Anne sinking at Baton Rouge General Anchorage near mile marker 226 on the Mississippi River. The four crewmembers aboard the … [Read more...]
Video: Can this Tiny Car Pull a 13,000 Metric Ton Ship?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA-6Bs-NAhw Going into the video I honestly wasn't sure what the outcome would be. The car in the video is a Citroen Grand Tour C3, which host Jeremy Clarkson notes weighs about 1 tonne. So does this little car have enough torque to pull that big, 13,000-tonne ship a distance of 25 meters? Watch the video to find out and let us know … [Read more...]