Ship porn

murphym7

How cool is this yoke - the Seven Viking. Loving this one.

Seven-Viking.jpg

smurfjed

This is the closest that I have ever gotten to one of these, extremely impressive The ship is Oosterdam of the Holland American Line.






smurfjed

murphym7

smurfjed wrote: »

This is the closest that I have ever gotten to one of these, extremely impressive The ship is Oosterdam of the Holland American Line.






smurfjed

Had the pleasure of working out of Circular quay for a couple of years, back around 2000/2001. Its a great harbour to work in.

goldie fish

You need to start visiting Cobh. That type of ship visits regularly during the summer, so much so that it's no longer a novelty.

Tabnabs

Worker splicing 20″ hemp cable at HMC Dockyard in 1941 image courtesy Library and Archives Canada

quietsailor

smurfjed wrote: »

This is the closest that I have ever gotten to one of these, extremely impressive The ship is Oosterdam of the Holland American Line.

I worked on her sistership the Veendam, a big big change from normal cargo vessels - they had a social life even . She's probably bunkering (fuelling) in that photo which was one of my jobs on board,

smurfjed

Quietsailor, why would they "bunker" from another ship and not landslide? Surely the cost of fuel is escalated by having to ship it?

smurfjed

mp22

Generally there is not the necessary pipes on the piers,plus cargo and passengers moving on the pier side fuel on the other no delays.

islanderre

smurfjed,

If its HFO (Heavy Fuel Oil) that its taken on, it would need to be heated to allow it to be pumped as its too thick otherwise; so pumping from heated tanks in a bunker barge like the one alongside the cruise ship is easier than having to heat trace a long pipeline.

Islanderre

quietsailor

smurfjed wrote: »

Quietsailor, why would they "bunker" from another ship and not landslide? Surely the cost of fuel is escalated by having to ship it?

smurfjed

They don't like having us dirty looking engineers been seen by the passengers so they stick us out the other side


For the Tl;Dr-ers it's cheaper to use the bunkering ships

like the others said it's mainly infrastructure, the ports abroad are huge - running to hundreds of Km of docks in some cases, imagine the capital costs of installing the pipework for the different types of oil needed now - Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) Medium Gas Oil (MGO), Low sulphur HFO, Diesel, Kerosene, 2-3 types of lubricating oil.

Then you'd have the yearly running costs;
pumping oil all around,
maintenance on the pumps, valves, pipes,
heating the pipe network to get the oil flowing -- think of that in Canada in winter!!

Finally they'd have several bunker companies in bigger ports and so lots of bunker barges/ships, so multiple levels of redundancy.

fergal.b

knucklehead6

Ha. I like that!! ^^

Alkers

fergal.b wrote: »

That accurate?

fergal.b

The Oasis of the Seas is 361 meters long and 66 meters wide at its widest point and, at the highest, it rises 72 meters above the sea level. The gross tonnage is 225,000. At the best, the vessel can accommodate 6,360 passengers and 2,100 crew members. The ship features 16 passenger decks and 2,704 staterooms. The total power output of the ship's engines is 97,000 kW and the cruise speed is 22.6 knots this makes her about 5 times bigger than the Titanic so I'd say the photo is pretty close but I cant be 100 percent

The R.M.S. Titanic - Specifications
Length: 882 feet, 8 inches (268 meters)
Beam: 92.5 feet (28 meters)
Height: 60.5 feet waterline to Boat Deck, 175 feet keel to top of funnels
Draft: 59.5 feet
Gross Tonnage: 46,328 tons
Net Tonnage: 24,900 tons
Top Speed: 23 knots
Total Capacity: 3547 passengers and crew
Decks: 9 in all (including the Orlop Deck)- the Boat Deck, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and boiler rooms below G.
Engines: 2 reciprocating 4 cylinder, triple expansion, direct- acting, inverted engines: 30,000 hp, 77 rpm. 1 low pressure Parsons turbine: 16,000 hp, 165 rpm
Fuel Requirement: 825 tons of coal per day
Propellers: 3- Center turbine: 17 feet, Left/right wings: 23 feet, 6 inches
Boilers: 29 (24 double ended boilers and 5 single ended boilers)
Furnaces: 159 providing a total heating surface of 144,142 sq. feet
Steam pressure: 215 P.S.I.
Watertight compartments: 16, extending up to F deck
Lifeboats: 20 total as follows:
14 wood lifeboats, each 30 feet x 9 feet 1 inch, by 4 feet deep, with a carrying capacity of 65 persons each; 2 wood cutters, each 25 feet 2 inches, x 7 feet 2 inches, by 3 feet deep, with a carrying capacity of 40 persons each; 4 Englehardt collapsible boats, each 27 feet x 8 feet, by 3 feet deep, with a carrying capacity of 47 persons each
Lifeboat Total Rated Capacity: 1,179 persons
Personal floatation devices: 3,560 life jackets and 49 life buoys

hytrogen

fergal.b wrote: »

The Oasis of the Seas is 361 meters long and 66 meters wide at its widest point and, at the highest, it rises 72 meters above the sea level. The gross tonnage is 225,000. At the best, the vessel can accommodate 6,360 passengers and 2,100 crew members. The ship features 16 passenger decks and 2,704 staterooms. The total power output of the ship's engines is 97,000 kW and the cruise speed is 22.6 knots this makes her about 5 times bigger than the Titanic so I'd say the photo is pretty close but I cant be 100 percent

The R.M.S. Titanic - Specifications
Length: 882 feet, 8 inches (268 meters)
Beam: 92.5 feet (28 meters)
Height: 60.5 feet waterline to Boat Deck, 175 feet keel to top of funnels
Draft: 59.5 feet
Gross Tonnage: 46,328 tons
Net Tonnage: 24,900 tons
Top Speed: 23 knots
Total Capacity: 3547 passengers and crew
Decks: 9 in all (including the Orlop Deck)- the Boat Deck, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and boiler rooms below G.
Engines: 2 reciprocating 4 cylinder, triple expansion, direct- acting, inverted engines: 30,000 hp, 77 rpm. 1 low pressure Parsons turbine: 16,000 hp, 165 rpm
Fuel Requirement: 825 tons of coal per day
Propellers: 3- Center turbine: 17 feet, Left/right wings: 23 feet, 6 inches
Boilers: 29 (24 double ended boilers and 5 single ended boilers)
Furnaces: 159 providing a total heating surface of 144,142 sq. feet
Steam pressure: 215 P.S.I.
Watertight compartments: 16, extending up to F deck
Lifeboats: 20 total as follows:
14 wood lifeboats, each 30 feet x 9 feet 1 inch, by 4 feet deep, with a carrying capacity of 65 persons each; 2 wood cutters, each 25 feet 2 inches, x 7 feet 2 inches, by 3 feet deep, with a carrying capacity of 40 persons each; 4 Englehardt collapsible boats, each 27 feet x 8 feet, by 3 feet deep, with a carrying capacity of 47 persons each
Lifeboat Total Rated Capacity: 1,179 persons
Personal floatation devices: 3,560 life jackets and 49 life buoys

Actually add a couple hundred more to those stats of pax & crew & your more accurate, last world record round was about 8574 total onboard sometime in August just gone..
AIS regs had to be altered to accommodate our capacity after delivery so that even if it reads like 8139 OB as a max figure we can still carry more. Also 19 pools & jacuzzi's, a parkland with real shrubbery, the only ship with a carracel (apart from Allure of course) two flo-rider machines, zip line, mini golf course, two rock climbing walls, rising tide bar, but to name just a few cool features to my office oh & full ibs! I can go on listing as well

Love the bragging rights too

Cedrus

Tabnabs wrote: »

One way to build a bridge

Is that the Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong?

dahamsta

Just a quick note from an outsider to say thanks for this thread, it's without a shadow of a doubt the best thing I've seen on Boards in absolute yonks!

Tabnabs

Cedrus wrote: »

Is that the Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong?

No the Hardangerbrua, in Norway.

long range shooter

Cedrus wrote: »

Is that the Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong?

This one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardanger_Bridge

elhal

Storm 10

Check out all of the live wecams on cruise liners around the World including the Royal Caribbean liners , click on any of the ships, some have cameras front and back and in passenger areas, class

Link: http://www.kroooz-cams.com/

tricky D

Ye Olde Dublin Port black and white porn - also has some ships: http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image-galleries/digital-collections/port-dublin

murphym7

tricky D wrote: »

Ye Olde Dublin Port black and white porn - also has some ships: http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image-galleries/digital-collections/port-dublin

Anyone know what the Clearwater was on page 2 of the pictures? Fishing? Very small coaster?

323

elhal wrote: »

Capable looking vessel.
Is this Mexico?
Long time but platform arrangement looks familiar.

elhal

Yup in Bay of Campeche, 1600t Leibherr Mast Type Crane

tricky D

ILV Grainuaile on tour at Ireland's Eye doing annual maintenance.

who the fug

That (for want of a better word) lifeboat looks out of place, have they reused it off another vessel

Cedrus

who the fug wrote: »

That (for want of a better word) lifeboat looks out of place, have they reused it off another vessel

Is it not more of a tender/workboat? There must be a lot of jobs they have to do on lightships and buoys where the ship is too high a platform.

This Info sheet seems to indicate that they are original equipment

who the fug

Cedrus wrote: »

Is it not more of a tender/workboat? There must be a lot of jobs they have to do on lightships and buoys where the ship is too high a platform.

This Info sheet seems to indicate that they are original equipment

Thank you for providing moi with the missing words, two pints a lunch time is not a good idea.

They just look a bit old fashioned

Cedrus

who the fug wrote: »

Thank you for providing moi with the missing words, two pints a lunch time is not a good idea.

They just look a bit old fashioned

Yes, I know what you mean and the info sheet says they are 26' WOODEN motor boats! I don't know if there is technical reason for that, but FRP, Aluminium or even Steel are surely more common working boat materials.

Tabnabs

A fascinating video including an excellent interview/commentary from the 2/O of the RRS James Clark Ross about steaming through ice fields

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLjjr_4HJxM

islanderre

North Sea Oil Tanker..... Enjoy....


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Second Image is of the main engine, a MAN-B&W 7S60MC
Third image shows us loading at sea while what I presume is a crew change taking place via the helicopter.

burstbuckle

Tabnabs

There's only one word to describe this scene, it starts with an S, ends with a T and will have a lot of iiiiiiiiii's in the middle as you watch towards the end! :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ0hYorC5WM

long range shooter

Tabnabs wrote: »

There's only one word to describe this scene, it starts with an S, ends with a T and will have a lot of iiiiiiiiii's in the middle as you watch towards the end! :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ0hYorC5WM

Does rule 13 in The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea ring a bell with someone here??

Freedive Ireland

Jesus there must be a back story there somewhere.

Tabnabs

Freedive Ireland wrote: »

Jesus there must be a back story there somewhere.

Yeah, pay peanuts, get monkeys...

knucklehead6

Freedive Ireland wrote: »

Jesus there must be a back story there somewhere.

I think one cut the other off at the roundabout.

Tabnabs

"Pilot Off at Oulu, Finland!"

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=587065461322192&set=a.370229956339078.99777.310645712297503&type=3&l=e09b0fd75e&permPage=1

scuby

Safehaven marine in Cork have some nice boats

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=726260867444898&set=a.726260810778237.1073741825.415221425215512&type=1&theater

http://www.safehavenmarine.com/ some nice video's here as well

Tabnabs

Norwegian Breakaway

The 4,000-passenger, 146,000gt vessels are a new class of cruise ships for NCL. Their design will be echoed on the even larger, 164,000gt Norwegian Breakaway Plus, due from Meyer Werft in October 2015.

The largest ever ship built in Germany, apparently.

Tabnabs

Edda Fides is the first floating hotel (flotel) and service vessel in the world to be built exclusively for the offshore oil and gas industry. Delivered in March 2011, she has the capacity to accommodate up to 600 people offshore and a maximum of 1,000 people while tied to a pier.

The vessel registered in Malta is owned by Naviera Arnela. Offshore supply vessels operator Ostensjo Rederi is the operator. The vessel is marketed under 'Edda Accommodation', a brand owned by Ostensjo Group. Construction cost of the vessel was approximately €150m.

http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/edda-fides-flotel/

The first one was such a success, they're building a newer and bigger one. www.aftenbladet.no/energi/aenergy/Ostensjo-builds-new-800-bed-hotel-ship-3140562.html

long range shooter

Tabnabs wrote: »

http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/edda-fides-flotel/

The first one was such a success, they're building a newer and bigger one. www.aftenbladet.no/energi/aenergy/Ostensjo-builds-new-800-bed-hotel-ship-3140562.html

Remember Edda Fjord,once the largest supply vessel ever built,was made to a floatel.
http://ostensjo.no/?fleet=eddafjord

http://www.oilpubs.com/oso/article.asp?v1=5091

And working in the Gulf of Mexico at present.
I remember when she came to Aberdeen the first time,the pilots are still talking about it,she nearly made the turn in the basin:eek:

elhal

long range shooter wrote: »

Remember Edda Fjord,once the largest supply vessel ever built,was made to a floatel.
http://ostensjo.no/?fleet=eddafjord

http://www.oilpubs.com/oso/article.asp?v1=5091

And working in the Gulf of Mexico at present.
I remember when she came to Aberdeen the first time,the pilots are still talking about it,she nearly made the turn in the basin:eek:

Sitting about 5 miles off her right now!

323

long range shooter wrote: »

Remember Edda Fjord,once the largest supply vessel ever built,was made to a floatel.
http://ostensjo.no/?fleet=eddafjord

http://www.oilpubs.com/oso/article.asp?v1=5091

And working in the Gulf of Mexico at present.
I remember when she came to Aberdeen the first time,the pilots are still talking about it,she nearly made the turn in the basin:eek:

Worked on her as an MPSV/light construction vessel, was a very versatile vessel, seems crazy doing that to her.

323

Was sent this link recently

Really neat walk around of a new Norwegian trawler, Malene S - IMO 9622966. Shiney to say the least.

http://www.sanalturx.com/sanaltur/tersane/

Got to give it to the Norwegians. Not exactly roughing it!

long range shooter

323 wrote: »

Got to give it to the Norwegians. Not exactly roughing it!

THANK YOU:D:D

Tabnabs

Thankfully loading doesn't usually happen this quickly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0a3iY-tXY

Cookie_Monster

that's an impressive amount of stuff

Tabnabs

The term 'ugliest ship' gets bandied about quite a bit, from boxy car carriers to gargantuan cruise ships (aka fanny tankers :pac:)

But these seismic survey ships get my vote, they're vile looking.