Ship porn

lawred2 wrote: »

Is that a rescue boat or just a 'pleasure' boat?

If nothing else, it's an add... Something to get noticed, while doing development work,
And to help sell pilot boats,work boats Ect...

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

It might be a lot of things, but pretty isn't one.

Also, could they not have found somewhere better to launch her?

Was that down near Bantry by any chance? That bridge looked familiar to me.

lawred2 wrote: »

Was that down near Bantry by any chance? That bridge looked familiar to me.

Youghal bridge very close to their factory. https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Safehaven+Marine+Limited/@51.9753103,-7.8504267,1600m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!1m2!2m1!1ssafehaven+marine!3m4!1s0x4844829076f87f17:0x9db75cc346ded0ab!8m2!3d51.8776646!4d-8.2397893
The site where they launched is directly across the river from the factory. Not an ideal site but a very short distance by road. Company profile here.
https://www.safehavenmarine.com/about
If I ever win the lotto that's the first place I'm going shopping.

Piggybacking the Maersk Honam back for a rebuild.

lawred2 wrote: »

how is that even possible?

what did the lifting?

The ship 'sinks' right up to the white line, the rig is lifted out of the water as the ship rises.

mind blown

so I take it the ship takes on sea water and the pumps it out to refloat? So simple that it's genius.

god I love engineering

Tabnabs wrote: »

110-metre superyacht Jubilee in Hamburg harbour.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1IPC3MXgAEOiif.jpg:large

Only 275 milliion euro!

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Only 275 milliion euro!

They seem to register almost all the big ones in Cayman Islands...for tax reasons I assume

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

They seem to register almost all the big ones in Cayman Islands...for tax reasons I assume

must be more boats & ships registered in the Caymans then there are natural born Cayman Islanders

Ship\Port porn from Rotterdam

https://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7639727/0d0dd980/rondje_rotterdamse_haven.html

And with better weather

https://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/6635542/2f7d86cc/dagje_peddelen_in_rotterdam.html

strange that the ropes seem to have been slackened to leave her fall out from the pier, if the ropes were kept tight there might have been the opportunity to regain stability.

Tabnabs wrote: »

Containership being loaded in Iranian port, and it all goes wrong. No loss of life thankfully.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2GmdJJXcAEqS30.jpg

Can go under the "well boss" heading

GreyEagle wrote: »

19:50z. Viking Sky now moving slowly(4.5Kts) away from the coast of Norway on one engine. One tug, Vivax, close by while two others, Siem Symphony and Troms Arcturus are en route. Pax being airlifted off, 15 at a time, by helicopter. Wave heights in the area are high, gradually decreasing over the next few hours. Thoughts are with all on board.

More info and video here. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47680055

most dangerous part is airlifting untrained,unpredictable people

Safely tied up in Molde harbour now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJbDmThdOB4 At around -3:45 as the ferry passes the sloping building you can get a glimpse of Viking Sky as she rounds the headland in the centre of the picture.

LiamoSail wrote: »

Fuel would be my guess

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Or an electrical issue. The engines will only be driving generators to power the electric motors that drive the propellers.

On the right track, apparently lack of oil, weather so bad caused disruption to supply of lubricating oil...

A cruise ship caught in a storm off the Norwegian coast experienced engine problems due to low oil levels, according to Norwegian authorities.

Lars Alvestad, head of the country's maritime agency, said sensors had detected the shortage and shut off engines to prevent a breakdown.

Hundreds of people were rescued from the Viking Sky after it sent out a distress call on Saturday.

The vessel later restarted three of its four engines and docked in Molde.

Mr Alvestad told reporters that the amount of lubricating oil was "within set limits, however relatively low" as it reached Hustadvika - a shallow stretch of coastline known for shipwrecks.

"The heavy seas in Hustadvika probably caused movements in the tanks so large that the supply to the lubricating oil pumps stopped," said Mr Alvestad.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47727267

galwaytt wrote: »

pardon my ignorance of matters nautical engineering, but would the engines not be 'dry-sumped', and so oil 'level' isn't quite the issue ?

Just wondering.

The lack of oil might not have been in the engines themselves, but rather in the driven equipment, which is most likely generators that generate electricity for the electric motors that turn the props.

Some ships have diesel engines, some have gas turbines, some steam turbines, but they mostly all have generators for providing power to the electric motors.

Oil supply to the bearings in gas/steam turbines and of course generator bearings is critical for their running. Any interruptions to the bearing oil supply will immediately shut the machine down!

I mainly deal with land based power generation from gas/steam turbines, but we also have a lot of ship based gas/steam turbines that we deal with. (I know some lucky sods that got a few weeks of cruising in the Caribbean, just to baby sit the gas turbines on the ship as they'd been acting up).