Ship porn

Tabnabs

Not the prettiest or most impressive looking ferry afloat, but:

The ship has already achieved 51.5 knots (95.4 km/h) during loaded sea trials, and the lightship speed will be even higher.

she is the fastest (and named after the current pope)



http://www.lngworldnews.com/incat-lng-fast-ferry-to-be-named-francisco-australia/

Tabnabs

Yikes!



Ramform TITAN Fast Facts

•Length 104.2 m
•Width at stern 70 m
•24 streamer reels - reel capacity 12 km
•Fuels capacity 6000 tons
•Tows several hundred thousand electronic sensors spread over a 12 km2 area
•The power station generates up to 18 Megawatts (3 x 6 MW)
•Bollard pull in acquisition mode 150 tons
•Top speed in transit 16 knots
•Crew capacity 80
•Recreation suite includes 225m2 ball court, fitness room, swimming pool, sauna, 3 TV lounges, auditorium

Sounds nice TBF!

HeidiHeidi

Where's the rest of it

Tabnabs wrote: »

Yikes!



Ramform TITAN Fast Facts

•Length 104.2 m
•Width at stern 70 m
•24 streamer reels - reel capacity 12 km
•Fuels capacity 6000 tons
•Tows several hundred thousand electronic sensors spread over a 12 km2 area
•The power station generates up to 18 Megawatts (3 x 6 MW)
•Bollard pull in acquisition mode 150 tons
•Top speed in transit 16 knots
•Crew capacity 80
•Recreation suite includes 225m2 ball court, fitness room, swimming pool, sauna, 3 TV lounges, auditorium

Sounds nice TBF!

postitnote

You could park that thing up like a smart car

323

Worked a couple of days on one of the original Ramform's when alongside, years ago.
Odd vessels, seem almost as wide as they are long. Remember one of the officers saying something like, "unlike most vessels nowadays,they're built for only one purpose....pull s**t loads of streamers"

Tabnabs wrote: »

Yikes!
•Recreation suite includes 225m2 ball court, fitness room, swimming pool, sauna, 3 TV lounges, auditorium

Like all noggie ships, creature comforts are pretty good.

Tabnabs

sweet jesus, that's some flying skills. Amazing med evac.

Put it on HD and full screen for max effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6vzsY_nML8

long range shooter

Tabnabs wrote: »

sweet jesus, that's some flying skills. Amazing med evac.

Put it on HD and full screen for max effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6vzsY_nML8

Surprised that they Didn't turn the bow more up against the weather to avoid the heavy rolling.it sure would have made it easier for the chopper.

LiamoSail

long range shooter wrote: »

Surprised that they Didn't turn the bow more up against the weather to avoid the heavy rolling.it sure would have made it easier for the chopper.

The helicopters generally request you put the wind on the shoulder, not sure in what sense it assists, but it apparently makes it easier for them

a/tel

LiamoSail wrote: »

The helicopters generally request you put the wind on the shoulder, not sure in what sense it assists, but it apparently makes it easier for them

Generates more lift for the aircraft using less power & fuel.
The aircraft has enough power to abort the operation in case of engine failure etc

Tabnabs

LiamoSail wrote: »

The helicopters generally request you put the wind on the shoulder, not sure in what sense it assists, but it apparently makes it easier for them

If I remember correctly, it's 20 degrees on the stardboard shoulder or so. This allows the helicopter to be directly into the wind, the pilot (who sits on the stbd side) with a clear view of the deck and the ships accommodation to be angled away from the tail of the chopper. It's why often helipads and winch zones are on the port side of ships also.

Tabnabs

In June 2010 Allseas awarded the contract for building Pieter Schelte, its 382 m long, 124 m wide dynamically positioned (DP) platform installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel, to the South Korean shipyard Daewoo.

Long-lead items such as the power generation equipment, thrusters and DP system were ordered in 2007.
In 2008 the high-tensile steel for the jacket and topsides lift systems was ordered, and the detail design of the hull was completed in May 2010.
Equipment for the lift systems and pipelay system were ordered in 2011, continuing into 2012.

When built, Pieter Schelte will have a topsides lift capacity of 48,000 t and a jacket lift capacity of 25,000 t.
Her pipelay tension capacity will be 2,000 t, doubling the capacity of Allseas’ Solitaire and thereby surpassing her as the world’s largest pipelay vessel.

http://www.allseas.com/uk/19/equipment/pieter-schelte.html

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Whatever else, the Allseas/Heerema folks can never be accused of thinking small.

Tabnabs

keep watching, keep watching... :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL4wWXvqhak

Tabnabs

She certainly makes an impression.

long range shooter

Tabnabs wrote: »

She certainly makes an impression.

She certainly does,but demands a bit extra maintenance.
The ABs better have a steady hand here

flyingsnail

Cookie_Monster

any context behind it?

flyingsnail

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

any context behind it?

http://gcaptain.com/cameras-roll-as-hansa-containership-runs-in-hong-kong-videos/

Tabnabs

Only for those with a head for heights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVS3gPFY-J4

pedroeibar1

Tabnabs wrote: »

Only for those with a head for heights.

An amateur!:)
He went through the ‘lubbers’ hole’ (at 1.29) instead of going aloft in a seamanlike way, via the futtock shrouds! Going up those shrouds was like going up a ladder, rat-boards until he reached the lower topsails, after which everything was nicely parcelled and served. (Shows what cheap/free labour can achieve in a naval service!) Nor did he lay out along a yard, or shin up :cool: to the cap! (now that would have impressed me!)

skafish

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

An amateur!:)
He went through the ‘lubbers’ hole’ (at 1.29) instead of going aloft in a seamanlike way, via the futtock shrouds! Going up those shrouds was like going up a ladder, rat-boards until he reached the lower topsails, after which everything was nicely parcelled and served. (Shows what cheap/free labour can achieve in a naval service!) Nor did he lay out along a yard, or shin up :cool: to the cap! (now that would have impressed me!)

To quote Winston Churchill (cos we should all quote at least on psychopath a day) " the royal navy is famous for 3 things: rum, sodomy and the lash"

Tabnabs

Tabnabs

Transocean Spitsbergen, the gulag of the oil industry...

who the fug

Tabnabs wrote: »

Transocean Spitsbergen, the gulag of the oil industry...

Match and raise you with Khafji

Tabnabs

And these are the ships specifically designed to work close to 80 degrees North...



http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/fafnir-offshore-takes-delivery-of-polarsyssel-psv/

Tabnabs

who the fug wrote: »

Match and raise you with Khafji

LOL, the TS is currently working two hundred kilometres north of Norway in the Barents Sea.

Al-Khafji is a holiday resort compared to that. :P

who the fug

Tabnabs wrote: »

LOL, the TS is currently working two hundred kilometres north of Norway in the Barents Sea.

Al-Khafji is a holiday resort compared to that. :P

11 and 1 leave rotation, and you don't get to shore unless vessel goes to Bahrain or UAE for drydocking, Saudi TV , Saudi Arabia.



Such a **** hole the Saudi left it to Iraq in 1990

Tabnabs

Sounds like the Al Başrah Oil Terminal (six hours to tie up alongside).

Although the terminal staff weren't in any rush to go home anyway...

who the fug

Tabnabs wrote: »

Sounds like the Al Başrah Oil Terminal (six hours to tie up alongside).

Although the terminal staff weren't in any rush to go home anyway...

Irish shipping lost a bloke back in the fifties/sixties up there waiting to unload grain to heat stroke

Mind you we haven't touched Port Said.

323

Tabnabs wrote: »

Transocean Spitsbergen, the gulag of the oil industry...

Good photo.
Although when you mention the gulag of the industry, Sakhalin, EasternSiberia came to mind first. Be happy not to see it again, but never say never.