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Ship porn

Tabnabs · 2012-03-01 09:39:50

phwoarrrrr The new Technip pipe lay vessel loaded on the chinese semi submersible freighter Xiang Rui Kou. I always wanted to work on a heavy lift ship, they seem fascinating, every cargo is impressive and I'd imagine a unique challenge. Burbon Mistral - Ulstein X bow design. Great to see new designs that improve comfort,…

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#812 12-07-2016 8:02pm
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Thargor wrote: »

Pretty boring and uncomfortable looking chairs for the amount of money they're sitting on tbh.

Somebody had a widdle in the corner too! Savages.

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#813 13-07-2016 9:08am
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Lumpy sea in the approaches to Rio de Janeiro

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#814 14-07-2016 12:41pm
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That probably won't buff out!

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#815 14-07-2016 11:02pm
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Tabnabs wrote: »

Lumpy sea in the approaches to Rio de Janeiro

ugly, what is the structure? Some kind of movable unloading device?

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#816 15-07-2016 12:43am
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Cookie_Monster wrote: »

ugly, what is the structure? Some kind of movable unloading device?

Likely just that

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#817 15-07-2016 9:38am
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Open Hatch Gantry Crane, this design of bulk carrier has an almost full width hatch and they can't open hydraulically to one side or in half like many large bulk carriers do. So a gantry crane is needed to lift the hatch off and stow it on top of another hatch lid. The cranes can also then be used to load or discharge unitised bulk (paper, timber etc.) cargoes as well as containers making it a very versatile ship.

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#818 15-07-2016 10:05am
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Two of Irish Shippings vessels had them. The Irish Star and Irish Stardust.
http://www.irishships.com/irish_star_and_irish_stardust.html

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#819 15-07-2016 10:44am
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Aerial views of ships moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Rim of the Pacific 2016, the world’s largest maritime exercise.

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#820 15-07-2016 10:50am
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That middle picture reminds me of pictures of battleship row in 1941.

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#821 15-07-2016 4:25pm
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They really don't build them like this any more. Black Watch transiting the Kiel Canal.

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#822 19-07-2016 9:17am
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All that machinery won't get to the customer by itself you know!

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#823 19-07-2016 9:21pm
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Tabnabs wrote: »

All that machinery won't get to the customer by itself you know!

case closed

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#824 19-07-2016 10:35pm
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cookie.monster wrote: »

case closed

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#825 20-07-2016 9:29am
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And they all slept soundly that night.

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#826 21-07-2016 2:18pm
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Don't know the background to this photo, but a great shot of a very big hovercraft roaring down the Thames, past the Tower of London. Circa 1970

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#827 21-07-2016 2:52pm
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^ I remember getting the airfix model of this hovercraft back in the mists of time (~ late 70s)

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#828 21-07-2016 7:24pm
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maybe they,ll make a comeback for duty free runs to france in a few years now the brits are on the way out

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#829 21-07-2016 8:12pm
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neris wrote: »

maybe they,ll make a comeback for duty free runs to france in a few years now the brits are on the way out

They won't unfortunately. One is in bits, and they're trying to keep one for restoration.

https://www.change.org/p/homes-and-communities-agency-save-the-princess-anne-the-last-remaining-srn4-hovercraft-for-the-nation/u/16424075

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#830 22-07-2016 10:03am
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A ship with an identity crisis? Why am I here??

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#831 25-07-2016 11:41am
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Such is the life for Johnny the Sailor

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#832 25-07-2016 5:54pm
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Tabnabs wrote: »

Such is the life for Johnny the Sailor

hope he wasn't painting while vessel was under way

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#833 25-07-2016 6:22pm
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Theres a picture in the book about Irish Shipping showing a guy working on the anchor while the ship was underway. When I say working I mean hanging off it.

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Coming to a border lough near you

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#835 27-07-2016 11:35am
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When you have to back her into the last space in the carpark...

(This is the Toisa fleet laid up due to the down turn in the North Sea with low oil prices (but then Toisa always had a ****e reputation, so no surprises to see their fleet in storage)).

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#836 27-07-2016 8:56pm
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Tabnabs wrote: »

When you have to back her into the last space in the carpark...

(This is the Toisa fleet laid up due to the down turn in the North Sea with low oil prices (but then Toisa always had a ****e reputation, so no surprises to see their fleet in storage)).

ya can add gulfmark offshore to that list of ****e reputations, they screwed my auld fella and four other captains all over a facebook post

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#837 28-07-2016 12:26pm
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Rotterdam; shipporn central!

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#838 28-07-2016 1:36pm
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Monday morning, Killybegs.

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St Naziare this week

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#840 28-07-2016 5:21pm
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mp22 wrote: »

St Naziare this week

Also appeared on the Guess the Location thread a while back.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=99138820&postcount=6913

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The Singapore Straits, a bit like the M50, take your eye off the action for a moment and risk a fender bender!

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http://shipsandports.com.ng/containers-fall-overboard-as-msc-ship-collides-with-crude-carrier/

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