Ship porn

Cedrus

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From a bygone era, passing through the Kiel Canal in 1970

What fuel would that have been burning? Judging by the thrashing at the stern, it was obviously working hard, but it's still looks filthy. Coal? HFO?

Cookie_Monster

Cedrus wrote: »

What fuel would that have been burning? Judging by the thrashing at the stern, it was obviously working hard, but it's still looks filthy. Coal? HFO?

foam is due to being so high in the water rather than overworking, no?

Tabnabs

Cedrus wrote: »

What fuel would that have been burning? Judging by the thrashing at the stern, it was obviously working hard, but it's still looks filthy. Coal? HFO?

I reckon it must be coal to be that filthy. She was probably near the end of her working life at that stage. She is very 'light-ship' so the thrashing is from the propeller churning up the canal water, as it's not fully submerged.

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Another one from the archives, 1972 Cod War. This is taken from a British destroyer, trying to keep the Iceland Coastguard vessel from ramming another trawler (and vice versa). High stakes gambling in high latitude waters.



and from the other angle

Tabnabs

Some cargoes you would always prefer to forget.

Take a big ship like the Northern Dancer:


Fill here with 580,000 x 50kg bags



And send her to Senegal where with her own cranes



it takes 21 days to discharge the cargo to these lads

Atlantic Dawn

Tabnabs wrote: »

Some cargoes you would always prefer to forget.

Pure hardship, you would think a conveyor belt system on a much larger scale to what builders use to bring blocks and materials up to the first floor when building houses would be the answer for unloading either on the ship or held at port.

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They do exist




But then that ship is designed to only carry a very limited number of cargo types.

With ships cranes, the ship can carry a much wider selection of cargoes and with proper port handling facilities, can discharge these types of cargo in bulk and not individually bagged.

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Like something from a Victorian era war of the worlds film; Belfast Harbour!

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Bling!

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Tight lines.

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Another day on the North Sea!

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21st century reality of life at sea

Utah

Tabnabs wrote: »

21st century reality of life at sea

Is that to prevent piracy?

gifted

Utah wrote: »

Is that to prevent piracy?

Hopefully not the no smoking brigade lol

JohnCleary

Tabnabs wrote: »

Bling!

We were moored next* to her... we were 'only' 80ft though

*about 100m away!

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Working the night shift

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With the trailers for the Deep Horizon film all over the tv, this is a photo taken from the actual event.

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Busy day in the Port of Waterford

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When you're just about to get run down...

Dravokivich

^
Come at me bro!

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There's always a sneaking ambition to capture the bobcat and not let it go ashore again after the discharge has finished. Be some craic scooting around with it!



That grab taking it out, 50 tonnes of cargo a scoop!

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Are you sure she'll fit, lads?

neris

Tabnabs wrote: »

There's always a sneaking ambition to capture the bobcat and not let it go ashore again after the discharge has finished. Be some craic scooting around with it!



That grab taking it out, 50 tonnes of cargo a scoop!

do they use those bobcats in the ship to scoop out things like grains or other food ingredients?

Tabnabs

neris wrote: »

do they use those bobcats in the ship to scoop out things like grains or other food ingredients?

Any dry bulk cargo; grain, coal, iron ore, etc. That'll be used near the end to arrange the last bits into piles for the grab to scoop up. Then it's down with shovels to clean up the final bits by hand and empty the cargo hold completely. Better to use the ports cranes and equipment to take the crumbs out, than having to haul it out by hand when at sea.

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Racing machines, old and new.

BeardySi

Give me the schooner any day of the week!

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Polish the brasswork they said, be quick job they said...

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When Scotland built the most impressive ships in the world.

paconnors

Tabnabs wrote: »

When Scotland built the most impressive ships in the world.

Thats Mad

BoJack Horseman

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Thats Mad

Interestingly & sadly that beautiful vessel was sunk by the Germans in WW2, not far off the Donegal coast.