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Tabnabs

Even from the photo with nothing to compare in terms of scale, you can just tell the new M/V Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller is enormous (biggest in the world!)

knucklehead6

Tabnabs wrote: »

Even from the photo with nothing to compare in terms of scale, you can just tell the new M/V Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller is enormous (biggest in the world!)

they really are ugly ships though aren't they!!

Tabnabs

Meh, no better or worse than most modern ships.

goldie fish

knucklehead6 wrote: »

they really are ugly ships though aren't they!!

Totally functional. They look slightly better with a full load. All empty boxboats are ugly.

knucklehead6

goldie fish wrote: »

Totally functional. They look slightly better with a full load. All empty boxboats are ugly.

Yep, they look more 'normal' with a load all right

As for functional, look at the big car carriers, they're the same.

323

knucklehead6 wrote: »

they really are ugly ships though aren't they!!

Sound like my father every time the present Irish Lights, Graunaile is mentioned, though he's starting to half accept she is way more practical and functional than the old ones.

Here is one an ugly one, HLV Saipem 3000,
Dynamic positioned, 2200 Tonne Lift capability, vertical flexible pipe/cable lay system, 2x work class ROV's and at present a saturation dive system.

Brute ugly but very functional for many offshore construction tasks.

Tabnabs

The 97 meter long freighter Cyprus Cement collided with floating piers and pleasure craft at Levanger, Norway. The Cyprus Cement was proceeding out the port when it suffered a failure with its bow thruster and backed into the marina destroying the docks and boats. No reports of injuries. Reports state damage is to be over 1 million Norwegian Crowns. The Cyprus Cement was detained a short time later by the Norwegian Coast Guard. An investigation into the incident is being conducted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCqjZXp7TQA

tricky D

Another take on the above:

While attempting to leave port on Saturday, the bulk carrier Cyprus Cement encountered some sort of propulsion issue and ends up tearing through a Norwegian marina, causing serious damage.

The incident occurred at Levanger Marina in Trondheimsfjorden.

It seems more than likely that it was the tugboat that suffered the propulsion problem that led to this incident. Note that tugboat’s lines were slack during the entire ordeal.

http://gcaptain.com/bulk-carrier-cyprus-cement/

goldie fish

That's a sickening , career ending crunch...

Cookie_Monster

why was the prop not shut down? Or is it in forward attempting to slow the backwards move?

knucklehead6

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

why was the prop not shut down? Or is it in forward attempting to slow the backwards move?

judging by the wash they were trying to arrest the backwards movement.

Not a sailor or anything but looking at the force of water hitting the largest boat at the end of the dock there was a fair degree of power being applied.

Tabnabs

My thinking on it was, he was committed to the manoeuvre. There were no tugs available, he had to get the ship out of there and to allow it to drift could have been even more devastating (including grounding the ship and all that entails). Dropping the starboard anchor and trying to get the pivot point much further forward may have been an option, but without some more context, it's hard to call.

hytrogen

knucklehead6 wrote: »

they really are ugly ships though aren't they!!

No ENIRAM there..

hytrogen

Tabnabs wrote: »

Norwegian Breakaway



The largest ever ship built in Germany, apparently.

Until Quantum of the Seas comes out next year!

long range shooter

Tabnabs wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCqjZXp7TQA

If they have problems with the bow thruster,why are they still going astern:rolleyes:

murphym7

long range shooter wrote: »

If they have problems with the bow thruster,why are they still going astern:rolleyes:

Bow thruster has nothing to do with it. In fact using it wound not have helped or had any major affect on what occurred. While the ship was moving astern the engine was engaged forward.

long range shooter

murphym7 wrote: »

Bow thruster has nothing to do with it. In fact using it wound not have helped or had any major affect on what occurred. While the ship was moving astern the engine was engaged forward.

Using the bowthruster have one purpose,to keep the bow steady while going astern or ahead at lower speed,usually below 5 knots,and it would have helped much keeping it on the right heading.

murphym7

long range shooter wrote: »

Using the bowthruster have one purpose,to keep the bow steady while going astern or ahead at lower speed,usually below 5 knots,and it would have helped much keeping it on the right heading.

One purpose?? what about turning the bow port or starboard in berthing operations?

Look at the video again and tell me what affect port thruster would have on the stern or what affect starboard truster would have on the stern?

Application of either port or starboard thruster would have had the same result, the port quarter hitting the marina as it did. Port thruster would have pivoted the ships port quarter into the marina. Starboard thruster would have pushed the area of impact a little further towards midships, but impact would not have been avoided. Use of bow thruster in this instance would have not helped. The ship wasn't going directly astern, the entire ship was sliding to port also.

long range shooter

murphym7 wrote: »

One purpose?? what about turning the bow port or starboard in berthing operations?

Look at the video again and tell me what affect port thruster would have on the stern or what affect starboard truster would have on the stern?

Application of either port or starboard thruster would have had the same result, the port quarter hitting the marina as it did. Port thruster would have pivoted the ships port quarter into the marina. Starboard thruster would have pushed the area of impact a little further towards midships, but impact would not have been avoided. Use of bow thruster in this instance would have not helped. The ship wasn't going directly astern, the entire ship was sliding to port also.

Ok you speak from experience obvioisusly,and what do you think happened before it even got so close to the marina?if you go astern and the bow thruster fails,you are going the way the props are rotating.in this case to he port,and with the help of the current that was in the area also pushing the same way,cause there's nothing to keep the bow steady.And that was probably why the tug wasn't connected to the stern.
And instead of going astern they could have gone ahead used slight port rudder and used the bow thruster to the port.
But I think you misunderstand my hole question,so let me repeat it for you,
Why are they STILL going astern if they have problems with the bow thruster,as you probably are aware of there is Ahead and astern on a ship.

zagmund

What I don't get is why there isn't a little more urgency on the ground. Even though they seemed to have little choice but to plough through the marina like that, they would want to be *really* *really* sure there was nobody on the marina or in any of the boats while they were doing it. I know (hope) the Cyprus Cement was doing this because as outlined above the alternatives involved potentially worse things, but still and all I would like to think that they were 100% sure there was nobody at risk. It's possible that the marina was well and truly cleared before the video started, but I wonder . . .

z

roundymac

Cork Harbour 001.jpg

Cork Harbour 005.jpg
Saga Sapphire in Cobh yesterday and the pilot launch Failte. Granuaile can be seen at anchor in the background of the first atttachment.

rovoagho

A bit more Page 3 than porn, imho. Moar porn!

GreyEagle

Night departure of tall ship Danmark from Rouen 16th Aug, en route to Tenerife. Note bridge lifted.

Tabnabs

A great piece of ship porn robbed from this page

long range shooter

GreyEagle wrote: »

Night departure of tall ship Danmark from Rouen 16th Aug, en route to Tenerife. Note bridge lifted.

Nice picture.
Just reminds me of this one,where the bridge didnt lift,lol.

http://youtu.be/PG1h5K5ZvII

HeidiHeidi

long range shooter wrote: »

Nice picture.
Just reminds me of this one,where the bridge didnt lift,lol.

http://youtu.be/PG1h5K5ZvII

Oops! Nice evasive manoeuvre by the boat following about 10 feet behind!

We very nearly did that exiting the Dublin City Moorings on the Liffey on an ebbing tide and in a westerly wind, we were circling waiting for the East Link to lift when our outboard cut out :eek:

Heartstopping doesn't begin to describe it!

Tabnabs

Pffft, amateurs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiv0fxFcV3I

Tabnabs

For an idea of scale, check out the sailors standing by the mooring lines on the port side.

Tabnabs

HMS Dragon's Mk8 Lynx Helicopter conducting a day into night flying serial. As part of the sortie it fired all of it's 60 infer red countermeasure flares as the sun set over the ship. Image by L(Phot) Dave Jenkins

GreyEagle

I was down at the water's edge in Mornington this week when two ships sailed out of Drogheda port.

First out was the Fehn Courage, I nearly got my feet wet by standing too close to the edge when the wash arrived:
http://youtu.be/Cc43pARv3Ho

Next out was the Arklow Ranger, learned my lesson and stood further back:
http://youtu.be/RyItcYHEWzM