Anyone Interested in Ships

[jjb1970]

Some offshore vessels, not the nicest looking boats but technically very impressive. And a mobile offshore drilling unit sitting at anchor.

 

[jjb1970]

I thought this was before and after, a heavy lift ship collecting a load of wind turbine blades, but it looks to be two sister ships.

 

Edited April 10 by jjb1970

[Bon Accord]

On 09/04/2024 at 13:43, woodenhead said:

Well it launched, but it didn't go to plan - first the bottle did not fire into the ship when she cut the rope, and when someone did something behind the curtain it simply hit the boat without breaking - a bad luck omen if you believe such things.

 

The bottle did break, it just didn't smash into a hundred pieces.

It was also full of whisky rather than champagne, so no foam etc.

[Bon Accord]

On 08/04/2024 at 10:43, jjb1970 said:

Some shipping activity in the Singapore Strait from the ferry to/from Batam, one of the busiest waterways in the world as it is like the centre of an hour glass between the Indian Ocean and South China Sea through which a huge proportion of trade passes.

 

 

I spy a solitary PONL box amongst all the Maersk examples, nearly 20 years after their demise.

[jjb1970]

This is a very unusual sight, two vehicle carriers alongside this side of the Tanjong Pagar Ro-Ro jetty together. Having two in the terminal at the same time isn't that unusual but every other time I've seen it they go either side, not the same side. I wonder if it is another sign of the steady deactivation of Tanjong Pagar, the container terminal is out of use and just used as a lay-by berth prior to redevelopment, the Ro-Ro terminal is still busy but that will also be moving to the new port at Tuas.

 

 

[St Enodoc]

7 hours ago, Bon Accord said:

 

The bottle did break, it just didn't smash into a hundred pieces.

It was also full of whisky rather than champagne, so no foam etc.

There's the problem then - you need a fizzy drink to do the job properly. Should've used Irn Bru.

[St Enodoc]

3 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

There's the problem then - you need a fizzy drink to do the job properly. Should've used Irn Bru.

Should've added that you could then have drunk the whisky.

[KeithMacdonald]

4 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

There's the problem then - you need a fizzy drink to do the job properly. Should've used Irn Bru.

 

Given the toxic contents, I'm guessing that would also be a quick test of the quality of the anti-fouling paint the shipyard had applied?

[WessexEclectic]

1 hour ago, KeithMacdonald said:

 

Given the toxic contents, I'm guessing that would also be a quick test of the quality of the anti-fouling paint the shipyard had applied?

Did AG Barr get a TBT exemption?....

[jjb1970]

Yesterday must have been a busy day in Pasir Panjang, that's a few container ships waiting at anchor, with several more further over and out of shot.

 

[jjb1970]

Some vehicle carriers other than the usual MOL suspects. NYK are the favoured child of Japanese shipping. The 'big three' companies that have the ear of the Japan government are NYK, MOL and K Line (all of which merged their container interests into ONE) but you don't have to spend long talking to their maritime administration, ClassNK and others to realise that NYK is the one they really listen to.

 

[jjb1970]

Some general cargo and dry bulk ships.

 

[jjb1970]

Another box boat sitting at anchor yesterday.

 

[jjb1970]

On the corrosive effects of soft drinks, coca cola was quite effective in softening the crud that built up around o-rings in some systems, making it a lot easier to open stuff up. Pour a couple of cans of coke in, have a break and hey presto, much easier to pull apart.

[Ozexpatriate]

15 hours ago, jjb1970 said:

On the corrosive effects of soft drinks, coca cola was quite effective in softening the crud that built up around o-rings in some systems

It is acidic*. Drop a coin in it to remove the tarnish.

 

* Phosphoric acid - pH: 2.6 - 2.7 (Vinegar has a pH of 2.2)

 

Stomach acid has a pH of 2, and battery acid has a pH of 1.

[KeithMacdonald]

In all the excitement about Freguson's shipyard finally launching one ship, I'd nearly forgotten this:

 

Quote

Scottish ferries row misses real issue – vessels unsuited to the islands they serve

 

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/20033085.scottish-ferries-row-misses-real-issue---vessels-unsuited-islands-serve/

 

And what we could have had.

 

Quote

Fronted by Stuart Ballantyne, a Scottish naval architect and chairman of Australian marine  consulting firm Sea Transport Solutions whose designs are used in around 50 countries, the Clyde Catamaran Group  has told ministers that the new ferries built over 20 years would cost a fraction of those currently being built.

 

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23032451.scots-executive-fronts-800m-clyde-shipbuilding-revolution-resolve-ferries-crisis/

 

[Bon Accord]

3 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

In all the excitement about Freguson's shipyard finally launching one ship, I'd nearly forgotten this:

 

 

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/20033085.scottish-ferries-row-misses-real-issue---vessels-unsuited-islands-serve/

 

And what we could have had.

 

 

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23032451.scots-executive-fronts-800m-clyde-shipbuilding-revolution-resolve-ferries-crisis/

 

 

Ah that perennial chestnut being peddled by Stuart Ballantyne tht Catmarans are the answer/will cure cancer/bring about world peace etc.

He just so happens to own a company which designs and builds them and it is that company's designs he's pushing.

No conflict of interest there at all of course....

[The Johnster]

Wasn't he the idiot specimen who some years ago reckoned that there was sufficient demand for passenger traffic between Swansea and Ilfracombe to justify a fast-cat (or was it a foil service), without apparently realising that the craft would not be able to access Ilfracombe at low tide, or am I thinking about another idiot specimen?  He also suggested one between Cardiff and Bristol, where at least there is a traffic flow, with a 40-minute timing to compete with the train; how this was to be achieved using the lock at Cardiff Bay Barrage and hurtling up the Avon at low water, then negotiating the Cumberland Basin locks was a mystery to us all...

 

Bloke's a fool.

[jjb1970]

I remember the Ballantyne proposal, which was sort of reminiscent of the Thornycroft Giles short fat frigate thing of the 80's which smells might remember. 

[jjb1970]

The arguments for catamaran designs are nothing like as clear cut as advocates insist, it's down to use case which makes more sense.

[admiles]

On 11/04/2024 at 23:35, Bon Accord said:

 

I spy a solitary PONL box amongst all the Maersk examples, nearly 20 years after their demise.

 

"They" have ruined many a good shipping line sadly as witnessed by the Safmarine and Hamburg Sud boxes also on there. 

[jjb1970]

An LNG tanker with Moss tanks (the big spherical things), I like these. Most modern LNG tankers use membrane tanks which are just big rectangular boxes so the ships look more normal.

 

[jjb1970]

For comparison, an LNG tanker with membrane tanks.

 

[jjb1970]

One of thoe old faithful MOL vehicle carriers entering Tanjong Pagar today and turning around to go alongside Stbd side to.

 

[jjb1970]

No idea what this is.