Aboard a Cargo Colossus
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Aboard a Cargo Colossus
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By DANNY HAKIMOCT. 3, 2014
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Behemoth at Sea
In the chess match that has global powers looking for new ways to move goods around the world, the Mary Maersk and nine other sister ships are the biggest pieces.
Video by Erik Olsen on Publish Date October 3, 2014. Photo by Andrew Testa for The New York Times.
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A helicopter appeared in the sky over the North Sea.
It was 7 a.m. on a Wednesday this summer, and the helicopter circled in a wide arc before hovering above a ship traveling south at about 15 knots. At more than 1,300 feet
UECC orders two Dual Fuel Liquefied Natural Gas PCTC
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UECC orders two Dual Fuel Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTC) with 1A super Finnish/Swedish ice class
United European Car Carriers (UECC), jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Wallenius Lines, has signed a contract to construct two dual fuel LNG PCTCs.
The contract has been signed with Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and the vessels will be constructed at the NACKS shipyard in Nantong, China which is a joint venture between KHI and China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company. Deliveries of both the vessels will be in the second half of 2016.
The vessels will be 181 metres long with a 30 metre beam. Both the vessels will
The Unmanned Ghost Ships of the Future - Project MUNIN
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he Unmanned Ghost Ships of the Future - Project MUNIN
Scandinavian research organization SINTEF’s subsidiary MARINTEK believes that in about ten or twenty years most of the cargo ships sailing the globe will be unmanned. Seven other EU companies are into that in a pretty massive project called MUNIN.
The ocean is boring and dangerous
FLOTA DE COMERCIO DE FRANCIA -2014
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N O T E L I M I N A I R E
En application du décret n° 2008680 du 9 juillet 2008 portant organisation de l’administration centrale du ministère de l’écologie, de l’énergie, du développement durable et de l’aménagement du territoire, et notamment le II de son article 5, la Mission de la Flotte de Commerce collecte les données concernant l’état de la flotte de commerce sous pavillon français et édite les documents statistiques selon une périodicité semestrielle.
La présente publication reprend le format de la précédente avec notamment des tableaux indiquant les régularisations d’opérations antérieures effectuées.
Pour tout renseignement concernant les données de ces tableaux : Direction Générale des Infrastructures, des Transports et de la Mer, Direction
Cruise Ship Jobs - Deck Officers and Ratings Positions
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The Deck Department on a cruise ship is a part of the Marine Operations division. The primary responsibilities of the Deck Officers and Ratings are the safe navigation of the vessel plus all safety and security aspects of the ship's operations, including guests, officers, crew and staff members. Although the actual head of the department is the Staff Captain, the highest ranking person aboard - the Captain/Master of the ship (at least due to the nature of his profession - a Deck Officer) is considered a member of the Deck department. There are in general two different types of positions - Deck Officers (Captain; Staff Captain; 1st, 2nd, 3rd Officers;