Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Brian60 on December 17, 2014, 05:05:50 pm
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Quite a feat of engineering to launch something this big! 600.000 gross tons that's a helluva big boat.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30394137
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:o That's a bit ... big! Impressive feat of engineering though.
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A bit of a frost really - a floating gas processing tank, but not a real ship that goes places.
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a mate of mine from old school days is a senior engineer with shell and is working out that way at the moment.......he emailed me a couple of weeks ago to say he was going to look over a new "ship" as he called it .......will have to ask him if this is the one, and see if he has any photos once on board.........interesting :-))
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A few of my old colleagues jumped ship [iron ore & coal] to work as Chief Engineers on LNG carriers from the NW of OZ to Asia........
Naturally a requirement apart from their qualifications was that they are non smokers {-) .....
Apart from that the vessels did not need conventional bunkers <*<...they just used the boil off from the cargo as the source of fuel..........Derek
http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCQQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mastermariners.org.au%2F2014-01-17-01-18-06%2Fnews-international%2F1460-lng-vessel-manning-the-new-challenge&ei=6PuRVPLDBcTCmAWMpIGgCg&usg=AFQjCNERJiQo1mr0_Zwzgyxehk6V2zEsbQ