I am looking at this project under the commercial point of view, as I am also involved in inland cargo vessels. Taking a larger inland cargo...
Thank you very much for that find, Innomare! I will have my R&D departement look into that system. It seems like a good idea for a newbuild. Cheers
Composition of a DE propulsion Speaking in terms of setup of Gensets / electric motors or drives for ship / boat / yacht propulsion, the type of...
Jolly Nero, IMO 7361233, former Maersk Alaska Combined RoRo / self loading Container Vessel, 768 feet LOA, 40.500 GT, 1730 TEU + 1500 Lane Meter,...
As you said, no tugs, just under supervision of pilot boat(s). The harbour pilot was still on the bridge. Even for a turning maneuver, wrong...
The ship was a combined RoRo / Container vessel. The Messina terminal is in the extrem northwest of the harbour. The harbour exit is in the...
It really is a nice reconstruction. Especially, if you look at her condition before. That looked more like the raw material for a bonfire. Hats...
OK Karo1776, you are making use of the fact, that I am only a stupid mechanical engineer. I will have your arguments checked. If you fool me,...
Damaging an IPS Duoprop is not a catastrophic mishap, as long as there is no damage to the drives. Breaking off a complete IPS drive or even two,...
A German yachting magazine had a nice story about the vintage yacht "Flying Cloud". I have placed the word "gentlemans" in quotation marks,...
Eri Canal May I assume, by your postings and advices, that taking the Hudson River up to Albany, then via the Eri Canal and River to Oswego, is...
Plastic bags and bottles on our oceans. This "Plastic Problem" with floating junk on our oceans is getting bigger and bigger. And it is causing...
Trent Severn The Big Chute Marine Railway car looks pretty solid. As long as the retractable skegs will not rest in one of those recesses, the...
Trent Severn If the "Admiral" reads the posts 38 and 39, she will talk Latin to me: "Etiam nunc regredi possumus, quod si particulum...
To big for the route???? The 84 feet is, as far as I can read the paperwork, the max. internal length of the lock. The boat would fit in like one...
At least you must have good fish in it. These big birds are selective.:D
Trend Severn With the information available, I am sure we can and will handle the Trent Severn (If I dont get lost), but........! There are two...
Swath for explorer Here my final argument, why SWATH must be great for an expedition or explorer yacht. If even the American Heraldic Bird...
No, that is a totally different system. On the pivoting nozzle, only the nozzle moves around the prop, the prop sits on a standard shaft. The...
Those floating cities, which slowly drift around the world and promise to visit the hotspots around the globe, come above the surface from time to...
