Monday, November 4, 2013
TIME 6:30 AM
World's Largest Shipyard

Hyundai Heavy Industry – Ulsan, South Korea

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is one of the biggest ship construction companies in the world. Its ship manufacturing facility in Ulsan, a South Korean city located on the south-eastern tip of the Korean Peninsula, is the largest shipyard in the world.
The shipyard extends across two and a half miles along the coast of Mipo Bay in Ulsan and covers an area of 1,780 acres. Due to its strategic location, the shipyard can be easily accessed from and to the open sea.

Workshops and facilities within the shipyard are put up in such a way that the maximum efficiency of shipyard operations can be maintained. Out of the total area of 1,780 acres of the shipyard, the workshops cover approximately 395 acres.
Ulsan shipyard has nine large-scale dry docks with six Goliath cranes.

Dry Dock 1, is used for constructing LNG carriers. 
Dry Dock 2 is 12.7m deep and measures 500m in length and 80m in breadth. It is equipped with two jib cranes.
Dry Dock 3,is the largest dock of the Ulsan shipyard. It is capable of undertaking simultaneous construction of a variety of ships and is provided with two Goliath cranes. Vessels of up to one million DWT in capacity can be constructed on this site.
Dry docks 4 and 5 are comparatively smaller in size and can be used to construct ships of up to 150,000 DWT and 70,000 DWT respectively.

Dry docks 6 and 7 are specially equipped for the construction of naval ships and special-purpose vessels.
Dry docks 8 and 9 were completed in 1996 and are currently allocated for building VLCCs.
 



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Saturday, November 2, 2013
TIME 7:57 AM
Port of Miami,USA

Port Miami,is a seaport located in Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, United States.
The port is located on Dodge Island, which is the combination of three historic islands (Dodge, Lummus and Sam's Islands) that have since been combined into one.
The Port of Miami is recognized, and has been for many years, as the "Cruise Capital of the World" and "Cargo Gateway of the Americas".

It has retained its status as the number one cruise/passenger port in the world for well over two decades accommodating the largest cruise ships in the world and the operations of such major cruise lines as Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line.

As the "Cargo Gateway of the Americas", the port primarily handles containerized cargo with small amounts of breakbulk, vehicles and industrial equipment. 

It is the largest container port in the state of Florida and ninth in the United States. As a world-class port, the Port of Miami is among an elite group of ports in the world which cater to both cruise ships and containerized cargo.
 
Among North American ports, it ranks second only to the Port of South Louisiana in New Orleans in terms of cargo tonnage imported/exported from Latin America. 
The port is on 518 acres and has 7 passenger terminals. 
China is the port's number one import country, and Honduras is the number one export country. 
Miami has the world's largest amount of cruise line headquarters, home to: Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, and Windjammer Barefoot Cruises.

Statistics
Vessel arrivals     2,489
Annual cargo tonnage     7.42 million
Passenger traffic     4.33 million
Annual revenue      $94.70 million





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Thursday, October 31, 2013
TIME 4:00 AM
12 Years A Slave - movie release

Run time - 133 min 
Genres -  Biography | Drama | History  
Release date -  31 October 2013 (Germany) 

Plot - Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. 
Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. 
In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life. 

           
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
TIME 8:05 AM
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"I find that the harder I work,the more luck I seem to have"
-Thomas Jefferson-

"I never worry about Action,but only about Inaction"
-Winston Churchill-

"He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it"
-Jean Jacques Rousseau-
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Sunday, October 27, 2013
TIME 8:19 AM
Most Picturesque Bays in the world




-Ha Long Bay-

Ha Long Bay is situated in north Vietnam round a 120 kilometer long coast line and is literally translated as “Bay of Descending Dragons”. 
The bay is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Vietnam and features thousands of islands, each topped with thick jungle vegetation, forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars. Several of the islands are hollow, with enormous caves, others islands include lakes and some support floating villages of fishermen.




 -Guanabara Bay-


Guanabara Bay is a beautiful bay located in southeastern Brazil. The bay is surrounded by tropical forests, beaches, strangely-shaped rocks, the high mountains of Serra do Marl and the neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro. 
The bay was discovered in January 1, 1502 by Portuguese explorer Gaspar de Lemos, who named it Rio de Janeiro (January River) thinking it was a large river. The name Guanabara comes from the Tupi-Guarani language.

  -Phang Nga Bay-


Located just over 95 km (60 miles) from the island of Phuket, Phang Nga Bay is one of Thailand’s most scenic areas. It consists of beautiful caves, aquatic grottoes and limestone islands some of which reach 300 meter (984 feet) high. 
The most famous island in the bay is a needle formed limestone rock called Ko Ping Kan (more commonly known as James Bond Island) which was featured in the James Bond movie “The Man with the Golden Gun”.



 -Bay of Islands-

The Bay of Islands is one of the most popular tourist attractions in New Zealand. The picturesque area contains 144 islands, many secluded bays and some great sandy beaches. This beautiful bay has an abundance of marine life including whales, penguins, dolphins and the big marlin. 
Not surprisingly, it is a popular gathering place for sailing yachts on world cruises and international sport fishermen. The bay is also historically significant as it was the first part of New Zealand settled by Europeans.



-Paradise Bay- 

Paradise Bay is one of only two places used by cruise ships to stop on Antarctica (the other is Neko Harbour). Consequently it is one of Antarctica’s most visited areas. 
The bay is surrounded by heavily glaciated mountains and ice cliffs. Activities include cruising between iceberg with inflatable zodiac boats, visiting a Chilean research station and photographing penguin habitats.





 

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