Monday, September 30, 2013
TIME 7:03 AM
Largest Heavy Lift carrier in the world

-Dockwise Vanguard-

Dockwise Vanguard is a semi-submersible heavy transport vessel (SSHTV) built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Ulsan for the Dutch shipping company Dockwise. Dockwise Vanguard is the largest heavy lift vessel in the world.
In February 2011, HHI was contracted to build a new ultra-large transport vessel for Dockwise. The vessel was launched in November 2012 and was delivered in February 2013. 

 Dockwise Vanguard features a bow-less design developed by Dockwise and Delta Marine. The crew accommodation, including the lifeboats section, is on the starboard side of the vessel.
 
The design allows the flow of water along the entire deck, but prevents the entry of water into the enclosures of the vessel.

The ship is equipped with movable casing. A bulwark is also incorporated into the design to ensure the safety of the crew. Machinery exhausts are based on the towers at the port and starboard sides at the stern.
Dockwise Vanguard has an overall length of 275m, moulded breadth of 70m, depth of 15.5m and a submerged draft of 31.5m. The deadweight of the vessel is 117,000t.  

 The ship is provided with a free deck space of 275 x 70m. The loading deck extends the entire length of the vessel.

The ship was classified with a heavy lift vessel notation and categorised as a 'Type 0' vessel. The semi-submersible heavy lift ship can be ballasted down to allow the cargo to be floated aboard. The ballast tanks are then de-ballasted to raise the deck over the water surface for lifting its cargo. 

 Dockwise Vanguard can transport large FPSO vessels, drilling rigs or heavy platforms.
A graphical image of Dockwise Vanguard transporting an offshore platform. Image courtesy of Dockwise Ltd.

                                                                                                              Source-ship-technology.com
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
TIME 1:03 PM
Port of Montreal,Canada

Montreal is the leading container port in Eastern Canada and a major international port linked to more than 80 countries around the world.

  • Port facilities accommodate the three major cargo handling sectors: containerized cargo, liquid bulk and dry bulk (including grain).
  • The port is also active in the sector of international and river cruises.
  • Handles nearly 30 million tonnes of cargo annually.
  • Port facilities cover 26 km on the island of Montreal and 4 km at Contrecoeur, located 40 km downstream from Montreal on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
  • The only container port within Canada’s Continental Gateway, which carries more than 80% of Canada’s trade.
  • A member of the select group of world ports that handle more than 1 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent unit containers) annually.
  • The world’s leading container lines sail to Montreal: Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL, MSC, Maersk and CMA CGM. 

Statistics-

  •  An average of 2,200 ships per year.
  • 5,000 truck movements daily (in and out)
  • 100 km of railway track along its berths and on its terminals.
  • A record 28.5 million tonnes of cargo handled in 2011.
  • The cruise sector welcomed 40 vessels carrying a total of  55,500 in 2012. 

 



    


Source-Port of Montreal official website
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Friday, September 27, 2013
TIME 8:12 AM
Largest Reefer in the world

-Cap San class-

With a nominal slot capacity of 9,600TEU and 2,100 reefer plugs apiece, the Cap San Nicholas and Cap San Marco have taken their place as the largest container vessels ever launched by German-headquartered carrier Hamburg Sud, with the highest reefer carrying capacity of any container ship afloat today. 

Built at the Hyundai Heavy Industries yard in Ulsan, South Korea,  the two new ships were launched in late May as part of a series of six new-buildings in the Cap San class.  

The Cap San Nicholas will go into service this month on liner operations between Asia and the East Coast of South America, with the Cap San Marco entering the same service in July. Two more of the six new ships are due to be delivered this year, with the final two scheduled for handover in 2014.
 
The container ships are the first of a series of six new-buildings of the new “Cap San” class.

Two more “Cap San” ships will be delivered at the Korean yard in the current year. The last two units of this series are then due to be handed over to Hamburg Süd in January 2014.

Technical data of the “Cap San Nicolas” and “Cap San Marco”:

    Capacity: 124,500 tdw
    Slot capacity:  9,600 TEU
    Reefer plugs:  2,100
    Length overall:  333.2 m
    Length between perpendiculars:  313.5 m
    Width:  48.2 m
    Draught max.:  14 m
    Speed:  21 kn
    Main engine output:  40,670 kW


Cap San Nicolas
Cap San Marco
                                                                                                  Source-Hamburg sud official web site
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
TIME 8:51 AM
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1. Shanghai (China): Having a total of five working areas, the port of Shanghai became the biggest port in the world, surpassing the port of Singapore. That year alone, around 29 million TEUs were handled by the port of Shanghai which has both – a sea as well as a river port.
The port of Shanghai is a source of great economic activity in the Yangtze River area which has helped further the economic status of regions like Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Henan.




2. Ningbo-Zhoushan (China): Formed as a collaborative venture between the Ningbo port and the Zhoushan port in the year 2006, the Ningbo-Zhoushan port is the second-largest marine port in the world.
Catering to three rivers – the Yangtze, the Yong and the Qaintang, the port is expected to have a huge boost in the form of the construction of a new terminal – the Jintang Dapukuo, consisting of five berths which are expected to be completed by the year 2014.



3. Singapore (Singapore): Once rated as the world’s largest port, the port of Singapore has slipped a couple of places and is now ranked third in the same category. From the Singaporean economic perspective, the port of Singapore plays a very important role as it caters to the re-export market on a mammoth scale. 
The Singapore port is connected to over 600 ports spread around more than a 100 countries. In terms of its handling, the ship port handles a fifth of the global cargo containers and is responsible for the transit of nearly 50% of the global crude oil supply.



4. Rotterdam (The Netherlands):  The only European marine port listed, the Rotterdam port is ranked fourth in the list of biggest marine ports in the world.
It also served as the largest port in the world for 42-years between 1962 and 2004 before it was surpassed by Singapore and Shanghai, in that order. The Rotterdam port is the largest port in the whole of Europe. 




5. Tianjin (China): Situated at the River Haihe, the Tianjin port in China is ranked fifth in the list of biggest ports in the world. At present it is connected to over 400 ports in nearly 200 countries across the world, a figure which is expected to rise by the next four years. The Tianjin port is the third largest port in China and the single-largest port in the Northern part of the country.


6. Guangzhou (China): The largest port in Southern China, the Guangzhou port enjoys connectivity with more than 300 ports in almost 100 countries. The port forms the mainstay for the industrial belt found in the Guangxi, Yunnan, Hunan and Jiangxi regions. The port of Huangpu also forms a part of the Guangzhou port.



7. Qingdao (China): Adjoining the Yellow Sea and located at the Shandong Peninsula, the Qingdao port is ranked seventh in the list of 10 biggest ship ports. Facing Japan and South Korea, the world leaders in the shipbuilding business, the Qingdao port is a natural harbour and has connectivity with over 450 ports in over 130 countries.



8. Qinhuangdao Port (China): Operational for nearly three decades, the Qinhuangdao port is mainly known for its coal transportation in the country. Statistically at present, the port is the biggest coal lading port globally and internally, accounts for nearly 50% of the country’s coal transportation between the North and the South.



9. Hong Kong (China): Ranked ninth in the list of the largest marine ports in the world, the Hong Kong port is situated in the South China Sea. A natural harbour, the Hong Kong port has been very instrumental in the economic furtherance of the city of Hong Kong. In the year 2010, the port accounted for 23.7 million TEUs worth of container cargo.



10. Busan (South Korea): The Port of Busan, also known as Pusan, doubles as South Korea’s largest port and its second-largest city. The 10th biggest port in the world, the port of Busan is situated at the Naktong River and forms a major commercial getaway between the Pacific Ocean and the countries belonging to Eurasia.
The Busan Port Authorities are expected to unveil a new port by the name of New Busan Port to provide a further ease in the operations of the port of Pusan. The construction of the new port is stipulated to be completed by 2015.





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Monday, September 23, 2013
TIME 8:30 AM
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"Whenever you see darkness,there is an extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter"
-Edward DE Bono-

                                                "Kites rise highest against the wind,not with it"
-Winston Churchill-
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Saturday, September 21, 2013
TIME 7:00 AM
World's Largest Car carrier

-MV Tønsberg-

Wilhelmsen group made maritime history with four of the world’s largest RoRo car carrier ships ever built. As a first of the series, launched earlier in 2011, the DNV class MV Tønsberg also represented a 150th anniversary vessel for the Norwegian RoRo specialist. 

The Mark V class vessel is the largest of its kind, with a length of 862 feet offering a cargo volume of 138 000 cubic metres over six fixed and three hoistable decks. 
To serve this demanding trade lane with the ultimate in flexibility, efficiency and dependability, the Mark V class stands alone as one of the most sophisticated RoRo vessels ever built in terms of high ramp capacity, deck strength and height.
 
Wilhelmsen has traditionally developed and built their new generation ships in Japan together with Mitsubishi Heavy, and in this case with the layout design from in-house naval architects Wilhelmsen Marine Consultants working in collaboration with Mitsubishi Heavy. 

One of the shipyard’s specific contributions,was the push for a six-blade propeller rather than a five-blade one, a decision that made the ship essentially vibration free.
 
The entire cargo hold of the Mark V is arranged for customers’ high and heavy cargo such as excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders and harvesters. 
With a width of 12 metres and a safe working load of 505 tonnes, the vessel’s stern ramp offers customers the possibility of shipping larger units than they ever could before.

Main Deck 4 has an entrance clearance of 7.4 metres with 25 metres of width, which is also unprecedented for this kind of vessel.

By moving the bridge forward, cargo can even be loaded on the weather deck, which has ramp access from the deck below. Three decks can be hoisted by electric winches to provide maximum flexibility and utilisation.
 
In the engine room, an advanced turbo generator produces electricity from the waste exhaust heat.these initiatives help to cut emissions significantly.
 
The first of the Mark V series is the MV Tønsberg, with the red coloured hull designating its ownership by the Wilhelmsen fleet. 

The second of the Mark V series, which is also at the quayside in the Nagasaki dock, sports the Wallenius green.
MV Tonsberg


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Friday, September 20, 2013
TIME 6:00 AM
Interesting Movie releasing today

 -Prisoners Official Trailer(2013)- 

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

Genres-Crime | Drama | Thriller

Release date- 20 September 2013 (USA) 



          

                   
                        
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
TIME 8:47 AM
World's Largest Submarine

-Russian Typhoon class-

Typhoon-class submarines are the world’s largest. They are quieter than their predecessors, largely due to their enormous size and improvements in quieting techniques. Despite their size, they are also more maneuverable than their immediate predecessors.

The main body of the sub contains two “pressure hulls,” which lie parallel to each other and a third, which sits on top of them. This unique design increases the width and simplifies the internal arrangement of the sub.

As part of a cooperative arms reduction program with former Soviet states, most of the six submarines in the Typhoon class are scheduled for dismantling by 2003.

Length: Approx. 574 ft (175 m)
Beam: 75 ft (23 m)
Draft: 38 ft (12 m)
Displacement: 33,800 tons
Propulsion: 2 pressurized-water nuclear reactors, 2 propellers
Crew: 150

Armament: 6 torpedo tubes, 20 ballistic missiles
First Sub Commissioned: December 12, 1981
Maximum Speed: Approx. 27 knots (31 mph/50 kph)


 

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
TIME 8:32 AM
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“Three things you cannot recover in life: the WORD after it’s said, the MOMENT after it’s missed and the TIME after it’s gone. Be Careful!”


“We learn something from everyone who passes through our lives.. Some lessons are painful, some are painless.. but, all are priceless.”
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Monday, September 16, 2013
TIME 8:40 AM
largest sailing vessel still operating


-Club Med 2- 

The Club Med 2 is a five-masted, computer-controlled sailing ship owned and operated by Club Med and operated as a cruise ship.

General Characteristics
Tonnage:   14,983 Tons
Length:     194 m
Beam:        20 m
Draught:   5,09 m
Capacity:  386 passengers ( + 214 crew members)
Speed:       10–15 knots (19–28 km/h)

She combines the power of seven computer-operated sails with more traditional diesel-electric power, having four diesel generators that power two electric motors.
 
The Club Med 2 was launched in 1992 in Le Havre, France. Its sister ship the Club Med 1 was sold to Windstar Cruises and renamed msy Wind Surf in 1998.
 
The ship, one of the largest sailing cruise ships in the world, carrying up to 386 passengers with a crew of 214, sails the waters of the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea in the summertime, and the Caribbean in the winter, finding its way into anchorages larger cruise ships cannot reach.


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Saturday, September 14, 2013
TIME 8:27 AM
A Movie I Watched resently

-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo-

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.

 Genres-Crime,Drama,Mystary

                
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Friday, September 13, 2013
TIME 8:08 AM
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"Sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping-stones to success.You have to maintain fine balance between hope and despair."

-"Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry-
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
TIME 7:58 AM
Largest sailing vessel ever


-SS Great Eastern-

The world's largest sailing vessel was SS Great Eastern designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and built in 1858 on the Thames River, England. 
Iron sailing steam ship was intended for the passenger and cargo trade between England and Ceylon.
 
General Characteristics
Tonnage: 18,915 GT
Length:    211 m (692 ft)
Beam:      25 m (692 ft)
Capacity: 4,000 passengers
Speed:     14 knots (26 km/h)

SS Great Eastern was by far the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers around the world without refuelling.
She was so far ahead of contemporary commercial requirements, and industrial capabilities, that her length (nearly 700 feet) and tonnage would remain unmatched for four more decades.
Great Eastern was laid up at Milford Haven, Wales in 1874. In 1886 she steamed to Liverpool to become an exhibition ship. This prosaic, but profitable employment continued during visits to London and Scotland later in the year. 
Sold late in 1887, Great Eastern went back to Liverpool, where she was stripped and slowly broken up during 1888 and 1889.



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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
TIME 8:04 AM
The Frozen Ground - Official Trailer (2013)

Genres-Biography,crime,Thriller

An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events. 

Released date-23rd August 2013 



                
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Sunday, September 8, 2013
TIME 7:49 AM
Largest Warship


-USS Enterprise-

World's largest warship is nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, she is also world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name.
 
General Characteristics
Displacement:  93,284 long tons (94,781 t) Full Load
Length:             342 m (1.123 ft)
Beam:               40.5 m (132.8 ft) (waterline); 78.4 m (257.2 ft) (extreme)
Draught:          12 m (39 ft)
Speed:              33.6 kn (38.7 mph; 62.2 km/h)

USS Enterprise has been built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company and she is in commission since 25 November 1961.

At 342 m  (1,123 ft), she is the longest naval vessel in the world. Her 93,284 long tons (94,781 t) displacement ranks her as the 11th-heaviest supercarrier, after the 10 carriers of the Nimitz class.

Enterprise has a crew of some 4,600 people.
 
Enterprise is also the only aircraft carrier to house more than two nuclear reactors. This was due to the ready availability of a field-proven production design developed for nuclear submarines. She is the only carrier with four rudders, two more than other classes, and features a more cruiser-like hull.
 
She was originally scheduled for decommissioning in 2014 or 2015, depending on the life of her reactors and completion of her replacement, USS Gerald R. Ford. 

But the National Defence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 slated the ship's retirement for 2013, when she will have served for 51 consecutive years, longer than any other U.S. aircraft carrier.
 


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Friday, September 6, 2013
TIME 9:30 AM
World's Largest Ocean Liner

-RMS Queen Mary 2-

RMS Queen Mary 2 is a largest transatlantic ocean liner in the world. 
She is a successor of Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth 2 and she is the first major ocean liner built since Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1969.

General Characteristics
Tonnage:  148,528 GT
Length:   345 m (1,132 ft)
Beam:   41 m (135 ft)
Draught:  10,10 m (33 ft)
Capacity: 2,620 passengers (+ 1,253 crew members)
Speed:   30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)

The ship was named the Queen Mary 2 by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 after the first RMS Queen Mary, completed in 1936. 
The Queen Mary was in turn named after Mary of Teck, consort of King George V. With the retirement of Queen Elizabeth 2 from active duty in 2008, the Queen Mary 2 is currently the only transatlantic ocean liner in service running between Southampton and New York, although the ship is often used for cruising, including an annual world cruise.

The Queen Mary 2 was intended primarily to cross the Atlantic Ocean, and was therefore designed differently from many other passenger ships.



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Thursday, September 5, 2013
TIME 9:07 AM
Greatest Psychological Novel Ever

-Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy-

The novel Anna Karenina by Tolstoy has a universal value,because it portraits a huge picture about 19th century Russian society as well as the characteristics of different human beings.

In this book Tolstoy creates a lot of immortal characters ever created in the history of literature,using his powerful imagination.

This great author expresses his own thoughts and character intellectually through the character "Levin" in this novel.

Anna Karenina still considered as the greatest psychological novel ever created in the history of literature.


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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
TIME 7:30 AM
Largest LNG carrier

Q-Max ships are the world's largest membrane type liquefied natural gas carriers. 

General Characteristics
Tonnage:  162.400  GT
Length:    345 m (1,132 ft)
Beam:      53,80 m (177 ft)
Draught:  12 m (39 ft)
Capacity: 266,000 m3 (9,400,000 cu ft)
Speed:     19,5 knots
 
Fourteen Q-Max ships have been built: Mozah, Al Mayeda, Mekaines, Al Mafyar, Umm Slal, Bu Samra, Al-Ghuwairiya, Lijmiliya, Al Samriya, Al Dafna, Shagra, Zarga, Aamira and Rasheeda. 

They are all operated by Nakilat (Qatar Gas Transport Company) and they were built by three different builders: Samsung Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. 

In their name Q-Max, "Q" stands for Qatar and "Max" for the maximum size of ship able to dock at the LNG terminals in Qatar.
 
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
TIME 8:51 AM
Largest Cruise ship in the world

The world's largest cruise ships(and passenger ships in general) are Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas. These ships belong to Royal Caribbean's Oasis class formerly known as Project Genesis.
 
General Characteristics
Tonnage: 225,282 GT
Length:    360 m (1,181 ft)
Beam:       47 m (154 ft) waterline; 60.5 m (198 ft) extreme
Draught:  9.3 m (31 ft)
Capacity: 5,400 passengers at double occupancy; 6,296 maximum (+ 2,394 crew members)
Speed:      22.6 knots (41.9 km/h; 26.0 mph)

Both ships were ordered in February 2006 at STX Europe shipyard in Turku, Finland.
First in a series, Oasis of the Seas, was completed and turned over to Royal Caribbean on 28 October 2009. Her sistership, Allure of the Seas, left the Turku shipyard on 29 October 2010.
Althought those two ships have identical superstructures, the Allure is 50 millimetres (2.0 in) longer than the Oasis, which is making her technically the largest cruise ship in the world.
Oasis of the seas

Allure of the seas
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Monday, September 2, 2013
TIME 8:27 AM
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"Champion is not one who never fails,but one who never quits"

"Never forget your past,it is your best teacher"

"Follow None,but learn from Everyone"
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Sunday, September 1, 2013
TIME 8:00 AM
World's Largest Bulk carrier

MS Vale Brasil is the largest bulk carrier ever built and among the longest ships currently in service. 
She is a "member" of Valemax fleet chartered by the Brazilian ore giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (VALE) to carry iron ore from Brazil to European and Asian ports.
 
General Characteristics
Tonnage: 198,980 GT (67,993 NT)
Length:    362.0 m (1,187,7 ft)
Beam:      65.0 m (213.3 ft)
Draught:  23.0 m (75,5 ft)
Capacity: 402,347 DWT
Speed:     15.4 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph)

MS Vale Brasil is the first of seven 400,000-ton very large ore carriers (VLOC) ordered by Vale and she was launched in December 2010.
MS Vale Brasil is significantly larger than the previous world's largest bulk carrier Berge Stahl in every aspect. 
Both her gross tonnage and deadweight tonnage are larger than those of the Norwegian ship, 175,720 and 364,767 tons, respectively. 
While the draught of both ships is the same, Vale Brasil is also 20 metres (65.6 ft) longer and 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) wider than Berge Stahl. 
Additionally Vale Brasil is larger and slightly longer than the four new 388,000-ton, 361-metre (1,184 ft) China-max bulk carriers Berge Bulk has ordered from China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.
MS Vale Brasil is also the second largest ship currently in service by deadweight tonnage, second only to the TI class supertankers that have a deadweight tonnage of over 440,000 tons.


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