#maritime
Senior Maryland Pilot Warned Officials of Risk of Bridge Strike
A senior Maryland pilot raised concerns about the risk of an #collision between a big ship and the Francis Scott Key #Bridge at least as early as 2006, and continued to discuss the matter in local safety meetings for years, according to detailed records uncovered by the Washington Post.
The documents also show that at the staff level, the #Maryland Transportation Authority was aware that their bridge was "not designed to withstand collisions from large vessels," and that the cost of protecting it would be high.
#PeopleNotProfits #Safety #shipping #maritime #FrancisScott #neglect
"South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering plans to develop a small modular reactor for use in shipping in cooperation with the UK's Core Power and the USA's Southern Company and TerraPower."
We know there are nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers. How you you all feel about nuclear powered container ships?
"The shipping industry consumes some 350 million tonnes of fossil fuel annually and accounts for about 3% of total worldwide carbon emissions. In July last year, the shipping industry, via the International Maritime Organization, approved new targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions, aiming to reach net-zero emissions by or around 2050."
"There is no net-zero without nuclear."
"In January this year, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Lloyd's Register, Zodiac Maritime, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and Kepco Engineering & Construction for the development of nuclear-propelled ship designs, including bulk carriers and container ships."
"The reactor to be jointly developed centres around TerraPower's Molten Chloride Fast Reactor design. The technology uses molten chloride salt as both reactor coolant and fuel, allowing for so-called fast spectrum operation which the company says makes the fission reaction more efficient. It operates at higher temperatures than conventional reactors, generating electricity more efficiently, and also offers potential for process heat applications and thermal storage. An iteration of the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor -- known as the m-MSR -- intended for marine use is being developed by TerraPower."
Korean shipbuilder joins maritime small modular reactor project
Odesa port exports in January almost at pre-war levels
Over 20 million metric tons of cargo has been exported from these ports via Ukraine's temporary Black Sea corridor in the last six months, Kubrakov said.
The shipping route was opened in August 2023, weeks after Russia's unilateral termination of the Black Sea grain deal threatened Ukraine's ability to ship out its grain.
According to Kubrakov, 661 vessels have exported the cargo to 32 countries around the world. Of the 20 million metric tons, 14.3 million metric tons are agricultural products produced by Ukrainian farmers.
https://kyivindependent.com/minister-odesa-port-exports/
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #Imperialism #WarCrimes #Odesa #exports #shipping #maritime #StandWithUkraine
Nous profitons de la saison estivale pour vous faire découvrir nos dernières créations.
Cette semaine, nous commençons avec l'univers "Aménagement & Décoration" : le mélange créatif d'une vision contemporaine et de l'authenticité d'un savoir-faire séculaire.
Mobiliers gréés et suspendus, habillages et objets déco originaux inspirés du monde maritime y sont à l'honneur... 😉
https://www.trigoriou.bzh/univers/amenagement-decoration/
#matelotage #artisanat #lowtech #design #amenagement #decoration #decorationinterieur #mobilier #maritime #cordage #chanvre #naturel #patrimoine #bois #upcycling
Ban octopus farming
Octopuses are seriously smart. They can use tools and solve complex problems, and even feel pain, pleasure, joy and fear!
That’s why scientists are outraged by plans for the world’s first octopus farm in Spain, which would see a MILLION of these mostly solitary creatures crammed into tiny tanks every year, then killed painfully by being frozen alive in icy vats to feed the food market.
It’s torture on an industrial scale.
Petition:
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/ban_octopus_farming_loc/?diaspora
#nature #octopus #maritime #farming #ocean #sea #Spain #wildlife #marinelife
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The Photographic History of RMS Olympic (Titanic's Sister Ship), 1911-1935
The Photographic History of RMS RMS Olympic, 1911-1935RMS Olympic was the largest ocean liner in the world for two periods during 1910–13, interrupted only by the brief tenure of the slightly larger Titanic (which had the same dimensions but higher gross register tonnage) before the German SS Imperator went into service in June 1913.
Olympic also held the title of the largest British-built liner until RMS Queen Mary was launched in 1934, interrupted only by the short careers of Titanic and Britannic.
The keel for the Olympic, Harland & Wolff Yard No. 400, was laid on December 16, 1908 under the Harland & Wolff Shipyard’s new Arrol Gantry. It was here that she and her sister, Titanic, were built side by side.
Titanic‘s progress trailed some months in the Olympic‘s wake, and would enter service some time after Olympic. The Olympic was launched on October 20, 1910, and when she started down the ways, she became the largest moving object in the world.
RMS Olympic arriving at New York on her maiden voyage, 21 June 1911.
The Olympic – the world’s newest, largest and most luxurious ocean liner – made her maiden voyage on June 14, 1911. Aboard was J. Bruce Ismay, Chairman of the White Star Line and son of the Line’s founder.
Also aboard was Harland & Wolff’s Thomas Andrews, nephew of Harland & Wolff’s Lord Pirrie. Captain Smith – who would go on to command the Titanic on her legendary and ill-fated maiden voyage the following year – was in command.
The Olympic was so remarkable that by the time she had docked in New York, the formal order for the third entrant of the Olympic-class was placed.
During the following ten months, the Olympic garnered the lion’s share of the fame on the Atlantic. Her sister Titanic was not given anywhere near the amount of attention, simply because she was the second of the class. Only after she sank did the Titanic eclipse the Olympic’s fame.
Olympic under construction, c. 1909. The Arrol Gantry can be seen towering over the ship. Titanic’s keel is visible to the left.
Olympic made four round-trip voyages to New York and back to Southampton over the summer of 1911. Then, on September 20, 1911, she departed Southampton on what was to be her fifth west-bound crossing.
As she proceeded toward the open sea, she encountered the HMS Hawke, a 360-foot long cruiser. The two vessels steamed side-by-side along a roughly parallel course, with the cruiser along the liner’s starboard side.
At first, the smaller vessel was overtaking the Olympic, but then the Olympic‘s engine speed was increased, and the cruiser began to fall back.
The suction from the larger ship’s propellers began to grow, and the Hawke was pulled bow-first into the starboard stern quarter of the Olympic. The Hawke‘s bow was crushed back, while the Olympic‘s hull was breached, and her two largest watertight compartments began to flood.
Her crossing was canceled, and she limped back up to Belfast for repairs. The process kept her out of commission until the end of November.
Once she returned to service, however, the Olympic proved that she was still a strong, reliable ship, even enduring severe punishment from the North Atlantic during a west-bound crossing to New York.
Olympic painted grey and ready for launching, c. 1910. Titanic under construction, is visible to the left.
On 9 October 1912, White Star withdrew Olympic from service and returned her to her builders at Belfast to have modifications added to incorporate lessons learned from the Titanic disaster six months prior, and improve safety.
The number of lifeboats carried by Olympic was increased from twenty to sixty-eight, and extra davits were installed along the boat deck to accommodate them. An inner watertight skin was also constructed in the boiler and engine rooms, which created a double hull.
On 4 August 1914, Britain entered the First World War. Olympic initially remained in commercial service under Captain Herbert James Haddock.
As a wartime measure, Olympic was painted in a gray color scheme, portholes were blocked, and lights on deck were turned off to make the ship less visible. The schedule was hastily altered to terminate at Liverpool rather than Southampton, and this was later altered again to Glasgow.
The launch of Olympic on 20 October 1910.
The first few wartime voyages were packed with Americans trapped in Europe, eager to return home, although the eastbound journeys carried few passengers.
By mid-October, bookings had fallen sharply as the threat from German U-boats became increasingly serious, and White Star Line decided to withdraw Olympic from commercial service.
After the War, the ship underwent a large-scale refurbishment at Harland & Wolff, which included her conversion to an oil-firing power plant. Then she was returned to commercial service.
Throughout the 1920’s, she proved herself a solid, reliable vessel. But even the great Olympic could not survive the changing times. With the advent of newer, more modern-looking liners with more private bathrooms for their first class passengers, the Olympic began to look dated.
When the Great Depression hit, this situation was made only worse as passenger bookings continued to decline. Nevertheless, the ship managed to help keep the White Star Line financially afloat.
An image of the propellers of the Olympic, 1911.
In 1934, the White Star Line merged with the Cunard Line at the instigation of the British government, to form Cunard White Star. This merger allowed funds to be granted for the completion of the future Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.
When completed, these two new ships would handle Cunard White Star’s express service; so their fleet of older liners became redundant and were gradually retired.
After being laid up for five months alongside her former rival Mauretania, she was sold to Sir John Jarvis – Member of Parliament – for £97,500, to be partially demolished at Jarrow to provide work for the depressed region.
On 11 October 1935, Olympic left Southampton for the last time and arrived in Jarrow two days later. The scrapping began after the ship’s fittings were auctioned off.
Between 1935 and 1937, Olympic’s superstructure was demolished, and then on 19 September 1937, her hull was towed to Thos. W. Ward’s yard at Inverkeithing for final demolition which was finished by late 1937.
At that time, the ship’s chief engineer commented, “I could understand the necessity if the ‘Old Lady’ had lost her efficiency, but the engines are as sound as they ever were”.
By the time of her retirement, Olympic had completed 257 round trips across the Atlantic, transporting 430,000 passengers on her commercial voyages, traveling 1.8 million miles.
The Grand Staircase of Olympic.
Olympic (left) being manoeuvred into dry dock in Belfast for repairs on the morning of 2 March 1912 after throwing a propeller blade. Titanic (right) is moored at the fitting-out wharf. Olympic would sail for Southampton on 7 March, concluding the last time the two ships would be photographed together.
Olympic as she appeared after her refit following the Titanic disaster, with an increased complement of lifeboats, on a Fred Pansing painting, c. 1912.
#RareHistoricalPhotos #Photography #Ships #Maritime #Olympic #Ulster #UK #Engineering
La #France pourrait produire autant de #gaz que la #Russie | #IdrissAberkane
La #religion de l' #enfermement a laissé place à celle du #rationnement. Dans les deux cas, il s'agit de confisquer les #droits #fondamentaux et les #libertés #publiques sans aucun #contrôle #démocratique, au nom de la #Science™ indiscutable. Mais comme pour l'enfermement, le rationnement n'est pas issu de la science, seulement de #modèles qui ne déclarent jamais leurs #hypothèses, spécialement pour convaincre les gens qu'il n'y a pas d'autre #alternative. La Science™ est donc devenue le nouveau #TINA (There Is No Alternative) de #MargaretThatcher pour imposer la #soumission massive des #peuples. Pire, pour déguiser ce rationnement qui est le nouvel enfermement, ils osent l'affubler du vertueux vocable "sobriété", qu'ils n'ont jamais pratiqué de leur vie et sur lequel ils auront vomi aussi longtemps que #PierreRabhi vivait.
Si les #peuples veulent conserver leur #souveraineté, ils doivent remplacer la religion du rationnement par la science de l' #abondance. Dans cet #épisode je vous montre quelles perspectives vertigineuses cette science offre à une #souveraine #République #Maritime #Française, et je vous apprends que quiconque prétend vous faire des #prédictions #Scientifiques™ sur la température, le niveau de la mer, ou l'Âge du Capitaine doit toujours être interrogé sur (toutes) ses hypothèses. Or plus un modèle est #apocalyptique et confiscateur de #libertés #publiques, plus il cachera pudiquement ses hypothèses pour vous forcer à conclure : "The Science Is Clear"™ , qui est le nouveau "There Is No Alternative".
BESSIE ELLEN is one of the last west country ketches from a fleet of nearly 700 vessels. She was built as a speculation (or ‘chopping block’) between 1904 and 1906 to keep the shipwrights busy between other work, at the Mountbatten, Plymouth, yard of William Kelly. She was purchased off the stocks by John Chichester, a north Devon home trade captain who registered her at Barnstaple in January 1907. She was named after the owner’s two daughters, who launched her on 3 January 1907, Bessie (aged 13) breaking the wine bottle on the ketch’s bow whilst Ellen (11) named her. ... ...
In 1947 BESSIE ELLEN, no longer economical in the home trade, was purchased by Captain Christian Moller, from Frederiksvaerk in Denmark and renamed FORSOGET (Endeavour). He took a cargo of china clay from Charlestown to Denmark on her delivery voyage. Moller used her in the scrap iron trade and during his ownership the rig was cut down and a large Hundested single-cylinder engine installed. The deck beams were cut and a much larger steel hatch was made so that the cargo could be unloaded by machinery. Captain Moller continued to run scrap iron cargoes until the late 1970s when he laid the vessel up. Soon afterwards Ole Pietersen purchased her and began to convert her back to a sailing ketch. After major timber replacement he found that due to his age and finances he could not complete the project. The vessel was towed to Svendborg and laid up in the shipyard of J Ring Andersen where she was offered for sale. She lay there for 20 years with little interest shown. Then, in May 2000, she was purchased by Cornish tall ship sailor Nikki Alford.
The shipwrights from Ring Andersen replaced 197ft of planking and fitted the deck planks that had been cut for her 20 years earlier. The bulwark planking and capping rail were replaced and the hull made watertight, and a Volvo engine (dating from about 1967) was installed. In May 2001 BESSIE ELLEN sailed back to Charlestown, Cornwall under a jury rig, and then moved to the Cattewater, Plymouth, for further restoration and re-rigging. A new Douglas fir mainmast was made and sails were cut by James Lawrence, of Brightlingsea. She sailed again in summer 2002, and began charters in 2003.
France, UK authorities face manslaughter lawsuit over deaths of migrants in Channel boat tragedy
The Paris prosecutor’s office said it has received a manslaughter lawsuit for failure to help in the tragic capsizing last month of a boat in the English Channel that cost the lives of at least 27 people trying to reach Britain.
The manslaughter lawsuit, filed Friday by the French humanitarian organization Utopia 56, accuses the maritime prefect of the Channel and North Sea, the Regional Operational Centre for Surveillance and Rescue of Gris-Nez in the Pas-de-Calais and the British Coast Guard of not doing enough to prevent the deaths.
The only two survivors of the disaster told Kurdish media that the migrants on the boat made distress calls that were ignored as their canoe deflated and their engine broke. They claim the British said the boat was in French waters, and the French the reverse. These accounts were confirmed by victim family members, who were in telephone contact during the attempted crossing.
#MaritimeLaw #Maritime #Law #EnglishChannel #UK #UnitedKingdom #CoastGuard #EmergencyServices #manslaughter #capsized #France #French #British #distress #migrants #death #HumanRights
Winning photographers capture Britain's maritime heritage | BBC News
Michael Marsh's aerial shot of a trawler in Whitstable, Kent, has been named as the overall winner of this year's Shipwrecked Mariners' Society photography competition.
Some stunning images here!
● NEWS ● #Maritime #Energy ☞ Wasaline’s LNG-fuelled Aurora Botnia set for christening https://ship.energy/2021/08/25/wasalines-lng-fuelled-aurora-botnia-set-for-christening/
● [Old] ● #Maritime #Energy ☞ Aurora Botnia: a ‘never-ending story’ of development https://www.rivieramm.com/news-content-hub/news-content-hub/aurora-botnia-a-lsquonever-ending-storyrsquo-of-development-66007
