Category: Boats
What are the odds?
(worldmaritimenews.com) November 18 2009, Times Live Pirates off Somalia attacked a Danish container ship, already hijacked once, but were scared off by a security contingent aboard. The US-flagged Maersk Alabama came under attack from automatic weapons early on Wednesday morning some 350 nautical miles east off the Somali coast but the security team returned fire, … Continue reading “What are the odds?”
Bridge Simulators
Ghost Fleet
The ghost fleet of the recession anchored just east of Singapore: Here, on a sleepy stretch of shoreline at the far end of Asia, is surely the biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history. Their numbers are equivalent to the entire British and American navies combined; their tonnage is far greater. Container … Continue reading “Ghost Fleet”
Northwest Passage
Nordhavn 57 in the Arctic: Northwest Passage or Bust Climate change is making it more practical to traverse the Northwest Passage in something like a Nordhavn 57: With this route: one could attempt a circumnavigation of the North American continent. Something I’d be willing to try if someone would sponsor the cruise (hint hint). (more…)
Great Harbour N47
Another sign of the times
(via Eschaton) Boats Too Costly to Keep Are Littering Coastlines (soul stealing registration may be required) MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Boat owners are abandoning ship. They often sandpaper over the names and file off the registry numbers, doing their best to render the boats, and themselves, untraceable. Then they casually ditch the vessels in the … Continue reading “Another sign of the times”
New Nordic Tug 26
Piracy Attack Map
(from the this post probably belongs here dept.) Check out the Piracy Attack Map.
Nordic Tug 49
