Roamer: Pilot-ship memories make history come alive

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Published on Sunday, 18 January 2015 02:45
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               Belfast Pilot moored off Carrickfergus between 1943 and 1959

 

Published 16/01/2015 15:37  NewsLetter co. uk.

Amongst the many reminiscences and accounts shared here every week, ships, very understandably, have featured regularly.

Little wonder! We live on an island where the sea and our maritime heritage profoundly affects us in every way.

“The sound of a steamer’s horn at night still conjures up my whole boyhood,” admitted C.S. Lewis, who used to gaze across Belfast Lough and the shipyards with his beloved telescope.

One of the highlights of Lewis’s childhood was the annual seaside holiday with his mother and brother, often to Castlerock.

In 1901 his mother wrote home from the north coast to husband Albert “Today baby was very anxious

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BIMCO: Supply Overtaking Demand in Dry Bulk Shipping

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Published on Friday, 16 January 2015 03:36
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The outlook for 2015 looks a bit dull on the demand side for dry bulk shipping, whereas the supply side seems to provide the same amount of new capacity as in 2014, BIMCO forecasts.

As explained, such a development will not improve the fundamental market balance and Supramaxes in particular seem to be challenged by a high inflow of new tonnage.

BIMCO said that the order book is currently low, a sign of poor freight market conditions, with 55 million DWT ordered so far in 2014.

China is set to build 62% of the dry bulk order book as it currently stands, with Japan in a distant second place, with 27% being placed at Japanese shipyards.

Contracting activity in August was weak, but

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El buque más grande del mundo (por los próximos 53 días)

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BBC News Magazine
  • 8 enero 2015
El Globe, el buque de carga más grande del mundo, en su paso por el puerto británico de Felixstowe.

Mide más de 400 metros de largo –el equivalente a ocho piscinas olímpicas- y puede transportar hasta 186.000 toneladas de carga.

Se trata del Globe, el buque de carga más grande del mundo, que esta semana arribó por primera vez a Reino Unido como parte de su viaje inaugural.

El periodista de la BBC Justin Parkinson explica cuán poderoso es este superbarco, y en cuánto tiempo será superado por uno aún más grande.

A pesar de su enorme tamaño, el aspecto más único del Globe es su capacidad: puede transportar 19.100 contenedores de unos 6 metros cada

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A new generation of Rotortugs

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Published on Friday, 09 January 2015 02:42
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MJ

05 Jan 2015
 

ART 80-32 Hybrid demonstrating its agility (photo courtesy Hans Hoffmann)

The first four Advanced Rotortugs of the ART80-32 class, incorporating the unique triple Azimuth drive concept, were delivered to their owners Elisabeth Ltd during the last two months of 2014 for use by Kotug International. 'RT Evolution' and 'RT Emotion' with Hybrid propulsion systems were built by Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld –Giessendam in the Safe Ltd facility in Gdynia and are currently stationed in Rotterdam.

<spanarial",sans-serif;>A second pair RT Discovery and RT Endeavourwere delivered by the Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Hong Kong, to the same owners for use by Kotug and their joint venture partners in Port Hedland, Western Australia.

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