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In June 2006 Rapide left the channel probably for the last time bound for a new career in the Mediterranean with the Spanish shipping company Baleària, renamed Jaume II. In February 2016 four new main engines were fitted at the Astilleros del Guadalquivir shipyard in Seville , to reduce fuel consumption and NOx emissions and to increase speed.
Hull speed or displacement speed is the speed at which the wavelength of a vessel's bow wave is equal to the waterline length of the vessel. As boat speed increases from rest, the wavelength of the bow wave increases, and usually its crest-to-trough dimension (height) increases as well. When hull speed is exceeded, a vessel in displacement mode ...
A nation's shipping fleet (variously called merchant navy, merchant marine, or merchant fleet) consists of the ships operated by civilian crews to transport passengers or cargo from one place to another. Merchant shipping also includes water transport over the river and canal systems connecting inland destinations, large and small.
Velocity made good, or VMG, is a term used in sailing, especially in yacht racing, indicating the speed of a sailboat towards (or from) the direction of the wind. [1] [2] The concept is useful because a sailboat cannot sail directly upwind, and thus often can not, or should not, sail directly to a mark to reach it as quickly as possible.
Bahamas: Port of Palm Beach: Renamed the Margaritaville Paradise in April 2022. Ex Costa Classica for Costa Cruises. [19] Margaritaville at Sea Islander: Spirit class: 2000: 2024–present: 2,680: 85,619 GT Bahamas: Port Tampa Bay: Ex Costa Atlantica for Costa Cruises. Former fleet Grand Celebration: Holiday class: 1987: 2015–2020: 1,496 ...
Short sea shipping; Bangkokmax ships (172x28.4x8,08m) Bangkok Port (172m length, 25m beam -with special permit 30m-, 8,2m draft), Bangkokmax of 1944 TEU; Seawaymax (USA Great Lakes docks, 8,08m draft), Chesapeake & Delaware Canal (draft 10,7m) Type C1 ship standard allies coastal transport ships in World War II
Jacksonville's St. Johns River is one of the best natural seaports in the Southeast, and shipping has always been an important component of the local economy. Before Florida became a state in 1845, cotton and timber were traded and shipped at the port. The Great Fire of 1901 destroyed the port facilities as well as most of the city. Docks and ...
A high-speed craft (HSC) is a high-speed water vessel for civilian use, also called a fastcraft or fast ferry. The first high-speed craft were often hydrofoils or hovercraft , but in the 1990s catamaran and monohull designs become more popular.