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Designed to accommodate ships of a size that was not yet manufactured, the port of Tubarão was a world pioneer in its category. [12] It was crazy for the time, because there was no 'ship design' or steel for this size of ship, 'says Eliezer. Despite the enormous risk involved, Japan agreed to build the ships. It was a marriage of interests. [13]
Port: the left side of the ship, when facing forward (opposite of "starboard"). [1] Starboard: the right side of the ship, when facing forward (opposite of "port"). [1] Stern: the rear of a ship (opposite of "bow"). [1] Topside: the top portion of the outer surface of a ship on each side above the waterline. [1] Underdeck: a lower deck of a ...
More than 80 years after a Brazilian warship was sunk by a German submarine during World War II, the vessel's location has finally been confirmed, Brazil's navy has revealed. The historic vessel ...
Name: 20 characters to represent the name of the vessel; Type of ship/cargo; Dimensions of ship, to nearest meter; Location of positioning system's (e.g., GPS) antenna on board the vessel: in meters aft of bow and meters port or starboard; Type of positioning system: such as GPS, DGPS or LORAN-C. Draught of ship: 0.1–25.5 meters
Eagle S is a crude oil and oil products tanker with a deadweight tonnage of 74,035 tonnes (72,866 long tons) and 12 cargo tanks that have a combined volumetric capacity of 81,320 cubic metres (511,500 bbl) at 98% filling.
Valemax ships are a fleet of very large ore carriers (VLOC) owned or chartered by the Brazilian mining company Vale S.A. to carry iron ore from Brazil to European and Asian ports. With a capacity ranging from 380,000 to 400,000 tons deadweight, the vessels meet the Chinamax standard of ship measurements for limits on draft and beam.
In September 2006, the ship carried ore to the port of Majishan, China. [7] On the return voyage to Rotterdam, the ship picked up a partial load of ore in Dampier, Western Australia, and Saldanha Bay in South Africa (where the maximum draft permitted is 21 m). [8] In April 2014, the Berge Stahl received her last dry-docking, in Portugal. [9]
This was usually a tower, where a magnetic compass could be sited far away as possible from the ferrous interference of the hulk of the ship. Many ships still have a flying bridge, a platform atop the pilot house, open to weather, containing a binnacle and voice tubes to allow the conning officer to direct the ship from a higher position during ...