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The hull includes 7 watertight bulkheads forming 8 watertight compartments. Boats can be refueled at sea using side by side procedures, and run on #2 diesel fuel. Weather survivability includes Sea State 5 survival at the best heading, and full operational capability at Sea State 3, including 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) patrol speed and 10 knots ...
The Algol-class vehicle cargo ships, also known as Fast Sealift Ships (FSS) or SL-7s, are currently the fastest conventional steam powered cargo ships in the world that are still (intermittently) operating, capable of speeds in excess of 33 knots (61 km/h).
GSL-class vessels have a length of 52 meters and a beam of 8 meters with a design speed of over 27 knots. These vessels, which will be equipped with state of the art equipment and computerized control systems, are state-of-the-art Fast Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard. They are based on an GSL's in-house design. [1]
Since 2004 and for the next years, Swiftships built ships for the oil and gas industry of the Gulf of Mexico [7] [8] and restored vessels for the Dominican Republic. [ 9 ] Company has created its first fully unmanned surface vehicle in 2015, called Anaconda (AN-1), and later the Anaconda (AN-2), for which Swiftships teamed with the University ...
On Wednesday, the vessel UHL Felicity bringing wind turbine tower sections from Portugal reached the Port of New Bedford. Once assembled out on the water this summer by developer Vineyard Wind ...
The MACS3 Loading Computer System is a computer controlled loading system for commercial vessels, developed by Navis Carrier & Vessel Solutions. [1] Prior to October, 2017 it was offered by Interschalt maritime systems GmbH, and before 2007 - by Seacos Computersysteme & Software GmbH.
In 1984, Algol was the first Fast Sealift Ship to take part in a European exercise when she took part in the NATO exercise, Operation REFORGER. [7] Algol took part in the Persian Gulf War in 1990. Along with the other seven Algol -class cargo ships, she transported 14 percent of all cargo delivered between the United States and Saudi Arabia ...
These converted vessels were known as the Charles Lawrence class. In the conversion, the superstructure was expanded to provide accommodation for 162 troops. The original gun armament of three 3"/50 DP guns and two 40 mm AA guns in a twin mount was replaced with one 5"/38 DP gun and six 40 mm AA guns in three twin mounts.