Azzam on anker This picture was made obviously in the German Bay, most likely in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland. If you continue in this...
Licenses for a river barge in Europe As I said and Chasm added, licences for those inland waterway vessels in Europe are a pain in the neck. Even...
Cameras instead of viewports That is exactly what I would choose, instead of this observation position in the bulbous bow. Several cameras in the...
Submerged hull windows Yes, hull windows or like our british friends call them, port lights are very common on modern sailboat designs. They take...
CC at Genua There she is at her mooring position for phase 1 of her scrapping.
The Hakvoort Fleet - Tigre D'Or Karo, I should hire you as my personal resarch specialist. One more find like this and you end up on my payroll...
Deep sea subs Marmot, that is far beyond my scope of tourist and leasure type submarines. These things are purely reserved for professionals, you...
I have had two submerged rides in a sub in my life. One in a German navy sub during my time in the military and one ride in one of those little...
Marmot, the lowest windows at those liners are only crew cabins :D. Sorry, I could not resist. The good thing is, on new ships, those cabins...
The scrapping of CC CC is now mooered in the SE corner of the breakwater protecting the container terminal in the very western part of the...
CC in Genua CC has entered the harbour of Genua and is behind the breakwater. So, at least the enviroment is safe now. I am very interested...
CC Tow Sounds like the salvage tow team are real professionals. They do it exactly as expected. To bad, that only CCs last journey goes as...
CC tow Yes, it looks like they are steering some kind of arc around Genua, in order to cross the main traffic routes in a rectangular manner. May...
Costa Concordia tow The fleet with the tow of CC is presently some 10 to 12 NM south of Genua but heading away from it. That does not look like...
DE setup Milow, I do not believe Quantum Blue has an DE setup. This exhaust fairing above the waterline and the streamlined outlet below the...
That is common procedure in steel megayacht newbuilding and repair. How will you get a MTU 16V 4000 or a Cat 3516 in and out of the engine room,...
I did not know, the Russian aircraft was TCAS equipped also. One of my former F-4 navigators (from old airforce times) lives near the town of...
Flag states Yes, you have forgotten the most convinient, most cooperative and the most profitable (for the ship, as far as taxes are concerned...
Scrapping of Costa Concordia This was a pretty smart move of the Italian Officials. The scrapping was ordered by Italian government to take...
Porsche 993s On highways with speedlimits, yes that would be a pain in the neck. But on a German Autobahn, a perfect car. B.t.w. the 993 was...
