[QUOTE=Capt. Phoenix;182680]I don’t think I replied to this earlier but I believe Chouest actually sold the Akira.[/QUOTE]
When my partner and I were discussing the availability of the AKIRA with ECO last year they did suddenly remove the vessel from the market but their reason was that they stated they had found employment for her which my partner and I speculated was with the Navy. Any insight into this?
[QUOTE=c.captain;182681]When my partner and I were discussing the availability of the AKIRA with ECO last year they did suddenly remove the vessel from the market but their reason was that they stated they had found employment for her which my partner and I speculated was with the Navy. Any insight into this?[/QUOTE]
Nope. All I know is that when I talked to a friend that used to work on there he says they had sold it and it was in shipyard for refitting. Maybe they contracted it to the Navy and have to refit it for that, I don’t know. My source was just the Chief Mate on there so all he knows is what his coordinator told him, based on what the office told the coordinator.
What exactly is the new cargo handling system? Is Coastal planning to build more of these?
[QUOTE=c.captain;182681]When my partner and I were discussing the availability of the AKIRA with ECO last year they did suddenly remove the vessel from the market but their reason was that they stated they had found employment for her which my partner and I speculated was with the Navy. Any insight into this?[/QUOTE]
She was going to be converted into a DP barge of sorts for oceaneering. They cut the house and all of the bow above the main deck off and then oceaneering pulled out. She’s still sitting in larose as such, photos from Facebook.
[QUOTE=PaddyWest2012;182723]What exactly is the new cargo handling system[/QUOTE]
http://www.ttsgroup.com/Product-Groups/Sideloading-System/
[QUOTE=Traitor Yankee;182729]She was going to be converted into a DP barge of sorts for oceaneering. They cut the house and all of the bow above the main deck off and then oceaneering pulled out. She’s still sitting in larose as such, photos from Facebook.
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I think I know now what this all is about and that is Malaysian Air MH370. Oceaneering was supposedly getting a contact from Boeing to outfit and operate a ship to find the airliner in the hope that it would prove Boeing was not liable for the loss of the plane. The story I heard is that Oceaneering was teaming with Chouest for the ship and that is was going to be over 300’. I would not be one bit surprised if the house and focsle of the AKIRA was cut off sometime not long after MH370 disappeared. Obviously, the story rapidly vanished from the news and nobody appears to have ever pointed any fingers at Boeing so I suspect that they pulled the plug on the whole thing leaving ECO with a good vessel now all taken apart. Of course they will not put her back together in this market.
Another new built vessel for the US fishing fleet, the Auto-liner Blue North, enter service: http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=23017:blue-north-to-christen-game-changing-long-liner&Itemid=223
This is a game changer for the US long liner fleet. The crew can work in shirt sleeves in the Bearing Sea in the winter if they so wish.
Word on the street is that the Coastal Standard is woefully underpowered.
I sailed with Coastal years ago, on one of the ships they purchased from Sunmar, for whom I had also sailed for. At that time all of the mosquito boat companies were uninspected sailing under the Aleutian Trade Act, not sure if this is still the case. I do know, that the trip I made with Sunmar we carried freight to and from the Russian far east, and I believe that Coastal serves Asia, so I would guess that at least some to their vessels are inspected.
Anyone know for sure?
Also does Coastal still run its own STCW/BST classes?
[QUOTE=Codfather;191012]Word on the street is that the Coastal Standard is woefully underpowered.[/QUOTE]
The horsepower on Coastal Standard is plenty. The boat can do 14 knots with a full load, versus 12 kts. for the rest of the fleet, even though Standard is 25% bigger in terms of cargo carrying capacity, than the other boats. Her actual problems are twofold. 1) The decision was made not to add bilge keels to her design, in order to increase fuel economy, and get the most out of speed. A mistake, as it turned out. Even though she is beamy for her length, she rolls obnoxiously in moderate seas. hard on crews. She rolls because her chine is molded. A hard chine would mean less speed and fuel economy, but the boat would likely roll less. 2) Her two Schottel azimuthing thrusters are only putting a fraction of their 800kw out on the water. This was a real mystery for awhile. Now it seems the problem is a simple as the thrusters being installed too far up into the hull. The jet of water produced by the impeller is impinging on the shallow tunnel thus formed, causing enough turbulence to lose a lot of power.
The boat is going back into Dakota Creek shipyard this month to have bilge keels installed, and both thrusters remounted. She will still have a problem with her comparatively bluff bows slowing her down early when she is going head-to moderate and rough seas. She is a wet ship in this point of steaming. On the other hand, even with problems 1 and 2 mentioned above, she has kept to the same, or shorter turnaround, times compared to the rest of the company fleet. Other than that her teething problems have been about the same as most newbuilds without a sister ship to proceed her. Electrical mysteries to be hunted down, one by one, etc. By now they are largely gone.
[QUOTE]I sailed with Coastal years ago, on one of the ships they purchased from Sunmar, for whom I had also sailed for. At that time all of the mosquito boat companies were uninspected sailing under the Aleutian Trade Act, not sure if this is still the case. I do know, that the trip I made with Sunmar we carried freight to and from the Russian far east, and I believe that Coastal serves Asia, so I would guess that at least some to their vessels are inspected. Anyone know for sure?/QUOTE]
While CTI did operate some of their boats with COIs as late as the mid-2000’s, they are presently all uninspected. When the Coastal Trader and Coastal Venture were inspected they only made two voyages to Asia. Most of their non-Alaskan voyages were to Hawaii, though the Venture went as far as Guam and Nicaragua, among other places.
CTI no longer runs STCW/BST classes. They did so in the early 2000’s, mostly as a means of keeping the STCW training focused on their particular niche,as much as practical, though they taught the public at large also. But it wasn’t effective to teach just two or three new CTI people a year, so they phased the classes out. They still operate a STCW-approved fire training center nowadays, much enlarged from the old one of the past. They train only their own crews, and use it for fire-fighting, medical, and respiratory protection training.
Just moved her in the yard the other day she’s a nice boat. I wish they put a chalk or bit midships though would make it easier to make the tug up alongside her
[QUOTE=rshrew;191032]I wish they put a chalk or bit midships[/QUOTE]
*Chock
Fixed that for you.
by Jove damn auto correct thank ya sir!
