Ultra Deep Solutions has PICASSO and VAN GOGH currently working on large subsea project in the Middle East area. The vessels both have 18 men saturation systems, twin 18 men SPHL’s, Air systems and classed under DNV-GL.
Sea/River ship Wilson Rhine is at Vigra Spooling Base today with pipes from Bremen .
(Web camera lens covered by raindrops, Seen here during an earlier visit in Finnfjorden):
Seen here in river mode:
Lots of different specialized vessel in use by the Aquaculture industry.
Here is a colourful vessel seen in Ålesund today, M/V Taupiri:
This one and her sister ships, the Taupo and Taurunga is designed to pick up live fish directly from the pens, kill and bleed them while transporting to the processing plants. All in as humane and stress less condition as possible, while maintaining a totally isolated environment to avoid spreading sickness:
The vessels are owned by Napier A.S.
PS> No I don’t know what is the connection with NZ
A better look:
Modern European Short sea / River vessel :
The Dutch general cargo/container vessel "ISIS"inbound for Moerdijk and arriving from Thessaloniki (Greece) Photo : Cees van der Kooij ©
Whale Factory ships “Sir James Ross” & “Thorshavet” in layup between seasons in Sandefjord, Norway:
The whale factory ship “Thorhøvdi” returning from her last whaling season in 1964/65:
She became the “Drillship” in 1967 (later J.W.Bates, R&B):
Broken up in Thailand in 1985
The Dutch flag Cement Carrier Shetland was successfully launched in 2019:
She is new trading on the Norwegian coast.
She is in Ålesund today, but too murky to get a good picture, so I borough one from Marine Traffic:
When KARAMAN left her builders J.J. Sietas in Hamburg in January 1979 she represented a modern container feeder vessel with an intake of 306 TEU. Some of the charter names like SCANDUTCH SICILIA (1986-1992), NEDLLOYD ANTILLES (1992-1998) and MSC ECUADOR (2001-2002) document her usefulness to major container line operators. With the rapid growth of feeder vessel sizes her container service came to an end in 2004 when she was converted to a self-unloading 5,670 tdw mini bulker and renamed to HEIDI. Currently operated by Norwegian Myklebusthaug Group HEIDI is seen unloading stones at Kiel March 5th. Photo : Martin Lochte-Holtgreven ©
Anybody remember this one from the GoM in the late 1970s?:
LB 200 was Floatel at Statfjord B during hookup and commissioning, 1981. 550 people on board.
Seen here during a storm in Nov. 1981:
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Egelantiersgracht: Gracht is a canal not a ditch!
OCEANEX CONNAIGRA arriving at St John’s from Montreal. This is a real beauty, she is 210 meters long, cruising speed of 22 knots and is 22,000 horse power. Photo : Dean Porter (c)
Canadian flag. Sailing on the Canadian Atlantic coast. Built in Germany in 2013:
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NORMAND JARL navigating the Sutors of Cromarty inbound NIGG ENERGY PARK.
No she is NOT carrying a mini Semi-sub on her back deck
The MAXIMA enroute from the Baltic to Spain
Photo : Flying Focus Aerial Photography www.flyingfocus.nl ©
Inland Container Vessel ERCULANO navigating with camera help passing several bridges on the Maxima kanaal near `s-Hertogenbosch Photo : Joost Roeland ©
With the wheelhouse raised after passing the bridge:
What happened here???:
The FS ARENDAL spotted off Aberdeen
Anybody with info??
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At the Royal Bodewes yard the ELISA K. was successfully christened and launched into a very narrow waterway, as seen above.
The Wagenborg Offshore Fleet units KROONBORG, KASTEELBORG, KEIZERSBORG lined up for the photo
The Emergency Towing Vessel ‘SA Amandla’ was recently refreshed with a coat of paint after a period of high utilization for marine emergency response and towage operations off the South African coast. AMSOL would like to thank her Master, Officers and Crew for being on call 24/7/365 under challenging conditions to respond to emergencies in support of the South African government’s national marine pollution prevention strategy. In 2020, the tug prevented approximately 31 500 tonnes of oil pollutants from entering the marine environment by towing disabled vessels to safety and preventing groundings.
PS> Formerly John Ross and Smit Amandla, blt. 1976, 181 tbp.
The ENDURANCE outbound from Rotterdam heading for the US with military equipment and the tug MTS VISCOUNT with the SKYLIFT 23, assisted by the WALVIS. Photo : Jan Oosterboer ©
NAVIOS SOL arriving in Hamburg from Dunkirk with part cargo while at the same time, ‘Beluga 2’ passing overhead, delivering air plane part to the Airbus factory at Finkenwerder. Photo : Hans Schaefer ©
Seismic Support Vessel (SSV)
The HAI YANG SHI YOU 771 anchored in Guanabara Bay (Brazil) Photo : Capt Jan Plug Master Seven Rio ©
The 2014 built Federal Germany Ministry of Education and Research Ship SONNE during Marine Scientific Research offshore Gozo on Thursday 17th September, 2020.
Photo : Capt. Lawrence Dalli - www.maltashipphotos.com ©
The HONOR inbound for Antwerp navigating the Westerschelde
Photo : Kees Murre ©