That is too awesome. You know, sometimes there is justice in the world.
I stand corrected on the two vessels being similar in looks. I am only looking at little pictures on the internet and have not been up close to either.
Nonetheless, they are all very impressive.
Well I wouldn’t really call him Master but he does have a few guys working under him in the Steward Department. Impressive for someone from South Lafourche High School.
Talk about someone that doesn’t get a joke. I’ve worked for Rob and will shortly be working for him again.
[QUOTE=c.captain;66058]I am truly jealous of the men who get to command her…WOW, what a ship! $200M for her…amazing![/QUOTE]
We should be able to build it cheaper in the near future…
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Well she made it to Seattle.
Heard there have been some issues…
Name a new build of a new series that doesn’t…
[QUOTE=rigdvr;71085]Name a new build of a new series that doesn’t…[/QUOTE]
Series? May the Arctic become that BIG! Too bad I’ll be retired by then but it will be awesome if that is what it becomes!
Rumor was 4 more in the next few years. Rumors of course. Bigger though.
[QUOTE=captfish;66288]I’m sure most of us would agree that there is no doubt we can, [I]and do[/I] design and build some of the most technologically advanced vessels in the world right here in the US…I mean just look at our nuclear aircraft carriers or submarines- arguably the most sophisticated and advanced in the whole world.
We have the workforce and the infrastructure right her on US soil to build every type of vessel required to tackle the most challenging energy projects in ultra-deep water or new Arctic frontiers. The Aiviq is the proof in the pudding. We just need the gov’t to set a deadline for the end of needless waivers, and get our boys here in the US busy building the domestic fleet to replace the foreign flag vessels currently working on the OCS.
I mean, if the gov’t told the Oil Majors that the waivers would be phased out in the next 5-10 years, production is not just going to stop, there is just too much money to be made for the oil companies. The order books at US shipyards would start to fill up with new vessels, and we would rise to the challenge. Once shipyards started ramping up production of these new vessels, the process would become streamlined and eventually costs would come down to a level where they could compete with our friends in Europe. But in the end, I argue that it doesn’t really matter anyway because there is so F-ing much money to be made. Give them an ultimatum: no more waivers starting in 2020. You either operate with a slightly smaller profit margin due to building the ships here in the US, or you stop production and get [B]no profit[/B] at all.
Obviously, I am over-simplifying this argument, but you get the point.[/QUOTE]
just compare the shipyards under union control vs the shipyards without union control the success and the possibilety of building the AIVIQ has also something to do with this … and this should be a wake up call.
additional - Norway is not a low wage country. Most of the issues in the US are house made by the goverment.
[QUOTE=PJBlackbird;71699]just compare the shipyards under union control vs the shipyards without union control the success and the possibilety of building the AIVIQ has also something to do with this … and this should be a wake up call.
additional - Norway is not a low wage country. Most of the issues in the US are house made by the goverment.[/QUOTE]
More than 50% of Norwegian workers belong to a union and industry in Norway is highly regulated so I don’t understand the point of the above statement.
The shipyard where the vessel in question was built does employ many workers from other countries and they have done so for years; even imported workers from Romania rather than pay the prevailing wage in Louisiana. Not that anyone was getting rich making Louisiana wages 
I have no idea what you are talking about US shipyards producing the most sophisticated vessels. Not even close.