The "Unofficial" show your Watercraft shot thread!

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As an all-in-one mobile oil platform, petroleum refinery and depot, FPSO/FSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading/Floating Storage and Offloading) vessels are considered some of the world’s largest moving objects ever created by humankind.

A majority of FPSOs are often derived or modified from single hull VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) and ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier), the two largest classes of supertankers, such as the MT Mout (former FSO Knock Nevis) totalling a length of 458.45 meters and displacing over 647,955 tons (6x heavier than a Nimitz-class supecarrier) when laden with nearly 650,000 m³ (4.1 million barrels) of crude oil.

FPSO Capixaba

IMO 7370193
Call Sign: C6UY9​

 

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Tuas Basin shipyards across Tuas View Beach (TVB) along Tuas South Avenue 4 offer plenty of maritime photography opportunities from container ships and oil tankers under construction to 96 years old ocean going passenger ship due to be scrap, and from 20 meters (6.6 stories) tall floating cherry picker to jackup oil platform towering 114.3 meters (31.3 stories) above sea level.

Some close-ups...


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Typically people are often familiar with the mighty little tugboats manoeuvring vessel over a hundred times their own weight around the harbour. Well, here is the mother of them all.

As the name suggests, Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels are used primarily in towing massive oil platform to their zone of operation, assist in anchoring them to the seabed, and providing logistic and maintenance support thereafter.

As some of you might have read in the news last month, the AHTS, MV Ocean Lark recently capsized off Pedra Branca in the early morning of 6th January 2010. Only two survived out of the 13 crew aboard the tug boat making it the worst maritime disaster in Singapore history.

Lady Astrid
IMO 9261877/Callsign LMGS3

Pacific Ariki
IMO 8518182/Callsign: 9V5945​

... and finally, a number of smaller brethren consisting of two crew boats, Sea Falcon and Sea Flicker along with two unidentified catamaran passenger ferries

 

[jed091270]

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[billycadiz]

I dont know what it's named, i just love boats...

 

[madmartian]

Shot with a PnS at The Venetian, Las Vegas

 

[CCx9]

"... along with two unidentified catamaran passenger ferries

I believe these catamaran ferries were made by Kvaener Fjellstrand or Damen Shipyard Group (who bought over the Kvaener Fjellstrand shipyard here). They are high speed catamarans originally designed in Norway. They were propelled by water jets, one at the stern of each pontoon (Think they are called that), and allows for these watercrafts to operate in even shallow waters.


BTW... thanks for this thread... love the images and info so far. Will go look in my HDD to see if I can contribute anything here to keep this thread going.

 

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I believe these catamaran ferries were made by Kvaener Fjellstrand or Damen Shipyard Group (who bought over the Kvaener Fjellstrand shipyard here). They are high speed catamarans originally designed in Norway. They were propelled by water jets, one at the stern of each pontoon (Think they are called that), and allows for these watercrafts to operate in even shallow waters.

BTW... thanks for this thread... love the images and info so far. Will go look in my HDD to see if I can contribute anything here to keep this thread going.

With the information that you had provided, the high speed catamaran passenger ferries in the photo are of the Damen Fast Ferry (DFF) 4212 class with Sea Falcon and Sea Flicker in the photo belonging to the Damen Fast Crew Supplier (DFCS) 3307 class.

Thank you.

 

[sagiluck]

 

[bblurrr]

Two-handed power @ Semporna, Sabah

so much effort for 2 little jelly cones...I am counting my blessing for living in Singapore.

 

[Canew]

As an all-in-one mobile oil platform, petroleum refinery and depot, FPSO/FSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading/Floating Storage and Offloading) vessels are considered some of the world’s largest moving objects ever created by humankind.

A majority of FPSOs are often derived or modified from single hull VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) and ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier), the two largest classes of supertankers, such as the MT Mout (former FSO Knock Nevis) totalling a length of 458.45 meters and displacing over 647,955 tons (6x heavier than a Nimitz-class supecarrier) when laden with nearly 650,000 m³ (4.1 million barrels) of crude oil.

FPSO Capixaba

IMO 7370193
Call Sign: C6UY9​

6 times the displacement of a aircraft carrier? It is simply gigantic. Wonder if FPSO is featured in Discovery Channel...

Thanks for the insight, 9V-Orion Images. :thumbsup:

According to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_Production_Storage_and_Offloading
The FPSO Capixaba is stationed in Brazil. Wonder if it is correct?

 

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6 times the displacement of a aircraft carrier? It is simply gigantic.

The would actually be the MT Mout (former FSO Knock Nevis), the largest man-made moving object on earth, which is currently being scrap at a Alang shipyard in Gujarat, India.

The FPSO Capixaba has a capacity of 273,206 DWT (Deadweight Tonnage), no where near the 564,763 DWT capacity of MT Mout (former FSO Knock Nevis), though it still qualify as a supertanker nevertheless.

My dad as a naval architect with Keppel Shipyard was involved in the reconstruction of MT Mout (former FSO Knock Nevis), also known as the Jahre Viking/Happy Giant/Seawise Giant, in the 1990 after she was attacked and sunk in the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq War.

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Right-click on the above embedded video to play it on YouTube.

Additional photos of the ship from Google Images.

According to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_Production_Storage_and_Offloading
The FPSO Capixaba is stationed in Brazil. Wonder if it is correct?

At the Cachalote oil field in Parque das Baleias, Brazil to be specific. The FPSO was originally converted from a VLCC, the MV Stena Congress, by Keppel Shipyard and was back here in Singapore for refitting and modernization when the photo was taken.

Thanks for the insight, 9V-Orion Images. :thumbsup:

You are welcome, glad someone took an interest in my postings.

 

[Canew]

The would actually be the MT Mout (former FSO Knock Nevis), the largest man-made moving object on earth, which is currently being scrap at a Alang shipyard in Gujarat, India.

The FPSO Capixaba has a capacity of 273,206 DWT (Deadweight Tonnage), no where near the 564,763 DWT capacity of MT Mout (former FSO Knock Nevis), though it still qualify as a supertanker nevertheless.

You are welcome, glad someone took an interest in my postings.

Thanks for the MT Mout info. How are they going to scrap it when it is being intentionally beached? Shouldn't the process of scraping it be done in a shipyard?

Your postings are very informative.

 

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Thanks for the MT Mout info. How are they going to scrap it when it is being intentionally beached? Shouldn't the process of scraping it be done in a shipyard?

Your postings are very informative.

The ship is intentionally beached so cheap (more like free) labours with the occasional children within them can break apart the ship with nothing more than a blow torch and their bare hands, while at the same time exposing themselves to extremely carcinogenic, toxic chemicals and materials such as asbestos, lead and Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB).

You can watch this 12 minutes video if you are interested.

 

[Canew]

The ship is intentionally beached so cheap (more like free) labours with the occasional children within them can break apart the ship with nothing more than a blow torch and their bare hands, while at the same time exposing themselves to extremely carcinogenic, toxic chemicals and materials such as asbestos, lead and Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB).

You can watch this 12 minutes video if you are interested.

Woah! The video is such an eye-opener. Thanks for the link, Bro.

 

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Bumping this thread to renew its soon to be expired lease. ;p

Something you don't see often around here, conservationists / environmentalists from Greenpeace are here on a layover. The MV Esperanza (IMO: 8404599) is Greenpeace largest vessel and was a former maritime icebreaking fireboat with the Russian Navy. From my limited knowledge on International Code of Signals (ICS) pertaining to international maritime signal flags, it seems to be flying the H "Hotel (Pilot On Board...???)", T "Tango (...???)" and L "Lima (...???)" letter flags.

Left not too soon after.

 

[cwaikong]

Star ferry and HK skyline

 

[pit14]

Girl Powered Watercraft

 

[pit14]

 

[cwaikong]

Fishing boats at Sai Kung, Hong Kong

 

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cwaikong and pit14 on behalf of OP / TS pat33, thank you for sharing your photos here.