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Large Ships
A ship is commonly defined as having a bow (front) and stern (back), and is built for ocean travel for the purpose of commercial or military transport. Ocean liners, container ships, and destroyers are classified as ships.
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What is the current largest ship in the world today?
The largest ship in the world is the supertanker TI Asia, and her twins (TI Africa, TI Europe and TI Oceania) at 234,000 Gross Tonnage. 379 meters long.
The second current largest ship is Oasis of the Seas and her twin, Allure of the Seas, at 225,000 Gross Tonnage. 360 meters long.
Although Emma Maersk is longer (396 meters) the measurement of size for merchant ships is the total volume (Gross Tonnage), and Emma Maersk is 170,000 GT.
What date of release Titanic 2?
There are no plans for the release of any film 'Titanic 2'. The original 1997 film was based upon a fictional love story on board the ship, and was an entirely self-contained tale. It ended with there being no more to be said.
CORRECTION: When you said Titanic 2, I thought were referring to a sequel to the movie, not the replica of the actual ship that's being built! A replica of the original Titanicis being built by Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, which will be 98% the same as the original other than being 4 metres wider, having an extra deck for sightseeing, and obviously having improved safety features plus air-conditioning in the cabins.
It will be built in China, and work is due to start at the end of 2012. How it will be powered is as yet unknown- the original Titanic had coal-fired engines, which had become all but obsolete by WW2. It would still be possible for the replica to have these, but it would not be very environemntally friendly, and feeding the boilers would have to be done automatically- there's no way that anybody nowadays would be permitted to work in the filthy, dark, stinking conditions that the stokers and firemen of 1912 had to endure.
How deep can the anchor reach on an aircraft carrier?
The US Navy's aircraft carriers are always moving when in open water so they never drop anchor. The only time they would drop anchor would be in a shallow harbor. Otherwise, when in port, they are tied to a dock.
How long does it take a cargo ship to travel from China to the la?
how ;long does it take a cargo ship to sail from the panama canal to los angeles
What do aircraft carriers carry?
A Nimitz Class carrier can carry approximately 90 fixed wing and rotary aircraft.
What is the aft of a ship called?
The "aft" of a ship is the rear of the ship. Sometimes called the "Fan tail"
Ship won't sink in the sea because the density of ship is lower than sea or ocean. And their
shapes are made or built to resist water so that the density will be much lower.
The inside of the ship is full of air where the hull is.
What is a huge fleet of ships called?
A fleet or Convoy. A Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) nightmare ;).
Who owners the rms Queen Mary 2?
"RMS Queen Elizabeth" (1940-1972) was destroyed by fire in 1972. Up until 1969 she was owned by the famous Cunard Line.
Her replacement, "Queen Elizabeth 2", was also operated by Cunard from 1969 until 2008 but is now owned by Isithimar, part of Dubai World.
The new Cunard ship "Queen Elizabeth" is not an RMS and is once again owned by Cunard.
Cunard have been owned by Carnival Corporation since 1998.
Five short horn blast from another vessel?
From the USCG Navigational Rules of the Road (International and Inland.)
Rule 34
Maneuvering and Warning Signals
(d) When vessels in sight of one another are approaching each other and from any cause one fails to understand the intentions or actions of another, or is in doubt whether sufficient action is being taken by the other to avoid collision, the vessel in doubt shall immediately indicate such doubt by giving at least 5 short and rapid blasts of the ships whistle.
From the USCG Navigational Rules of the Road (International and Inland.)
Rule 34
Maneuvering and Warning Signals
(d) When vessels in sight of one another are approaching each other and from any cause one fails to understand the intentions or actions of another, or is in doubt whether sufficient action is being taken by the other to avoid collision, the vessel in doubt shall immediately indicate such doubt by giving at least 5 short and rapid blasts of the ships whistle....
How do you make a ship out of metal float?
What detimines whether an oject will sink or float is the amount of fluid that it displaces. If the amount of fluid displaced weighs more than the object then it will float, if it weghs less it will sink. A boat can be made of any material, even concrete.
How heavy is the cruise ship the azura?
The gross tonnage of the p&o cruise ship MS Azura is 115,000 tonnes.
What are the critical machineries onboard the vessel?
1. Main Engine
2. Diesel generator engine
3. Auxiliary Boiler
4. Exhaust gas economizer
5. Oily Water Separator
6. Steering gear system
7. Sewage treatment Plant
8. Mooring Winch/ Windlass
How much fuel does a container ship burn?
This is usually measured in pounds of fuel per horsepower per hour. Roughly speaking, 0.25 lbs/hp/hr is considered to be pretty good, and 100,000 hp is a low-side estimate of an average container ship's horsepower. This then works out to 25,000 pounds of marine diesel fuel per hour. Marine diesel weighs about 7lbs/gallon, which gets us about 3600 gallons per burned per hour. A common cruise speed is 25 knots or 28.75mph. To make the math easier, let's call it 30mph. What this means is that for a container ship to travel 30 miles, it'll burn through 3600 gallons, which is the same as burning 120 gallons to go one mile . There are 5280 feet in a mile, so if 120 gallons is good for 5280 feet, then one gallon is burned every 44 feet!!
Current_price_for_heavy_fuel_oilIndicates that the October 2008 price was 140 euro/ton (US$188/ton) for heavy fuel oil.
Answer 2Container ships don't burn quality marine diesel, they burn bunker fuel which is just a step above asphalt. It is so thick, it must be heated to extreme temperatures just to get it to flow into the engines. It is very cheap, literally pennies per gallon but very dirty, usually vented or exhausted under the ship so we don't see the pollutants destroying our environment.Answer 3
Bunker fuel no longer is pennies per gallon. As of this date, 10/23/09, bunker fuel (380 Centistoke) is about $1.66 per gallon in Los Angeles. A 7000 TEU(twenty foot equivalent units) container ship will burn about 217 tons/day. This is about $99,000 per day in fuel costs. If oil goes to $150/bbl again, You can do the math.
The Emma Maersk's 109,000 hp engine burns 1,660 gallons of HFO per hour.
Some people have suggested that following the horrible accident in which many people were killed when a gangway collapsed during her construction, that the ship is now haunted. I am not sure that there is any official reference to this however.
Why was the steam boat invented?
A steamship used a steam engine to turn a propeller at the back of the ship that pushed the ship through the water.
A steam engine usually burns coal to boil water to make steam. The steam builds up pressure in a chamber. This pressure pushes a piston or pistons which turn a crank which rotates a rod with the propeller on the end of it.
there made out of iron steel and wood cruise ships are made as the same as the rms titanic
