Enormous ships

[MartG]

An article on the BBC website highlights the size container ships are now reaching

Enormous !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21432226

Compared to the biggest one I worked on at a mere 25000 tonnes http://bluestarline.org/act/act1.html

[ninja-lewis]

Will Shell's Prelude FLNG count as a ship?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_FLNG

[Huntsman]

MartG said:

Compared to the biggest one I worked on at a mere 25000 tonnes http://bluestarline.org/act/act1.html

I wonder, did she visit Southampton much? I lived from 1970 to 1997 in a house with a view across Southampton Water, probably watched you go past!

[MartG]

I don't know if she operated out of Southampton regularly - she worked out of Tilbury the trip I did on her. I do know she was in drydock in Southampton in spring 1982 though, as I visited her there ( I was doing my Marine Engineering OND at what is now Solent University, but was the College of Higher Education back in the 80s )

[Pothole]

ninja-lewis said:

Will Shell's Prelude FLNG count as a ship?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_FLNG

wiki said:

The main double-hulled structure, effectively a very large ship, is being built by Samsung Heavy Industries,

Still won't be a container ship, though.

[MartG]

ninja-lewis said:

Will Shell's Prelude FLNG count as a ship?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_FLNG

Not self-propelled, so I'd reckon no

[maser_spyder]

ninja-lewis said:

Will Shell's Prelude FLNG count as a ship?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_FLNG

What's amazed me with that isn't the size of the ship, but the scale of costs and revenues associated with fossil fuels.

Estimated 12billion. That is colossal. I wonder what the ROI is?

[bracken78]

But they can still go wrong.

http://www.maerskline.com/link/?page=news&path...

[Tim330]

maser_spyder said:

What's amazed me with that isn't the size of the ship, but the scale of costs and revenues associated with fossil fuels.

Estimated 12billion. That is colossal. I wonder what the ROI is?

Not sure but if it produces 110,000 BOE per day & assuming a BOE LNG of $20 it will pay for itself in around 15 years (many assumptions made here)