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Year in Maritime Photos

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Year in Maritime Photos – 2013 | gCaptain

Here’s a link to a cool post on gCaptain. It has photos and stories from all the headline news from the maritime industry over the past year. I thought it would be interesting for a New Years type post.

Here they have everything from the fire on the cruise ship Carnival Triumph and her subsequent adventures as a “floating toilet” to the Costa Concordia disaster.

The grounding/salvage of the navy minesweeper USS Guardian and the delivery of the USS Freedom and the very first Mobile Landing Platform (MLP1) USNS Montford Point.

The break up of the MOL Comfort containership and the sinking of the MV Albedo after she was hijacked by pirates.

The slow speed chase of the smoke ship MV Gold Star in the Mediterranean and the antics of the Sea Shepard ships in the Southern Ocean.

The sinking of the in/famous sailing ship Bounty as she tried to outsail a major hurricane in the Atlantic ocean.

My favorite was the story of the rescue of the cook from the tug Jascon 4 after she sank. The man survived for over 2 days under the sea!!

Check it out, there’re lots of interesting stories. I’ve written about a couple of them here already,

captjillsjourneys.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/video-prelude-flng-float-out

http://captjillsjourneys.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/scary-moment-b…n-lashes-coast

http://captjillsjourneys.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/video-animatio…kwise-vanguard

http://captjillsjourneys.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/mlc-2006-will-…on-board-comms

 http://captjillsjourneys.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/light-it-up-an…es-up-in-smoke/

but there are more in the link. It was a very interesting year for fans of maritime news! I hope you’ll enjoy it. 🙂

 

VIDEO: Animation Shows Float-On of Costa Concordia Onboard Dockwise Vanguard

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VIDEO: Animation Shows Float-On of Costa Concordia Onboard Dockwise Vanguard | gCaptain

Here’s an update from gcaptain on the Costa Concordia. They have a neat little animation showing how they plan to put the Costa Concordia on the heavy lift vessel Dockwise Vanguard.

They won’t be doing any of this til the weather settles down in the Spring. For now, they’re working on prepping it for winter and getting it ready for the move in the Spring. They make it look easy. 😉

Costa Concordia Parbuckling – Live Updates Plus How to WATCH

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Costa Concordia Parbuckling – Live Updates Plus How to WATCH | gCaptain

Here’s the latest on the salvage of the Costa Concordia. They did manage to get the ship upright with no major problems. Now they still need to stabilize it and refloat it so they can tow it off to dismantle it. I thought at first they were going to try to fix the ship but now it looks like they’re just going to scrap it. Such a sad story…

You can watch the videos in the link.

Costa Concordia Salvage: Parbuckling Could Kick Off Monday

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Costa Concordia Salvage: Parbuckling Could Kick Off Monday | gCaptain

Here’s the latest news on the Costa Concordia salvage operations. It looks like the parbuckling could be starting as early as tomorrow. That should be an interesting operation to watch. I expect it might go veeerry sloooowly til all the sudden the ship flips!

Maybe not, maybe they will have it all totally under control the whole time. I wish I was home so I could watch it in real time. 😉

Italy Approves Costa Concordia Parbuckling

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Italy Approves Costa Concordia Parbuckling | gCaptain

Here’s the latest update from gCaptain on the progress of the Costa Concordia salvage operations.

Costa Concordia Salvage Makes Progress | gCaptain

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Costa Concordia Salvage Makes Progress | gCaptain

I have been following the story of the Costa Concordia but not really paying THAT much attention. I get the best news on it from www.gcaptain.com they have been following it from the very beginning and doing a GREAT job of it. The forums where the mariners have been discussing it are a fantastic resource! If you’re at all interested in this incident or the salvage operations, you should take a look at their coverage. I just thought this post of theirs had some really good photos and explanations of the salvage operation. I’m wondering if they’re still hoping to be able to put the ship back into service and how in the world they can ever make it economically feasible given the costs of all this.