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Plans For The World’s Largest Ship – Freedom – City At Sea

Nearly a mile long and 25 stories high, “Freedom” will be the largest vessel to ever sail the seven seas. Freedom will dwarf the Queen Elizabeth II and become a permanent home for 50,000 people. “Walk in a straight line for about 12 minutes,” “If you don’t dawdle, you’ll cover slightly less than a mile. Now, make a right turn and walk beyond the length of two football fields. Duplicate these lines to make a rectangle, then look up to the height of a 25-story building. This is what Freedom will be.

City At Sea – Plans For The Worlds Largest Ship

“Freedom will be large enough to bring on more than 50,000 residents, 15,000 employees, 20,000 day guests and still have four times as much roaming-around square footage per person as the most modern cruise liners,” Nixon says during POPULAR MECHANICS’ visit to (more…)

Marine Pile Driving Barge – Mobile Pile Driving Pontoon

Marine Pile Driving

Product from http://marinepiledrivers.com/

Standard 10 x 25 ft. Marine Pile Driver Barge has a hydraulic hammer, derrick and spuds, 20 hp electric start Honda engine for the hydraulics and 20 gallon gas tank.  Custom build to your specifications.

MPD-110 hydraulic hammer is designed for driving piling up to 10″.  also, larger MPD-220 hammer for piling that is up to 14″.  standard derrick height is 25 ft.  We can extend that up to 32 ft. if needed. The 10 x 25 barge is equipped with 10 airtight compartments. (more…)

Pile Driving Barge – Pile Driving Pontoon

pontoon pile driving – pile driving barge picture source: http://www.sunmachinery.com/ (more…)

Offshore Mussel Cultivation – Longline Method

Maritime Technologies

Longline System mussel cultivation

Alfred Wegener Institute Project ; Offshore Mussel Cultivation; http://www.awi.de/

mussel cultivation
Fig. 1: Sketch of a longline System destined for mussel cultivation.

Longline cultivation is worldwide being implemented, particularly within Mytilus spp. or Perna spp. cultivation (Fig. 1). One major problem concerning offshore mussel cultivation is the lack of appropriate sites for the mussel spat to attach. Longlines equipped with respective spat-collectors can provide suitable attachment structures for mussel larvae, but in a high-energy environment (more…)

Aquada Car Boat High Speed Amphibian Technology

The Aquada is a revolutionary showcase of High Speed Amphibian (HSA) technology.

This radical new breed of vehicle has been precision engineered to the most exacting standards. It has undergone an extensive safety testing programme and complies with appropriate marine and road safety regulations.

Entry to the water is via beach, boat ramp, slipway or directly from the water’s edge. Once afloat, the transition from road vehicle to High Speed Amphibian (HSA) is effortlessly achieved. Simply press a button and drive into the water. The wheels automatically rise and as you press the (more…)