gogreengelb Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Sorry not a tractor in sight but just for any ex Merchant Mariners amongst us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Another ship load of rubbish to flood the uk markets :'( Hell of a sight though, eh?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogreengelb Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 Hey Trish many of those containers may come from China full of lovely Model Tractors.And by the way she,s pictured entering the Elbe on the way in to Hamburg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 What a sight - I love looking at the Hooooooooge engineering that goes into those things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 like marky says ,there is somthing about big ships they are just awesome nice pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I thinks it the fact they are so massive it makes us feel like kids again. Ya know, like watching tractors as a child. Brian you got me dreaming of a UH ship getting stranded down on the south coast now!;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogreengelb Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 Can you imagine it, say 40 containers of the latest models washed up on the shore and free to plunder on the night before Spalding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Ooh Brian stop that you saucey minx!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 see them as big as that coming into felixstow before, last time was the han sing something, looked huge had 4 cranes along side it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 When I first started artics I thought I was King **** sat up in my Scania, twin Eminoxs, chipped. . . then I arrived at Southampton alongside one of these to get my first container put on. . . . talk about eye opener!! I'm sure Steve can tell us more about these giants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremner_metallica Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 some beast that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogreengelb Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 From what Ive read and heard some of these giant ships take on board paying passengers.Now would'nt that be cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Have any of you seen the "Matchstick Navy" ? Absolutely brilliant models of all types of ships. Chap sets it up on 8-10 6' tables at Bursledon Brickworks open days - usually the July one. If you like model ships it is worth seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Thanks GGG for the picture - but I don't miss them at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fendt-man-matty Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 i'm interested in the cargo ships and all that, i live off the coast of NI so a few minutes drive and i can see all the ships heading off for scotland \ and in the distance i you can see the coast of scotland, i thinks thats class the way you can see it but it takes about 1.5hours to get their \ \ discovery channels usualy have good documentaries about shipping and cargo, deadliest catch is my favourite, massive boats they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britainswomble Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Not too fussed about ships..........but I do like a good ships engine..........this one will do. http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/ :o :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Maersk something unsure of its name. Was mahoooosive. Sorry not got a pic of it all but we were sailing past it Smaller Bulker here for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Another of the mearsk ship. And a heavy lift ship/bulker. Loaded with bulk material then they closed the hatchs and loaded it with wind turbine blades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 And last but by no means least the weather deck of the ship i worked on for a short pieriod of time. And loaded up. With aarus in the background, lovely city Sorry to bore you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert in NY Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Here is a ship unloading coal at a power plant on Lake Erie here in New York Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fendt Fahrer Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I always had a fascination for navy ships. I like to build one once in a while. As a matter of fact I have a 1:350 scale Tamyia "Yamato" sitting here waiting to be built. It's been a few years since I built the last one though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudding Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 hey brochure collectors guess what the coolest and rarer brochures are of.......... SHIPS! at the local port when i work there in the lunchroom they had a brochure of a tug boat the port was looking at buying.....i wasn't allowed to add it to my collection ;O( facinating to read, they take pics of the contruction process, and give options on engines, and specs on water displacement?! etc theres a challenge for marky........fergusons are sooooo last week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 :D - Ummm... I'll stick to Masseys I think... You wouldn't think you would need to produce a 'sales aid' for a ship really would you - the kind of thing you either want... or don't want really... \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellarian Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 The sales aids are for charterers and marketing - if you are trying to get someone to pay ?12,000 to ?50,000 per day, even ?100,00 for a service than 'leaflets' matter. In fact they extend to folders, helicopter rides, marketing, cocktail parties et all. One of the very best at Marketing are Swire Pacific Offshore - I worked for them for five years and excellent marketing and managers. Check their site at http://www.swire.com.sg/home.aspx click on the main pictures, gallery etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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