Great news for UK polar research http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2014/12-polarship/ Paint it grey, what's not to like? It would also be an ideal HMS Protector replacement Read more at the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsscience-environment-27129690 …
This story caught my eye this week; http://www.marinelink.com/news/achievement-rollsroyce364502.aspx It is a reminder that Rolls Royce have been designing ships for quite some time but what I thought was pretty interesting…
When you look back there have been a number of notable examples of the auxiliary mothership, or perhaps more accurately, a useful conversion of a civilian vessel to carry out…
A great paper from STX [scribd id=118568084 key=key-2mokqnj7ne1w5zi70fyv mode=scroll]
This is a repost of something I posted ages ago, thought it might be worthwhile to dust it off again In a number of posts the comments have stimulated a…
Read about this on G Captain this morning Will Ulstein’s X-Bow Be Incorporated into the Next Generation of US Coast Guard Cutters? Vigor Industrial, and of course Ulstein certainly hope…
First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their considered feedback and comments on the Security, Interdiction and Maritime Support System (SIMSS) concept I described recently. For what…
Operating in singles, multiples and a part of a larger force the key attributes of SIMSS is flexibility and adaptability. SIMSS is somewhat of a blank canvas and it is…