Naval News – Russian Navy to decommission world’s only nuclear powered cruiser RFS PYOTR VELIKY – December 2023
The Kirov Class nuclear-powered battlecruiser RFS PYOTR VELIKY of the Russian Navy will not undergo the anticipated refurbishment, but will head for decommissioning, leaving only one active Kirov Class vessel in the Russian fleet. The move marks a significant reduction in Russia’s ocean-going surface fleet, with the remaining cruiser RFS ADMIRAL NAKHIMOV set to complete […]
Special Purpose Vessels – ITF Exhibition and Campaign Vessel GLOBAL MARINER at Malta – 1999
Founded in 1896, the International Transport Workers Federation better known as ITF is a confederation of 500 transport workers unions in 125 countries, representing 5 million workers in every branch of transport. During March 1998 a former Bank Line ship was purchased for $3 million and refurbished for a worldwide tour to raise public awareness […]
Yachting – 92m yacht TATOOSH
TATOOSH is a 303-foot (92 m) private yacht owned by the late Paul G. Allen , who also owned the 416-foot (127 m) OCTOPUS. She is now the world’s 56th largest superyacht. She was built at Nobiskrug, Germany for mobile phone magnate Craig McCaw. Her design and construction was done by Kusch Yachts and she was purchased […]
World Largest Container Ship – OOCL HONG KONG in the Mediterranean Sea – 02.02.2018 The 399.87m (1, 311.9 ft) container ship OOCL HONG KONG was seen transitting the Malta-Sicily Channel bound to Felixstowe, UK from Singapore mostly fully loaded on Friday 2nd February, 2018. She was built at the Samsung Heavy Industries, Geoje Shipyard, South Korea with […]
