The Naval Architect
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The Naval Architect
@navalarchitect.bsky.social
A Professional Chartered Engineer with decades of experience in ship design, construction, repair and conversion, having worked in the international maritime industry in Europe, USA, Japan and New Zealand.
Indian Coast Guard ships fighting a fire on abandoned container ship WAN HAI 503 (IMO No. 9294862) (Singapore-flagged, DNV-classed, built 2005, approx. 43,000 gross tons, owned by Wan Hai Lines of Taiwan)
June 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Photo of the beautiful New Zealand port of Lyttelton taken last month with passenger/cruise ship CELEBRITY EDGE (IMO 9812705) alongside. As they say, “A picture tells a thousand words…”
May 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The below excellent photo by Daniel Briot (credit) shows the presentation of the sail training ship CUAUHTEMOC on entering the port of Rouen a few years ago. Approx. 90 of the crew are trainees, many of whom routinely stand on the yardarms as depicted in this photo.
May 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM