Ever Bigger.
Comfort and pleasure and new experiences are now what is demanded in the cruise liner business. Comfort and styles with good food has been replaced by shopping and thrills. These ships are getting ever bigger and perhaps the future will see glass bottoms and more underwater as well as over water experiences.
Today there are many kinds of vessels operating in this role, by the big companies. but some people demand something more old fashioned and smaller ships from paddle steamers to steam ships are meeting these demands of luxury over gimmicks and avoid mass shopping to a more selective purchases.
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Thursday, 20 August 2015
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Ships. Part-One.
A Essential Need.
The first ship ever built, was perhaps Noah's Ark? What we know of this vessel is to be found in the Bile, Tanakh and the Koran. We believe it to be made of Gopher wood, but since we do not know what Gopher is, it may not have been wood/
Ever since humans have had water, they have built all types of boats from hollowed out trees to reed rafts, boats and coracles. The boat was a vehicle to move from A to B/Z, to carry one or two persons across a lake or a river and eventually the sea's and Oceans.
Goods, weapons and other loads, boats for warfare and for fishing were perhaps the first essentials. Today ships come in all sizes and shapes, some are used to carry general cargo, others are much larger such as the bulk carriers and carry coal, ores and even the largest tankers are for gas and crude oil.
They all work on the same design and principles and are mostly of the same shape, apart from specialist ships. Humans have increased size and development in the warship from sailed cannon carriers to nuclear powered aircraft carriers such as the Nimitz class.
We also live in the age of underwater travel and their are a whole host of passenger ferry ships from river craft to super luxury liners.
But what is the future of shipping?
The first ship ever built, was perhaps Noah's Ark? What we know of this vessel is to be found in the Bile, Tanakh and the Koran. We believe it to be made of Gopher wood, but since we do not know what Gopher is, it may not have been wood/
Ever since humans have had water, they have built all types of boats from hollowed out trees to reed rafts, boats and coracles. The boat was a vehicle to move from A to B/Z, to carry one or two persons across a lake or a river and eventually the sea's and Oceans.
Goods, weapons and other loads, boats for warfare and for fishing were perhaps the first essentials. Today ships come in all sizes and shapes, some are used to carry general cargo, others are much larger such as the bulk carriers and carry coal, ores and even the largest tankers are for gas and crude oil.
They all work on the same design and principles and are mostly of the same shape, apart from specialist ships. Humans have increased size and development in the warship from sailed cannon carriers to nuclear powered aircraft carriers such as the Nimitz class.
We also live in the age of underwater travel and their are a whole host of passenger ferry ships from river craft to super luxury liners.
But what is the future of shipping?
Friday, 20 January 2012
Costa Concordia.
In the light of the Costa Concordia.
What should be the future of the cruise liner industry?
It is ironic that 101 years ago, after the sinking of the Titanic and its fatal collision with an iceberg in the N-Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 1800 lives.
The problems then were that the vessel did not have enough life boats. This time possibly 30-40 people have died, because of a mistake?
Why has no one learned from the past, ship builders and shipping lines seem to be greedy and believe their ships will never come to serious harm.
What a fallacy for any man made object.
What should be the future of the cruise liner industry?
It is ironic that 101 years ago, after the sinking of the Titanic and its fatal collision with an iceberg in the N-Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 1800 lives.
The problems then were that the vessel did not have enough life boats. This time possibly 30-40 people have died, because of a mistake?
Why has no one learned from the past, ship builders and shipping lines seem to be greedy and believe their ships will never come to serious harm.
What a fallacy for any man made object.
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