Mighty Ships Series

This part of the Mighty Cruise Ships series is devoted to Stella Australis, one of a kind - the only ship on our planet designed specifically for navigating the remote fjords of Patagonia, at the bottom of South America. She is compact but mighty. At about eighty nine meters in length and having a shallow depth of 3.5 m enabling her to sail through narrow channels.

And Stella Australis travels in style - part luxury cruise liner part expedition ship, she comes equipped with five decks, three luxurious lounges, gourmet dining, stayrooms with king size windows and a fleet of Zodiacs to take guests everywhere. The vessel was the third in the series, the sister vessels were Via Australis and Mare Australis, and both of them were designed for same sort of cruising.

Stella Australis was delivered in 2010 being fully compliant with all applicable requirements of SOLAS and MARPOL Conventions. As mentioned above, the vessel features three lounges and they are named Darwin, Sky and Yamaha. The latter is used for various lectures... Watch this video and get to know a bit more about one of the most interesting cruise vessels in the world. Should you decide to undertake a voyage on board Stella Australis, you will be already aware of all arrangements!

This issue of Mighty Ships is devoted to the famous lake freighter Algoma Equinox, a leading one in her class of ships. Constructed in China, she entered service fifteen years ago in 2013 and has been operating in St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes. The vessel features novel design and the designers paid particular attention to the energy efficiency.

As a result, this ship is approximately 45 percent more energy efficient in comparison with the earlier ships. A special design developed for the North American Great Lakes. The Algoma Equinox carries grain, ore and iron through severe weather and the narrowest corridors on most challenging inland waterway in the world. Her design allows to go faster and to carry more cargo using less fuel than ever before.

This mighty ship has a truly revolutionary hull design streamlining her flow through water, a special hull coating to reduce resistance and increase speed, a forty thousand cubic meter cargo hold giving thirty percent more space, and the state of the art engine consuming twenty-two percent less fuel than most of the lakers. A definitely recommended popular video for all people with the interest in the modern ship designs - no one will get disappointed.

This episode of the world popular and famous Mighty Ships series is devoted to the MV Becrux, often called a Noah's Ark of today. This huge and technically sophisticated livestock carrier was specifically designed for the transportation of the most important export of Australia. Watch this interesting video film and join MV Becrux in her mission of delivering sixteen thousand cattle and twelve-million cargo to Indonesia.

This mission required about three tons of feed for the cattle and hundred thousand gallons of water for the cattle every day. In addition, a perfectly working high-power ventilation shall be provided. Among the factors making the mission even more difficult there are tightest deadline and heavy traffic accompanied with the pirates activity in the area. The vessel was delivered in Croatia in 2002 for the Siba Ships conglomerate.

It shall be noted that today here is no other ship that could boast the facilities that are readily available on MV Becrux. The launching of the vessel helped to revolutionize the whole industry of the livestock carriers with significantly improved and advanced reinforcements in order to meet the constantly increasing demands of the industry.

This episode of the world known and popular Mighty Ships series of videos will tell you about one of the most remarkable vessels of today - Cristobal Colon, representing an absolutely new breed of huge construction ships. Cristobal Colon is a really high-technology ocean dredger with her size exceeding the one of the closest competitor twice. The vessel is capable of storing over a million and a half cubic feet of sand.

Watch this interesting film and follow this massive vessel of the first mission. The mission is to dredge and deliver nearly eighty-eight million cubic feet of sand. The sand will be taken from the sea floor and subsequently delivered to a construction site located in Germany. Just imagine a scale! Note that this is the only vessel in the world that can be assigned such task. There is no other ship that could handle this.

However, a tightest deadline is making this task even more difficult. In addition to that, the weather also affects the operating on the ship. Will not this all make the task impossible even for the Cristobal Colon? Watch the film and find out, we guarantee that you will not get disappointed. The videos belonging to the Mighty Ships series are particularly interesting to the people who like ship construction, shipbuilding and ship

And here is one of the most interesting parts of the world famous and so popular Mighty Ships series. This video will tell the watchers about one of the most adventurous cruise vessels of today – MS Fram. This ship featuring a truly perfect design was delivered to fight across the fjords of Greenland chocked by ice. Watch this one and join the MS Fram in visiting an absolutely spectacular and remarkable collection of icebergs.

You are all invited to have an excellent trip through the narrow channels during the twelve-day journey spanning nearly two thousand miles, starting from the Reykjavik port of Iceland, passing through the southern Greenland, and then reaching Ilulissat which is deservedly referred to as the iceberg capital of the world. The vessel is capable of taking almost two hundred guests on board.

You will know about all the dangerous challenges that the ship’s crew members regularly face and get to much better understanding of the real work they do every day. This film is a must-watch one for every single person with the interest in contemporary marine adventures – watch it attentively and, who knows, maybe then you may wish to join MS Farm during her next trip across Antarctic.

This episode of the Mighty Ships series is devoted to one of the most interesting vessels of today – Happy Star. You will be invited to follow the second and very challenging voyage of the ship from China to Canada. This ship offers the operators truly unique lifting capabilities which have been already appreciated by the project and heavy lift cargo market. The Happy Star has two nine-hundred-ton cranes installed on board and making it the best option for handling any heavy cargoes anywhere in the world.

The beam of the crane reaches almost thirty meters in length and the anti-heel capacity and stability of the vessel are excellent so there is no need for adding stability pontoons when loading or discharging cargo. The hull of the vessel hull was specifically designed with application of the latest technological advances and with the particular attention paid by the designers to the optimization of the powering performance.

As a result, the vessel features a very good working speed. This video will be liked by any person with the interest in contemporary vessels, particularly those engaged in heavy lift cargo handling as this is maybe the most remarkable one of those available today.

She is carrying the load of enormous size making something truly extraordinary. The heavy-lift vessel Hawk is taking the huge cargo half way around the world. Through stormy seas, there will be challenges at every turn. We start with the Singapore deservedly treated as the nerve center for international shipping industry and one of the busiest freighter ports in the world – a new ship enters or exits every two minutes.

So, the Hawk, which is one of the most powerful heavy lift vessels in the world, has to be carefully maneuvered through the shipping traffic. At 223 meters long, fifty-five meters wide the Hawk can move massive cargoes exceeding fifty-five thousand tons. But it is the loading method that makes this vessel stand out as in fact the Hawk is the semi-submersible.

This video will be appreciated by all people interested in the modern shipping industry and particularly with marine transportation of the heavy cargoes, such as the oil rigs. Such transportation will require perfect technical condition of the vessel and of course it will require all crew members be duly prepared and ready to act at any time. Have a look and we promise you will not be disappointed, this one is really amazing.

It is one of the most sophisticated warships on the plane built to handle whatever threats come on its way. This ship is about to undergo the toughest test. Danish warship Peter Willemoes is one of the newest ships of the Danish Navy Fleet built to protect a whole convoy of ships and this is one of the most technologically advanced frigates in the world.

The frigate is equipped with the very sophisticated detection systems, powerful weapons and a highly-trained crew ready to fight threats from land, sea and air. The 130 meter long frigate is armed with three heavy artillery guns, surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles and large caliber machine guns. HDMS Peter Willemoes can reach a maximum speed of thirty knots of fifty-five kilometers per hour.

The frigate can even sail sixteen thousand kilometers without having to refuel. According to the Commander, this ship definitely represents the future of the Danish navy. For security reasons, everyone on board except the Captain will be referred to by the first names only. The ships and the crew are going to the special area to undergo a series of the exercises and the combat scenarios are going to challenge and surprise the crew – that will be very interesting and difficult…