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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/british-sailor-missing-in-pacific-29228159.html

Carnival Triumph Evacuated After Explosion On Nearby Barge. About 800 crew members were made to evacuate the Carnival Triumph after two nearby barges exploded,

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U.S. trawler hits Canadian navy vessel docked at Esquimalt, six taken to hospital

Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/trawler+hits+Canadian+navy+vessel+docked+Esquimalt+taken+hospital/8283372/story.html#ixzz2RJmmS9Xc

http://www.examiner.com/article/carnival-triumph-breaks-free-from-dock-drifts-into-cargo-vessel

Time-lapse of the building of the worlds largest ship

http://www.worldslargestship.com/

Also:  Maersk and Discovery Channel have teamed up to bring you every stage of construction from design to maiden voyage.…

I am looking for information two vessels that belonged to Smith's Coasters in 1966 when Unicorn bought out the company. The first one, The Induna, hit a freak wave in the late 60's off the coast of Madagasca & broke its back & sank extremely quickly. There was only one survivor. The sister ship, The Indiza, well I dont know much there. I do know both ships were around 5500 tons and were merely coasting. I am looking for photos, technical info, manufacture details etc. If anyone can…

The first Triple-E class vessel was launched at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo Shipyard on February 27, 2013. The vessel will be named Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller after the late shipping magnate and currently, it is the world’s largest vessel.             http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2013/03/10/first-triple-e-class-vessel-launched/

How about this little aeroplane:

A concept design from Phil Pauley

A quad deck airliner for 1500 passengers!

The luxury cruise vessel, True North, caught fire off Munster while the boat was moored.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/16321897/cruise-vessel-catches-fire/

Work has begun on the complicated dismantling of the USS Guardian that ran aground on a Philippine coral reef in January.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2286149/How-dismantle-minesweeper-Work-begins-salvage-stricken-U-S-vessel-balances-Philippine-coral-reef.html

My name is Kev or Kevin And I am Married and live on the mid east coast of the United Kingdom in the fishing port of Grimsby. I am at the moment a boat spotter.

New Container Shipping Port Unloads First Giant Vessel - A Bulk Carrier! 

  http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/new-container-shipping-port-unloads-first-giant-vessel-a-bulk-carrier!_4400

The world’s largest heavy transport vessel loaded the biggest semi-submersible offshore platform hull for its maiden voyage, ship owner Dockwise Ltd. said.  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-15/dockwise-vessel-loads-largest-offshore-platform-on-maiden-voyage.html

Tug boats will tow the Carnival Triumph to Progreso Mexico.   Passengers aboard the cruise ship that is adrift in the Gulf of Mexico have limited access to hot coffee, food and bathrooms on Monday as they waited for two tugboats to arrive to tow them to Mexico.   …

The abandoned cruise ship M/V Lyubov Orlova is adrift, and moving northeasterly, in the North Atlantic.              http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cruise-ship-without-crew-abandoned-in-stormy-north-atlantic/article8156758/

The US Navy will cut the USS Guardian into three pieces and remove it by crane from an UNESCO Heritage reef in the Philippines.  Two heavy-lift cranes are en route from an American naval facility in Singapore to start the removal process.     

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/world/asia/us-navy-to-scrap-vessel-stuck-on-philippine-reef.html?_r=0

Worlds Container Largest Ship, but not for long.

The CMA CGM MARCO POLO, has held the title of largest container ship in the world for a little over a month. But later this year, it will lose that distinction.

Maersk is planning to launch the first of 20 Triple-E class ships in June of this year  — 18,000 TEU's.

http://www.worldslargestship.com/

For those that are interested;  The Los Angleles Times has produced a list of cruise ships at:

http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-list-cruise-20130127,0,5610652.story