Australian economics good news thread

[Bourseboy]

Large ferry being built in Hobart, but Spirit of Tasmania built elsewhere and 'stored' elsewhere. With second one on its way (to where?).
Does not make sense.

 

[qldfrog]

Post in thread 'The future of energy generation and storage' https://www.aussiestockforums.com/t...rgy-generation-and-storage.29842/post-1347788
definitely a good news

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Large ferry being built in Hobart, but Spirit of Tasmania built elsewhere and 'stored' elsewhere. With second one on its way (to where?).
Does not make sense.

ship vs ferry

 

[divs4ever]

ship vs ferry

which asks the question , how do you get a ferry to Europe , as a ferry is usually not designed to endure the very worst of nautical conditions .

after helping to work on a TUG ( built in England ) which was being adapted to service ships outside of the shelter of Moreton Bay ( in Queensland ) , i made that tug the frequent focus of maritime jokes ( because of the hull design and other aspirations and adaptions )

 

[Smurf1976]

which asks the question , how do you get a ferry to Europe , as a ferry is usually not designed to endure the very worst of nautical conditions .

I've never had anything to do with Incat other than having visited their factory and asked questions but from what they told me the limiting factor on usage isn't the vessels but rather it's the passengers. The ferries are designed and tested to withstand conditions considerably worse than passengers would want to endure so that's the limiting factor in normal commercial use. But if it's just to move or deliver the ferry, only crew are on board and they're suitably prepared then they can cope with rougher seas.

That said, how one delivers an electric ferry I'm not sure. Taking additional diesel on board for a long distance voyage would be relatively straightforward, plus it's available at basically any port anywhere in the world, but somewhat harder if it's electric. They've also built LNG powered ones in the past too.

Incat has broken world records in the past by the way, they're technically competent in what they're doing:

Blue Riband - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Meanwhile, Incat, builders of fast catamaran ferries, and therefore indisputably commercial vessels, decided to make an attempt to win the Hales Trophy, the record still held by United States. This was achieved in 1990 by Hoverspeed Great Britain, with a non-stop crossing of 79 hours 54 minutes, averaging 36.6 knots, and Incat were awarded the trophy by the Hales Trophy Committee. Eight years later, this record was broken by another Incat vessel, Catalonia, and again the following month by Cat-Link V with 68 hours and 9 minutes (41.28 knots).

 

[Dona Ferentes]

I've never had anything to do with Incat other than having visited their factory and asked questions but from what they told me the limiting factor on usage isn't the vessels but rather it's the passengers. The ferries are designed and tested to withstand conditions considerably worse than passengers would want to endure so that's the limiting factor in normal commercial use. But if it's just to move or deliver the ferry, only crew are on board and they're suitably prepared then they can cope with rougher seas.

That said, how one delivers an electric ferry I'm not sure. Taking additional diesel on board for a long distance voyage would be relatively straightforward, plus it's available at basically any port anywhere in the world, but somewhat harder if it's electric. They've also built LNG powered ones in the past too.

Incat has broken world records in the past by the way, they're technically competent in what they're doing:

Blue Riband - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

easy

A semi-submersible vessel is a type of ship or platform that can partially submerge by taking on water ballast, allowing it to float lower in the water or to load/unload heavy cargo onto its deck. They are used as specialized heavy-lift transport ships for things like offshore oil rigs, as deepwater drilling and production platforms.