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A merchant ship labouring in heavy seas as a large wave looms ahead, Bay of Biscay, c. 1940. Rogue waves (also known as freak waves, monster waves, episodic waves, killer waves, extreme waves, and abnormal waves) are huge and unpredictable surface waves that can be extremely dangerous to ships and isolated structures such as lighthouses. [1]
The Oasis -class ships, at over 225,000 GT, are at least 154 feet (47 m) wide, 240 feet (73 m) high, and accommodate over 5,400 passengers. [ 18] Oasis-class ships were surpassed by the first Icon -class ship, Icon of the Seas, at 248,663 GT in 2023. Since 2008, other cruise lines have been ordering 135,000+ GT ships.
The Bahamian-registered cruise ships MS Bremen and MS Caledonian Star encountered 30-meter (98 ft) freak waves in the South Atlantic in 2001. Bridge windows on both ships were smashed, and all power and instrumentation lost. Naval Research Laboratory ocean-floor pressure sensors detected a freak wave caused by Hurricane Ivan in the Gulf of ...
Anthem of the Seas. Anthem of the Seas is a Quantum -class cruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and the second ship of her class. The Quantum class is the fourth largest class of cruise ships behind MSC Cruises 's Meraviglia class and Royal Caribbean International 's Icon class and Oasis class by gross tonnage. [ 6]
HMM Algeciras-class container ship: Container ship: 399.9 m (1,312 ft) 61.5 m (202 ft) 16.53 m (54.2 ft) 232,311 In service Samsung Heavy Industries: Hyundai Merchant Marine [27] HMM Rotterdam: In service [28] HMM Southampton: In service [29] HMM Stockholm: In service [30] HMM St Petersburg: In service [31] MSC Apolline: Gülsün-class ...
Harmony of the Seas is an Oasis -class cruise ship built by STX France at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, [ 15] for Royal Caribbean International. With a gross tonnage of 226,963 GT, [ 1] she is the fourth largest passenger ship in the world, larger than her older sisters Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas ...
The Ulstein X-Bow (or just X-BOW) is an inverted ship's bow designed by Ulstein Group to improve handling in rough seas, and to lower fuel consumption by causing less hydrodynamic drag. [1] It is shaped somewhat like a submarine's bow. [2] Bourbon Orca anchor tug, shown in 2012, was the first ship built with an Ulstein X-Bow in 2006.
Rough seas can make tendering unsafe. No one can deny that it's disappointing when a port day becomes a sea day, but shouting at staff isn't going to get you to the destination or get you a refund ...