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Shipping News and information / Island Escape documentary?

« on: February 22, 2013, 10:49:10 AM »

Where could I find/buy the 2002 TV mini-series on Island Escape titled "The Cruise Ship"? It was initially broadcast in the UK, then on Bravo.

All I could find was a synopsis at http://www.locatetv.com/tv/cruise-ship/127368

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Shipping News and information / Opus Casino donated to The Seasteading Institute

« on: August 28, 2012, 06:17:54 AM »

The Opus Casino (formerly Liquid Vegas, Royal star) was recently donated to The Seasteading Institute, a think tank researching permanent ocean-based communities.

From http://www.seasteading.org/lease-the-seasteader-i/:

The Seasteading Institute is requesting preliminary proposals to charter a seaworthy, 225 foot, four deck ship recently donated to the institute.  As a non-profit, we are able to offer this vessel at substantially below market rates to a company or non-profit whose use will advance our mission of establishing permanent human habitation on the oceans.  We

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Shipping News and information / Blueseed

« on: May 27, 2012, 11:18:22 AM »

I just read on Discovery News about a rather intriguing project going on in California - a group is working to moor a used cruise ship in international waters right off the Silicon Valley coast, and retrofit it to create an international coworking space there for high-tech startups. The plan is to have 1000 entrepreneurs live on the ship by Q3 2013. Story is here, http://news.discovery.com/tech/blue-seed-tech-incubator-120522.html

Does anyone know what ship they plan to use? The article quotes a cost around $30M and I'm thinking it would have to be rather large to be stable in the Pacific chop near San Francisco, so maybe a laid up ocean liner? A decommissioned aircraft carried would serve them well, but I don't see one becoming available before Q3 2013. Jack-ups would be stable, but too small.

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Shipping News and information / Identifying unfinished ship

« on: April 28, 2012, 10:19:48 PM »

Does someone happen to have more information on this ship?

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/boatMergedDetails.jsp?boat_id=1451158

Thanks!