Beyond the headline dimensions is a working ship. Follow its people, energy, supplies and machinery through this illustrated series.
What it takes to keep a large vessel working, from watchkeeping and refrigerated stores to fuel budgets, port calls, dry docking and the costs a headline price leaves out.
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Follow a manoeuvre from the bridge command to the forces in the water, with worked examples, original diagrams and a close look at why stopping takes time.
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Why ships carry seawater, how crews move it through the hull, and why stability, structural strength and biological treatment are different parts of the same operation.
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A detailed tour from fuel tanks and cylinders to cooling water, electricity, freshwater and the engineers who keep the machinery working.
Read the complete guide →Explore the cutaways to locate machinery and tanks, then change the loading and waves in the engineering lab. The models explain principles using stated assumptions.
Queen Mary 2 in dry dock shows the access and infrastructure around a large refit. Emma Maersk’s gallery puts container cargo, tugs and port cranes together in one frame.