NEW MODEL SHIPS

Dear Friends and Customers,

It is a long time since you have heard from us.

But now we present – most surprisingly for you I guess – the prototype of the 1957 Statendam as can been seen in the photos attached.

I got to like this fine ship, she was of course later eclipsed by the later, more modern Rotterdam in people’s minds, more and more while building it, as its looks reminded me of a  hammerheaded shark!

The master remained unfinished for quite a long time, but as the majority of my recently produced moulds ended up without any suitable casting as well as me having complicated dental problems which kept me away from my casting cellar, I needed something new to work on. I took out and finished the Statendam.

Personally, I feel she is a very worthy successor to the Oslofjord, announced here a year ago, but please have a look at the photos and make up your mind about that yourself.

The model is intended to cost arround 120,00 Euro and I shall be glad, if You place a order at your dealor in case of interest soon.

Recently, we delivered the Norwegian reefer Pacific Express, finished by Kockums in Malmö in 1945. She is another typical vessel of her time, extremely elegant and distinctive in the colours of her owners, Biørn Biørnstad & Co in Oslo. An a-number is available in Salen Charter, and a number b version represents the ship when she was sold to the Norwegian Erling Hansen who ran her as Ranada until 1972. She was then sold on to Wan
Lung Nav. Co. S/A in Panama. Her new career as Wan Chun was very short. In November the same year, she was wrecked on the beaches of Ijmuiden, an event well documented on the internet.

And in addition to this, I will soon have enough castings of the Ri 168 Aurella, as built in 1973 for  Viking Line, so that I think we will be able to deliver these in January.

More detailed information You will find on my website's opening page.

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Yours

Burkhard Schütt

Dipl. Ing (FH) Burkhard Schütt
Weyarner Str. 53
D-81547 München
Tel +49 (0)89 69989872

FOGO A BORDO DO OCEAN COUNTESS

A 29 de Novembro pºpº. o navio OCEAN COUNTESS foi vítima de um incêndio a bordo quando se encontrava ancorado em Chalkis - Grécia. O fogo, segundo informação da Mer et Marine terá começado no compartimento das máquinas.

Portuscale Cruises : Le Lisboa réalisera un tour du monde en 2015

Le paquebot Lisboa, ex-Princess Danae repris par la compagnie portugaise Portuscale Cruises, renouera avec les tours du monde en 2015. Le navire, qui sera exploité sur le marché français, proposera une circumnavigation de 135 jours de la Méditerranée à l’océan Pacifique, en passant par l’Asie, l’océan Indien et le continent américain. Le programme exact n’est pas pour le moment connu, Portuscale devant le dévoiler dans les prochains mois.
En attendant, la compagnie se focalise sur le lancement de son nouveau navire, qui achèvera d’ici la fin de l’année un très important chantier de rénovation à Lisbonne. Le Lisboa réalisera sa première croisière le 21 février prochain. Il appareillera de Marseille pour rejoindre Venise, première d’une série de 26 traversées de 6 à 15 jours qui le conduiront jusqu’à la fin octobre en Méditerranée, Adriatique, mer Noire, Atlantique, et Baltique, jusqu'au grand Nord et au Groenland



La réception après refonte (© PORTUSCALE CRUISES)


Le Lido Bar après refonte (© PORTUSCALE CRUISES)


Le pont piscine après refonte (© PORTUSCALE CRUISES)


Construit en 1955, initialement comme cargo, le navire, qui a été transformé en bateau de croisière en 1977, va faire peau neuve, avec une réfection complète de ses espaces intérieurs et d’une partie de ses cabines, ainsi que des extérieurs, notamment le pont piscine. Doté de nouveaux espaces, dont un centre de bien-être, le Lisboa va aussi bénéficier d’une remise à niveau technique très poussée. Ainsi, selon Portuscale Cruises, quelques 500 tonnes d’acier vont être remplacées, ainsi que 30 kilomètres de tuyauterie et plus de 30 kilomètres de câbles électriques.

Long de 162.3 mètres pour une largeur de 21.3 mètres et un tirant d’eau de 7.7 mètres, le paquebot proposera 301 cabines, avec une capacité maximale de 733 passagers.
Crédits: Mer et Marine

UMA OBRA DE ARTE DE HANS BREEMAN

Oilpainting: The Wodan was one of the first operational Smit Tugboats. Built in 1883 on the shipping yard  of L Smith & Son in Kinderdijk  located along the river Lek. The company still exists, but it has completely changed  now under the name IHC.

Para venda ou ver outros trabalhos do artista holandês Hans Breeman, consulte a pagina 

www.hansbreeman.nl

O PONTA DELGADA

O navio PONTA DELGADA da extinta E.I.N. na baía de Angra - Açores

O NOVO FRANCE

O projeto final para o navio FRANCE está praticamente concluído. Na minha opinião, com um design horrivel, mas gostos não se discutem...

HAPPY RIVER REBOCADO PARA SINES

O navio Happy River com danos na máquina quando se encontrava perto de Faro, em 5 de Novembro pº.pº., foi rebocado para Sines. Com 138 m e construido em 1997, pertence à empresa holandesa Biglift Shipping e seguia rumo a Cherbourg, com encomendas para o reator nuclear EPR EDF terceira geração em construção em Flamanville.