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Issue 18 25th February 2011

Vessel in FocusThis month we look at the and discover how this powerful shipoperates.

Pictures from SSA new month and a fresh set of pictures from Ship Simulator Extremes.

Feature article - New York HarbourCapt Matt tells us about New York Harbour and the variety of vessels that call throughoutthe year as well as some of the other activity that goes on in this bustling port.

New York in SSEWe present a range of pictures of the New York ShipSim users know well - the port in SSE.

Competitions PageThe usual quizzes and word searches including ‘Guess the Ship’ as well as a new crosswordpuzzle.

Ship Review - Bugsier 2We look at the Bugsier 2, an old Ship Simulator favourite that has been in the game sincethe New Horizons add-on in 2008.

MediaView the winning picture for last month’s ‘Picture of the Month’ competition and somenew ShipSim pictures.

Real Life PicturesA selection of pictures from the maritime world.

Ocean Liners PageA brand new page produced with OceanLiners.com every month showcasing a liner fromthe golden age of travel. This month we examine the , one time flagship ofFrance.

Competition time!Fancy winning the new Ship Simulator Extremes ferry pack? Go to page 13 to find out howyou can get your hands on a copy!

WardroomLatest news from SSM and a quick look at Issue 19 of ShipSim Magazine as well as theusual maritime links.

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firstjoined the Ship Simulator fleetwith the release of ShipSim2008 and is the first offshoretug to be featured.

Built in 2005 by NiigataShipbuilding of Japan she ispart of the Fairmount classand with a maximum bollardpull of 205 tonnes she has thepower to undertake big tows.

The ship is 75.05 metres longand has a minimum andmaximum draught of 4.08metres and 6.8 metresrespectively.

Sherpa is powered by fourWärtsilä 6L 32 engines and ispropelled by two propellerseach 3.85 metres in diameter.Her bow thrusters provideher with an extra 825kW aswell as 736kW from her sternthrusters which enable her tomanoeuvre easier in ports.

There are bunks for sixofficers, six crew membersand 24 towing crew membersmaking 36 bunks in total.

Sherpa also has two deckcranes capable of rotating360° and lifting eight tonneswhen extended out at sevenmetres.

In Ship Simulator 2008Sherpa has been used to towthe oil rig Erik Raude as wellas being a very popular vesselin multiplayer, particularly inMarseille where she was theonly suitable tug before theNew Horizons addon wasreleased.

She returns once more in ShipSimulator Extremes and withthe recent release of theMission Editor will I hopecontinue to be a popularvessel to sail.

Fairmount Sherpa

Length: 75.05m

Beam: 18m

Draught: 6.8m(max)

Registry: Rotterdam

Tonnage: 3,239GRT

Deadweight: 3,568 tonnes

Built: 2005

Total bunks: 36

Sherpa Facts

� Fairmount Sherpa has adeck area of 384m2

� Sherpa has a maximumRPM of 750

� Fairmount Sherpa is oneof five anchor handlingtugs owned byFairmount Marine.

� She has a maximumpower output of3,000kW.

� Fairmount Sherpa’s callsign is PBNF

� The ship has an onboardoil dispersant system

� Fairmount Sherpa haswater guns allowing herto fight fires at sea.

Fairmount Sherpa... An SS08 veteran




Feature Article

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By Capt. Matt

New York, the city thatnever sleeps, especially on thewater. I have so much tocover in this article, howeverlet’s start off with one of ourfavourites... ferries! From thecommuter ferries, to highspeed, to tourist, to Point Ato Point B, in the Harbour,there are ferries galore! Oneof the oldest ferry lines is theStaten Island Ferry, operatedby the New York CityDepartment ofTransportation founded in1817 and is free of cost.Prior to the World TradeCentre attack vehicles wereallowed on the ferry, howeverthat is no longer the case.Currently it has one linewhich is around 5 miles long

( about 8 ½kilometres) andhas 8 vessels.There is the St.George terminal inStaten Island andSouth Ferry at thetip of BatteryPark. The dailyridership isaround 75,000people.

A�longwith theStaten Islandferry thereare the Statueof Libertyferriesoperated byStatue

Cruises. Statue Cruises is aHornblower Companyservice to Alcatraz Island.Statue Cruises gained theoperation in 2007 taking

Circle Line's title ofserving the NationalPark Service for 54 years.There are also somesmaller commuter

ferries such asNew York WaterTaxi, New YorkWaterway and

Liberty LandingFerry.

Now it's not onlyferries that are on theharbour ...during thesummer the harbouris filled with pleasure

boaters. Most boatsin this area average

to around 40 feet(about 14metres). Thereare also manysightseeing/dinn

er cruises. Thedinner boats rangegreatly in size

...from 60 feetto 200+. Continued

NEW YORKHARBOUR

Since the 19th century the Port of New York hasplayed host to many types of vessel, including thegreat liners of Cunard and White Star Line. Capt.Matt tells us more.




Feature Article

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By Capt. Matt

Don't get me wrong it's notonly larger boats that occupythese waters. There are manykayakers and every year thereis a kayak race aroundManhattan Island.

Let’s take a touch on some ofthe events that happen in theharbour. One of the largestis the fourth of Julyfireworks. Every year onAmericas Independence Daythere are several bargesplaced around the harbourdisplaying an incrediblefireworks display. There arealso the Superboat racesalong with the ‘Poker Run’speedboat races. One of theforgotten events are thetugboat races ...yes, you heardme tugboat races! It's prettyself explanatory; this is whereseveral tugboat companiesenter tugboats to race eachother. It's quite the event!

I'm trying not to go toooverboard so now I'll justgive some generalinformation about theharbour. As you know in thegame there are severalbridges, sometimes posing

height restrictions. The mostwell known is the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the gatewayto New York Harbour linkingStaten Island to Brooklyn.Now there are the bridges onthe East River, an easy way toremember them are the'BMW' bridges, standing forBrooklyn Manhattan andWilliamsburg bridges. Thelast bridge featured in theenvironment is the 59th streetBridge.

Points of interest include,one of my favourites: SouthStreet Seaport. Severalferries/harbour cruises leavefrom there. Also theButtermilk Channel is where

the Queen Mary 2 berths.Left out? Unfortunately Iunderstand that there areseveral places that weren'tincluded in the environment;however I feel that it wouldmake a huge difference to thegame. One is Chelsea Piers,many cruise ships dock hereincluding Norwegian CruiseLines ships. Another hugething that was left out wasthe ports of Newark andElizabeth. These portsprovide a huge supply ofgoods to the United Statesand is one of the busiestports.

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New Yorkin SSE

Sticking with the New York theme, we presentsome pictures from the SSE New York.




Ship Quiz:

Q: Name of Sherpa’sownerA: Fairmount Marine

Q: Pride of Rotterdam’sdraught?A: 6.04m

Q: New York featuresStatue of...A: Liberty

Q: Cornish environmentin SS?A: Padstow

Q: New Greenpeacesailing ship?A: Rainbow Warrior III

Guess the ship:

St Clare, operated by WightLink ferries.

Nautical Term

Laker

A ship operating on the GreatLakes.

Word Search

VSTEPSternRotterdamRed FunnelEnginesFunnelExtreme

Congratulations to Chris Richardsonand ‘sebas80’ who guessed lastmonth’s GTS correctly and toAndrew Thomas who correctlyanswered the nautical term and ShipQuiz.

Send your answers to:[email protected] or via our contact form.

Winners will be mentioned in the next issue.

Guess the Ship

Can you guess the name of this ship and who operates her?

Ship Quiz

� Name of the company that operates Red Eagle?

� What bridge do vessels have to pass under to enter orleave New York harbour?

� What is the name of the German environment in SS?

� Name of the Greenpeace vessel featured last month?

� What is the name of the pilot boat in SSE?

Nautical Term of the Month

Hawser

Down:1. Small circular window on aship.3. Used to fly flags on a ship6. Propels a ship and can rotate360°

Across:2. Front of a ship4. Used to help manoeuvring inport5. Small boat used to evacuate avessel

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Bugsier 2 first came to our screens back in 2008. Several yearson in 2011 she is still a popular vessel in the ShipSim series.

By ShipAddict

With the launch of the NewHorizons add-on pack onMarch 25th 2008, for the firsttime Ship Simulator fans hadthe opportunity to pilot anazimuth tractor tug, the newvessel being the Bugsier 2.

In real life, Bugsier 2is owned by theBugsier Reedereitowing company andshe operates inHamburg, mainly as aharbour tug to assistwith day to day portoperations.

Both Bugsier 2 and her sisterBugsier 3 havetheirazimuthunitsplacedunder thebow with aprotective platesituated just in frontin order to protect theunits should the tug ever runaground.

Bugsier 2 was designed as aseagoing tug with offshorework in mind as well asharbour duties, therefore herforecastle was raised byroughly 1.5 metres allowingher to be used for deep seaoperations.

The vessel hasaccommodation for the crewwith three single cabins andtwo twin cabins, all of whichare air conditioned.

Bugsier Reederei officiallytook over Bugsier 2 on the

June 30th

2006 andstarted

operations in

Hamburgon July 8th.

While designed for bothharbour use and offshorework, she spends her time inHamburg assis-ting with

arrivals and departures.

Even though she is used forharbour work she does havethe equipment and capabilityto carry out deep sea workincluding anchor handling,however the anchor cannotbe placed on the deck. Shealso has an onboard crane onthe after deck which can lift amaximum weight of 9.1tonnes at a fully extendedoutreach of ten metres.

Bugsier 2 is powered by twoDeutz MWM Type 9 M 628engines which give her aspeed of 12 knots. They alsopower the air conditioningunits and even twosearchlights above thewheelhouse.

When undertaking harbourduties Bugsier 2 tends tooperate with a crew of threepeople, however she can take

a maximum of ten crewmembers at most.

Insidethe

Bugsier2 there

are sixwatertight

compartments thatprotect the main areas

of the vessel, including theengine room.

In the wheelhouse Bugsier 2has two radar systems...Continued on next page...

“...startedoperations in

Hamburg”




...an electronic chart system,echo sounder, and auto pilotfunction, and an AIS systemas well as magnetic andsatellite compasses.

Bugsier 2 in ShipSim

Bugsier 2 was one of the newvessels included in the NewHorizons add-on and she wasmodelled by forum member,‘SimonDR’ in Lightwave.

The 3D model itself isbeautiful with a lot ofattention to detailincluding navigationlights, life rings andbollards.

Inside the wheelhouseconsoles and buttons haveall been modelled as well asbookshelves and seating.

The winches and life boathave also been modelled aswell as the break water,designed to protect her fromlarger waves when used inoffshore operations.

When Bugsier 2 first cameto Ship Simulator she wasa welcome alternative tothe Fairmount Sherpa inonline multiplayer;particularly in Marseillewhere it was very popularto sail container shipsinto the port andmoor them inthe dock area.

Since she

wasreleased with

New Horizons peoplehave always had troublecontrolling her due to herazimuth drives which havethe ability to rotate 360degrees allowing the player tospin her around at fast speedsand in tight spaces.

With a bollard pull of 63tonnes she is perfect touse in in-game missions

along with the pushboat Herkules Atlas as

well as multiplayer,particularly for

assisting largeships

suchas the

Latitudeand Vermaas.

Even though she is used forharbour work in real life, shecan still be used in-game inan open sea environment toassist with rescue operationsin missions as well asmultiplayer.

Bugsier 2 has returned onceagain in Ship SimulatorExtremes along with herazimuth drives and featuresin the ‘Core’ campaignsection of the game. With therecent release of the MissionEditor she will hopefullyfeature in user made missionsand continue to be a popularShip Simulator vessel.

‘Mvsmith’ has produced a tutorialon using Azimuth drives inShipSim 08. You can view it here.

Sources: www.tugboats.de,www.bugsier.de.

Built: 2006

Length: 32.80 metres

Beam: 11.70 metres

Draught: 6.70 metres

Air draught: 14.80 metres

Gross tonnage: 430GRT

Speed: 12 knots

Crew capacity: 10 persons maximum

Bollard pull: 63 tonnes

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Congratulations to December’s POTM Winner!

The Ferry King

Remember you cansend your in-gamepictures to befeatured here via ourcontact form atshipsimmag.com




Capt Matt




Chitch

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Ocean Liners

Normandie was considered bymany to be the world’s ultimateocean liner, she was the largestand fastest passenger shipafloat when she entered servicein 1935, and a pinnacle ofFrench design. Constructionstarted in January 1931 at StNazaire, western France, whereall previous French ocean linershad also been constructed. Theliner was completed in May1935.The shipyard Chantiers etAteliers de St Nazaire(Penhoët) built the liner for theshipping company CompagnieGénérale Transatlantique(CGT), which was known asthe ‘French Line’.Normandie’s design wascreated by Russian émigréVladimir Yourkevitch, andincorporated beautiful lines, arounded stem and bulbous bowbeneath the waterline. Theliner’s dimensions wererevolutionary, with a length of1,029 feet and width of 184feet. The hull design alsoenabled the ship to achieve amaximum recorded speed of32.2 knots.Despite having three funnels,the last one was actually adummy, used to house kennels.The interior spaces werelavishly decorated by a numberof designers in a modern artdeco style.During sea trials it was revealedthat Normandie had vibrationissues, this was later correctedat the end of her first season.Normandie was also fitted witha radar detection device fordetecting objects, the first

passenger liner to have such adevice.On 29th May, 1935, on her firstvoyage, the Normandie brokethe speed record for crossingthe Atlantic and became theBlue Riband holder, and HalesTrophy winner.For a number of years the SSNormandie providedpassengers with luxury oceantravel.However with the outbreak ofwar, the Normandie ultimatelywas seized in New York by theUnited States, who intended toconvert it into a naval transportvessel, and rename it ‘USSLafayette’.In February 1942 during theconversion from passengerliner to navy ship a fire brokeout. The fire departmentpumped water onto the ship inan effort to put out the fire,however the water ultimatelycaused the ship to capsize.Although the liner was refloated, it was impractical torestore her to her originalcondition, and she wasscrapped in October 1946.

Welcome to the Ocean Liners page, produced in association with OceanLiners.com. Thismonth’s liner is the SS Normandie, one of the fastest Atlantic liners of her day.

Normandie FactsHistory of the Normandie

Built: 1935

Builder: Chantiers et Ateliers de St Nazaire (Penhoët)

Length: 1029ft

Beam: 119ft

Draught: 37ft

Passengers: 1972

Crew: 1345

Fate: Scrapped 1946

Timeline:

1932: Launched by the French

1935: Maiden voyage

1942: Caught fire and capsized

1946: Scrapped

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Editor/ Creator: ShipAddict

Monthly contributors:

Chitch

Written contributions:

Capt Matt, OceanLiners.com

Pictorial contributions:

Capt Matt, Nicklas

Other contributors:

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Special thanks to:

Frank_VSTEP, Swenson

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Great Lakes www.boatnerd.com Great lakes.

Panama Canal www.panamacanal.com Panama Canal site.

Marine Traffic AIS www.marinetraffic.com/ais Vessel tracker.

Professional Mariner www.professionalmariner.com Maritime magazine.

Ships Monthly www.shipsmonthly.com Maritime magazine.

Maritime News www.marinelink.com Maritime magazine.

Marine Log www.marinelog.com Maritime magazine.

Baird Maritime www.bairdmaritime.com Online news.

Marine Link www.marinelink.com Maritime magazine.

Thank you to Chitch for compiling this set of maritime links.

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White Marlin

We examine ‘WhiteMarlin’, the newcatamaran thatwill make its ShipSimulator debutwith the release of the FerryPack and examine how thesefast cats came about as wellas some of the routes thesevessels operate on.,

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