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THIS IS POSSIBLY THE OLDEST SITE ON THE INTERNET DEVOTED TO OFFSHORE VESSELS. THE FIRST PICTURE WAS POSTED IN 1998 AND THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 1200 IMAGES AVAILABLE AT TIMES.

IF YOU WISH TO START AT THE BEGINNING ENTER HERE IF NOT MAKE A SELECTION FROM THE LINKS BELOW.


PICTURE OF THE DAY Updated approximately 3 times a week. Picture of the Day started as a picture posted on the internet every day taken from our office in Aberdeen. Today it is a picture of offshore activities taken some-where in the world and sent to us by one of our visitors. As well as looking at the picture it is well worth browsing through the archive.	THE ABERDEEN HARBOUR WEBCAM Always up to date If you would like to see offshore vessels on the move, alas not at oil rigs, but at least entering and leaving one of the busiest supply ship harbours in the world this is the place. There are eight views which can be selected, from the harbour entrance to the river Dee. It used to be capable of of being panned tilted and zoomed, but mindless people attempted to destroy the motors and prevent others from looking at the ships.	SHIP INFORMATION Latest update 28/1/10 It is impossible to keep up with everything that is happening to the supply ship business but in this section we make a valiant attempt. There is much information and photographs about supply ships worldwide here. There are details of over 100 companies and over 1000 ships here. We keep at it!
FEATURES Latest update 11/12/09 Over the last 20 years your editor has written many articles for nautical and offshore publications, and latterly has written some stuff just for this site. This includes reports on both the loss of the Stevns Power and the investigation into the Bourbon Dolphin Accident. There are also some contributions from others.	NEWS AND VIEWS Latest update 15/1/10 This is a sometimes intermittent monthly comment on things that are happening in the marine world. Hopefully it is informative and sometimes amusing, and at the very least provides an alterative view to what one might call the "official" one. We hope that there are a few sensible words here in a mad world.	PUBLICATIONS Current Well, today there are two publications. The first was "The History of the Supply Ship" which was something of a labour of love, and has been generally well received. A further edition of "Supply Ship Operations" has now been published, bringing up to date an iconic handbook for those about to enter, or who are already working in the business.
As well as the photographs in the "picture of the day" archive there are many photos in the ship information section of anchor-handlers (AHTS) platform ships (PSVs) Construction and ROV vessels, FPSOs, platforms and oil rigs (Mobile units). Some, but not all, are thumbnails. And if you would like to know something about supply vessels or the offshore industry email us - we'll try to help.