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I've always found that a bit funny, too. They could at least paint the deck blue instead of green!

This was departing Gulf Copper Galveston, just across the channel from the cruise terminals.

I was really fighting the wind this day. My grand plans of following the rig out to the Gulf of Mexico were quickly dashed. Best I could do was getting her leaving the shipyard en route to sea.

Great shots. There was a ship recycler near New Orleans that used to look like that that I always wanted to explore. I was scheduled to work just a few miles further north on Arthur Kill in June. If that ends up remaining on the schedule I’ll definitely have to pack my M2P in case I get some...

The second one is an ATB - Articulated Tug/Barge. The tug fits into the notch of the barge to provide more ship-like handling on longer open-sea voyages, as opposed to the squared-off inland barges you’d see somewhere like the Mississippi River. That’s a tanker barge, likely delivering some sort...

Sorry, unrelated request, but can you tell me the name of the terminal or facility where the cruise ship is laid up? I’ve always been told there are no layberths available in the Tampa area, but get requests several times each year asking to put and idle vessel in the Tampa area to await work.

She's outside of any of the restricted areas around there. I know Carnival's vessels are warm-stacked for 30 days, not sure about NCL.

You’re absolutely right, the Odyssey is an old drilling platform that was converted to a launch platform. I generally work on about 4-5 semi-submersible heavy lift operations each year. It was these projects that sparked my interest in picking up a drone.

I’ve enjoyed all of the ship videos posted, so wanted to offer my own. These are my first attempts at making videos, so perhaps they’d be better posted in the Critiques forum?

I’ve been lurking and using this site for research for quite a while now. Purchased a Mavic 2 Pro a few months ago, now looking at Part 107 prep material. Thanks to all here, it’s been a big help so far.