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Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 Hybird.

 

Colmore Row, Birmingham

Southern National 3107, SFJ127R, Bristol LH6L with Plaxton Supreme Express C41F body in Yeovil Bus Station on 18 August 1989

Express Motors operates a varied collection of buses on its network of bus services on the Caernarfon area. CX14 EMS is a Scania N280 Enviro 400 supplied new in 2014 and was working a service 1 to Porthmadog on 18th September, 2017.

Location: Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City

Operator: Voyager Express

Bus No: 2000143

Classification: Air Conditioned

Area of Operation: City Operation

Model: Hino RK MR Series

Body: Pilipinas Hino Auto Body

Seating Configuration: 2x3

Transmission: Manual (6 gears forward & 1 reverse)

Trip: NAIA - GROTTO VIA EDSA/SM FAIRVIEW/COMMONWEALTH

Hyde Park Corner

 

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A USAirways Express flight using CRJ equipment is on final approach at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

A rare outing in daylight is 321334 as it passes through Stafford on parcel deliveries working from Mossend to Birmingham International!

Daf MB230 Van Hool, photo taken 01/09/13

HWH based WDM-3A loco - 16040 has pulled into platform number - 01 at Bhagalpur (BGP) yard with Howrah (HWH) bound 13024 (Gaya-Howrah) Express at its tow !!

 

INTRODUCTION TO THE TRAIN : -

 

The 13023/13024 (HWH=GAYA) Express is an overnight running train that covers a distance of 653 kms between Howrah (HWH) station and Gaya (GAYA) station . The UP train leaves Howrah (HWH) station at 19:50 hours and reach Gaya (GAYA) at 10:55 hours on the next day covering the distance in 15 hours and 05 minutes . Its DOWN counterpart leaves Gaya (GAYA) at 12:10 hours and reach Howrah (HWH) station at 03:40 hours on the next day covering the distance in 15 hours and 30 minutes . The rake is maintained by ER zone at HWH coaching base . It gets Howrah (HWH) based WDM-2 or WDM-3A locomotive end to end on regular basis . It is a very rarely captured train .

Hyde Park Corner

 

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Amritsar - Dibrugarh Express entering Jalandhar City with Siliguri WDP-4B 40024

  

Whatever you do ... do it good!

Transpennine Express 802202 seen at Stalybridge on 5Q95 Neville Hill TMD to Edge Hill TMD

This tourist express train is made for luxury travel. The front part is the cockpit and first-class sightseeing seats. Engine Room and the train door is in the middle. At the rear there is a sleeper cabin with bunker beds. Having some exceptionally sized jet turbines, the idea of this build is brought from diselpunk locomotives in fantasy-style video games. Most of the parts are come from 70828 and 70830, in partiular the ginormous windscreen plus some window pieces from the Party Bus.

national express 2233 at birmingham

United Express (Operated by Republic Airways) flight 3517 on final approach into runway 19L at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) from Charleston International Airport (CHS). Embraer E175LR.

Express berthed in Cairnryan

 

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Carrick United team that beat Clonmel Town in last Saturday's Munster Junior Cup Final. | Photo: Anne Marie Magorrian

Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC.

 

Moor Street Queensway, Birmingham

Make: SR Exfoh

Operator: Fermina Express, Inc.

Shot Location: Dau Terminal, Mabalacat Pampanga

 

*Thanks to AntokinAmpog for this shot.

beijing airport express

 

The Airport Express links central Beijing to Terminal 3 within just 16 minutes, and Terminal 2 from Dongzhimen, central Beijing is no more than 25 minutes away. The distance between Dongzhimen and Beijing Airport is 23 km by car. It presently costs RMB 16 for airport express. There are 4 stops along the express rail link: Terminal 3, Terminal 2, Sanyuanqiao and Dongzhimen. Dongzhimen will be the final city terminus. The Infrastructure Powers That Be, fully recognizing the current transport mélange at Dongzhimen, are putting the touching pieces to the Dongzhimen Transport Hub. The Airport Express will come into the hub on Basement Level 4, with Lines 2 and 13 a few floors above. You’ll actually be able to follow the signs and complete the interchange without ever seeing a ray of light (sun or moon). After the Games, you’ll even be able to check in your bags from Dongzhimen.

Two Embraer 195LR's of Air Europa Express parked in the storage area of Norwich International Airport (NWI), Norfolk.

 

Air Europa Express is a Spanish regional low cost airline.

The airline was founded in Spain in 1996 as Aeronova and flew scheduled and charter flights on behalf of other companies. Aeronova also had a school offering training for pilots on the two types the airline flew, the ATR 42 and the Fairchild SA-227 Metro.

In November 2015 Globalia Corporacion, parent company of Air Europa, bought Aeronova. Later the same month it was announced that Globalia would rebrand the company as Air Europa Express to operate Air Europa's regional flights.

The airline commenced operations as Air Europa Express on 11th. January 2016 with two daily flights between Valencia and Madrid; and one daily flight between Valencia and Palma de Malorca.

In 2016 Globalia planned to have Air Europa grow and operate long haul flights, and have Air Europa Express for short haul and regional routes to be more competitive and reduce costs.

As of September 2020 the Air Europa Express fleet consists of:

3 - ATR 72-500

7 - Embraer 195LR

BWN based WDM-3A loco -16414 is about to get coupled to Jaynagar (JYG) bound 13185 (Sealdah-Jaynagar) Ganga Sagar Express at its tow !!

No , Ganga Sagar Express does not reverse at Sealdah , rather it originated from here !!

 

The Mobile Emergency Room is a project by Thierry Geoffroy/Colonel, a participating artist of the Maldives Pavilion working with art formats developed around the notion of emergency.

 

www.emergencyrooms.org

 

Emergency Room is a format providing space for artists to engage in urgent debates, address societal dysfunctions and express emergencies in the now, today, before it is too late. Geoffroy’s approach allows immediate artistic intervention and displaces the contemporary to the status of delayed comment on yesterday’s world.

Taking as point of departure climate change and the Maldives, Geoffroy developed a scenario of disappearance and translated actual emergencies and hospitality needs into artistic interventions. In this context he activated his penetration format in order to transform “rigid exhibition spaces” into “elastic and generous exhibition spaces”.

An intervention facilitated by curator Christine Eyene, the Mobile Emergency Room was set up at the Zimbabwe Pavilion during the opening week of the biennale with the hospitality of commissioner Doreen Sibanda and curator Raphael Chikukwa. The first pieces presented in this room consisted in Geoffroy’s tent and an installation by Polish artist Christian Costa. Since then it has been animated online and has extended from being a space for artists expressing emergencies about climate change, to encompassing various emergency topics.

From 24 to 28 August, Geoffroy was in Venice collaborating with Danish artists Nadia Plesner, Mads Vind Ludvigsen, who created new work everyday, raising various emergencies and concerns, with a daily change of exhibition (“passage”) at 3.00 pm. For his last day in Venice, Geoffroy addressed the Syrian situation.

 

The work produced during this intervention is displayed until 30 September. The presentation is based on Geoffroy's concept of "Delay Museum" where art created for past emergencies is exhibited, while new work enters the Mobile Emergency Room.

 

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the Emergency Room Mobile at the Zimbabwe pavilion / Venice Biennale has now been completed with some work from the The Delay Museum ,Please visit the pavilion when you go the Venice Biennale this is part of the PENETRATIONS formats ( the Zimbabwe pavilion gave hopsitality for a period of several monthes ) the displayed art works in the Delay Museum are still "boiling " as they are from last week . ( Nadia Plesner / Mads Vind Ludvigsen , COLONEL ) ( this project is a convergence with BIENNALIST / Emergency Room ) more on Christine Eyene blog as she facilated and work within ....This penetration was in connection with my participation in the Maldives pavilion " CAN A NATION WELCOME ANOTHER NATION ?"CAN EMERGENCIES BE RANKED " .Thank you also for the work by David Marin , @Guillaume Dimanche and Christian Costa

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VENICE BIENNALE / VENEZIA BIENNIAL 2013 : BIENNALIST

 

www.emergencyrooms.org/biennalist.html

 

Biennalist is an Art Format by Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel debating with artistic tools on Biennales and other cultural managed events . Often those events promote them selves with thematics and press releases faking their aim . Biennalist take the thematics of the Biennales very seriously , and test their pertinance . Artists have questioned for decade the canvas , the pigment , the museum ... since 1989 we question the Biennales .Often Biennalist converge with Emergency Room providing a burning content that cannot wait ( today before it is too late )

 

please contact before using the images : Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel 1@colonel.dk

www.colonel.dk

 

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Countries( nations ) that participate at the Venice Biennale 55 th ( 2013 Biennale di Venezia ) in Italy ( at Giardini or Arsenale or ? ) , Encyclopedic Palace is curated by Massimiliano Gioni

 

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,

Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech , Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Canada, Chile, China, Congo,

Slovak Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,

Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore

Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

the Bahamas, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Kosovo, Kuwait, the Maldives, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Paraguay

 

Eight countries will also participate for the first time in next year's biennale: the Bahamas, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Kosovo, Kuwait, the Maldives, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Paraguay. In 2011, 89 international pavilions, the most ever, were accessible in the Giardini and across the city.

 

please contact before using the images : Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel 1@colonel.dk

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lists of artists participating at the Venice Biennale

 

Hilma af Klint, Victor Alimpiev, Ellen Altfest, Paweł Althamer, Levi Fisher Ames, Yuri Ancarani, Carl Andre, Uri Aran, Yüksel Arslan, Ed Atkins, Marino Auriti, Enrico Baj, Mirosław Bałka, Phyllida Barlow, Morton Bartlett, Gianfranco Baruchello, Hans Bellmer, Neïl Beloufa, Graphic Works of Southeast Asia and Melanesia, Hugo A. Bernatzik Collection, Ștefan Bertalan, Rossella Biscotti, Arthur Bispo do Rosário, John Bock, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Geta Brătescu, KP Brehmer, James Lee Byars, Roger Caillois, Varda Caivano, Vlassis Caniaris, James Castle, Alice Channer, George Condo, Aleister Crowley & Frieda Harris, Robert Crumb, Roberto Cuoghi, Enrico David, Tacita Dean, John De Andrea, Thierry De Cordier, Jos De Gruyter e Harald Thys, Walter De Maria, Simon Denny, Trisha Donnelly, Jimmie Durham, Harun Farocki, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Linda Fregni Nagler, Peter Fritz, Aurélien Froment, Phyllis Galembo, Norbert Ghisoland, Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi, Domenico Gnoli, Robert Gober, Tamar Guimarães and Kasper Akhøj, Guo Fengyi, João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva, Wade Guyton, Haitian Vodou Flags, Duane Hanson, Sharon Hayes, Camille Henrot, Daniel Hesidence, Roger Hiorns, Channa Horwitz, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, René Iché, Hans Josephsoh, Kan Xuan, Bouchra Khalili, Ragnar Kjartansson, Eva Kotátková, Evgenij Kozlov, Emma Kunz, Maria Lassnig, Mark Leckey, Augustin Lesage, Lin Xue, Herbert List, José Antonio Suárez Londoño, Sarah Lucas, Helen Marten, Paul McCarthy, Steve McQueen, Prabhavathi Meppayil, Marisa Merz, Pierre Molinier, Matthew Monahan, Laurent Montaron, Melvin Moti, Matt Mullican, Ron Nagle, Bruce Nauman, Albert Oehlen, Shinro Ohtake, J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Henrik Olesen, John Outterbridg, Paño Drawings, Marco Paolini, Diego Perrone, Walter Pichler, Otto Piene, Eliot Porter, Imran Qureshi, Carol Rama, Charles Ray, James Richards, Achilles G. Rizzoli, Pamela Rosenkranz, Dieter Roth, Viviane Sassen, Shinichi Sawada, Hans Schärer, Karl Schenker, Michael Schmidt, Jean-Frédéric Schnyder, Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern, Tino Sehgal, Richard Serra, Shaker Gift Drawings, Jim Shaw, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons e Allan McCollum, Drossos P. Skyllas, Harry Smith, Xul Solar, Christiana Soulou, Eduard Spelterini, Rudolf Steiner, Hito Steyerl, Papa Ibra Tall, Dorothea Tanning, Anonymous Tantric Paintings, Ryan Trecartin, Rosemarie Trockel, Andra Ursuta, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Stan VanDerBeek, Erik van Lieshout, Danh Vo, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Günter Weseler, Jack Whitten, Cathy Wilkes, Christopher Williams, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Kohei YoshiyUKi, Sergey Zarva, Anna Zemánková, Jakub Julian Ziółkowski ,Artur Żmijewski.

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other pavilions at Venice Biennale

 

Andorra

Artists: Javier Balmaseda, Samantha Bosque, Fiona Morrison

Commissioner: Henry Périer

Deputy Commissioners: Francesc Rodríguez, Ermengol Puig, Ruth Casabella

Curators: Josep M. Ubach, Paolo De Grandis

Venue: Arsenale di Venezia, Nappa 90

 

Angola

Artist: Edson Chagas

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture

Curators: Beyond Entropy (Paula Nascimento, Stefano Rabolli Pansera), Jorge Gumbe, Feliciano dos Santos

Venue: Palazzo Cini, San Vio, Dorsoduro 864

 

Argentina

Artist: Nicola Costantino

Commissioner: Magdalena Faillace

Curator: Fernando Farina

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

Armenia

Artist: Ararat Sarkissian

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture

Curator: Arman Grogoryan

Venue: Isola di San Lazzaro degli Armeni, everyday from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

 

Australia

Artist: Simryn Gill

Commissioner: Simon Mordant

Deputy Commissioner: Penelope Seidler

Curator: Catherine de Zegher

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Austria

Artist: Mathias Poledna

Commissioner/Curator: Jasper Sharp

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Azerbaijan

Artists: Rashad Alakbarov, Sanan Aleskerov, Chingiz Babayev, Butunay Hagverdiyev, Fakhriyya Mammadova, Farid Rasulov

Commissioner: Heydar Aliyev Foundation

Curator: Hervé Mikaeloff

Venue: Palazzo Lezze, Campo S. Stefano, San Marco 2949

 

Bahamas

Artist: Tavares Strachan

Commissioner: Nalini Bethel, Ministry of Tourism

Curators: Jean Crutchfield, Robert Hobbs

Deputy Curator: Stamatina Gregory

Venue: Arsenale, Tese Cinquecentesche

 

Bangladesh

Chhakka Artists’ Group: Mokhlesur Rahman, Mahbub Zamal, A. K. M. Zahidul Mustafa, Ashok Karmaker, Lala Rukh Selim, Uttam Kumar Karmaker. Dhali Al Mamoon, Yasmin Jahan Nupur, Gavin Rain, Gianfranco Meggiato, Charupit School

Commissioner/Curator: Francesco Elisei.

Curator: Fabio Anselmi.

Venue: Officina delle Zattere, Dorsoduro 947

 

Bahrain

Artists: Mariam Haji, Waheeda Malullah, Camille Zakharia

Commissioner: Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Culture

Curator: Melissa Enders-Bhatiaa

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

Belgium

Artist: Berlinde De Bruyckere

Commissioner: Joke Schauvliege, Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture

Curator: J. M. Coetzee

Deputy Curator: Philippe Van Cauteren

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Artist: Mladen Miljanovic

Commissioners: Sarita Vujković, Irfan Hošić

Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco

 

Brazil

Artists: Hélio Fervenza, Odires Mlászho, Lygia Clark, Max Bill, Bruno Munari

Commissioner: Luis Terepins, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo

Curator: Luis Pérez-Oramas

Deputy Curator: André Severo

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Canada

Artist: Shary Boyle

Commissioner: National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada

Curator: Josée Drouin-Brisebois

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Central Asia

Artists: Vyacheslav Akhunov, Sergey Chutkov, Saodat Ismailova, Kamilla Kurmanbekova, Ikuru Kuwajima, Anton Rodin, Aza Shade, Erlan Tuyakov

Commissioner: HIVOS (Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation)

Deputy Commissioner: Dean Vanessa Ohlraun (Oslo National Academy of the Arts/The Academy of Fine Art)

Curators: Ayatgali Tuleubek, Tiago Bom

Scientific Committee: Susanne M. Winterling

Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3199-3201

 

Chile

Artist: Alfredo Jaar

Commissioner: CNCA, National Council of Culture and the Arts

Curator: Madeleine Grynsztejn

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

China

Artists: He Yunchang, Hu Yaolin, Miao Xiaochun, Shu Yong, Tong Hongsheng, Wang Qingsong, Zhang Xiaotao

Commissioner: China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG)

Curator: Wang Chunchen

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

Costa Rica

Artists: Priscilla Monge, Esteban Piedra, Rafael Ottón Solís, Cinthya Soto

Commissioner: Francesco Elisei

Curator: Francisco Córdoba, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (Fiorella Resenterra)

Venue: Ca’ Bonvicini, Santa Croce

 

Croatia

Artist: Kata Mijatovic

Commissioner/Curator: Branko Franceschi.

Venue: Sala Tiziano, Opera don Orione Artigianelli, Fondamenta delle Zattere ai Gesuati 919

 

Cuba

Artists: Liudmila and Nelson, Maria Magdalena Campos & Neil Leonard, Sandra Ramos, Glenda León, Lázaro Saavedra, Tonel, Hermann Nitsch, Gilberto Zorio, Wang Du, H.H.Lim, Pedro Costa, Rui Chafes, Francesca Leone

Commissioner: Miria Vicini

Curators: Jorge Fernández Torres, Giacomo Zaza

Venue: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia, Palazzo Reale, Piazza San Marco 17

 

Cyprus

Artists: Lia Haraki, Maria Hassabi, Phanos Kyriacou, Constantinos Taliotis, Natalie Yiaxi, Morten Norbye Halvorsen, Jason Dodge, Gabriel Lester, Dexter Sinister

Commissioner: Louli Michaelidou

Deputy Commissioners: Angela Skordi, Marika Ioannou

Curator: Raimundas Malašauskas

 

Czech Republic & Slovak Republic

Artists: Petra Feriancova, Zbynek Baladran

Commissioner: Monika Palcova

Curator: Marek Pokorny

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Denmark

Artist: Jesper Just in collaboration with Project Projects

Commissioners: The Danish Arts Council Committee for International Visual Arts: Jette Gejl Kristensen (chairman), Lise Harlev, Jesper Elg, Mads Gamdrup, Anna Krogh

Curator: Lotte S. Lederballe Pedersen

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Egypt

Artists: Mohamed Banawy, Khaled Zaki

Commissioner: Ministry of Culture

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Estonia

Artist: Dénes Farkas

Commissioner: Maria Arusoo

Curator: Adam Budak

Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3199, San Samuele

 

Finland

Artist: Antti Laitinen

Commissioner: Raija Koli

Curators: Marko Karo, Mika Elo, Harri Laakso

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

France

Artist: Anri Sala

Commissioner: Institut français

Curator: Christine Macel

Venue: Pavilion of Germany at the Giardini

 

Georgia

Artists: Bouillon Group,Thea Djordjadze, Nikoloz Lutidze, Gela Patashuri with Ei Arakawa and Sergei Tcherepnin, Gio Sumbadze

Commissioner: Marine Mizandari, First Deputy Minister of Culture

Curator: Joanna Warsza

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

Germany

Artists: Ai Weiwei, Romuald Karmakar, Santu Mofokeng, Dayanita Singh

Commissioner/Curator: Susanne Gaensheimer

Venue: Pavilion of France at Giardini

 

Great Britain

Artist: Jeremy Deller

Commissioner: Andrea Rose

Curator: Emma Gifford-Mead

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Greece

Artist: Stefanos Tsivopoulos

Commissioner: Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports

Curator: Syrago Tsiara

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Holy See

Artists: Lawrence Carroll, Josef Koudelka, Studio Azzurro

Curator: Antonio Paolucci

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

Hungary

Artist: Zsolt Asztalos

Commissioner: Kunstahalle (Art Hall)

Curator: Gabriella Uhl

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Iceland

Artist: Katrín Sigurðardóttir

Commissioner: Dorotheé Kirch

Curators: Mary Ceruti , Ilaria Bonacossa

Venue: Lavanderia, Palazzo Zenobio, Collegio Armeno Moorat-Raphael, Fondamenta del Soccorso, Dorsoduro 2596

 

Indonesia

Artists: Albert Yonathan Setyawan, Eko Nugroho, Entang Wiharso, Rahayu Supanggah, Sri Astari, Titarubi

Commissioner: Soedarmadji JH Damais

Deputy Commissioner: Achille Bonito Oliva

Assistant Commissioner: Mirah M. Sjarif

Curators: Carla Bianpoen, Rifky Effendy

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

Iraq

Artists: Abdul Raheem Yassir, Akeel Khreef, Ali Samiaa, Bassim Al-Shaker, Cheeman Ismaeel, Furat al Jamil, Hareth Alhomaam, Jamal Penjweny, Kadhim Nwir, WAMI (Yaseen Wami, Hashim Taeeh)

Commissioner: Tamara Chalabi (Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture)

Deputy Commissioner: Vittorio Urbani

Curator: Jonathan Watkins.

Venue: Ca' Dandolo, San Tomà, Venezia

 

Ireland

Artist: Richard Mosse

Commissioner, Curator: Anna O’Sullivan

Venue: Fondaco Marcello, San Marco 3415

 

Israel

Artist: Gilad Ratman

Commissioners: Arad Turgeman, Michael Gov

Curator: Sergio Edelstein

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Italy

Artists: Francesco Arena, Massimo Bartolini, Gianfranco Baruchello, Elisabetta Benassi, Flavio Favelli, Luigi Ghirri, Piero Golia, Francesca Grilli, Marcello Maloberti, Fabio Mauri, Giulio Paolini, Marco Tirelli, Luca Vitone, Sislej Xhafa

Commissioner: Maddalena Ragni

Curator: Bartolomeo Pietromarchi

Venue: Italian Pavilion, Tese delle Vergini at Arsenale

 

Ivory Coast

Artists: Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Tamsir Dia, Jems Koko Bi, Franck Fanny

Commissioner: Paolo De Grandis

Curator: Yacouba Konaté

Venue: Spiazzi, Arsenale, Castello 3865

 

Japan

Artist: Koki Tanaka

Commissioner: The Japan Foundation

Curator: Mika Kuraya

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Kenya

Artists: Kivuthi Mbuno, Armando Tanzini, Chrispus Wangombe Wachira, Fan Bo, Luo Ling & Liu Ke, Lu Peng, Li Wei, He Weiming, Chen Wenling, Feng Zhengjie, César Meneghetti

Commissioner: Paola Poponi

Curators: Sandro Orlandi, Paola Poponi

Venue: Caserma Cornoldi, Castello 4142 and San Servolo island

 

Korea (Republic of)

Artist: Kimsooja

Commissioner/Curator: Seungduk Kim

Deputy Commissioner: Kyungyun Ho

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Kosovo

Artist: Petrit Halilaj

Commissioner: Erzen Shkololli

Curator: Kathrin Rhomberg

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

Kuwait

Artists: Sami Mohammad, Tarek Al-Ghoussein

Commissioner: Mohammed Al-Asoussi (National Council of Culture, Arts and Letters)

Curator: Ala Younis

Venue: Palazzo Michiel, Sestriere Cannaregio, Strada Nuova

 

Latin America

Istituto Italo-Latino Americano

Artists:

Marcos Agudelo, Miguel Alvear & Patricio Andrade, Susana Arwas, François Bucher, Fredi Casco, Colectivo Quintapata (Pascal Meccariello, Raquel Paiewonsky, Jorge Pineda, Belkis Ramírez), Humberto Díaz, Sonia Falcone, León & Cociña, Lucía Madriz, Jhafis Quintero, Martín Sastre, Guillermo Srodek-Hart, Juliana Stein, Simón Vega, Luca Vitone, David Zink Yi.

Harun Farocki & Antje Ehmann. In collaboration with: Cristián Silva-Avária, Anna Azevedo, Paola Barreto, Fred Benevides, Anna Bentes, Hermano Callou, Renata Catharino, Patrick Sonni Cavalier, Lucas Ferraço Nassif, Luiz Garcia, André Herique, Bruna Mastrogiovanni, Cezar Migliorin, Felipe Ribeiro, Roberto Robalinho, Bruno Vianna, Beny Wagner, Christian Jankowski

 

Commissioner: Sylvia Irrazábal

Curator: Alfons Hug

Deputy Curator: Paz Guevara

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

Latvia

Artists: Kaspars Podnieks, Krišs Salmanis

Commissioners: Zane Culkstena, Zane Onckule

Curators: Anne Barlow, Courtenay Finn, Alise Tifentale

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

Lebanon

Artist: Akram Zaatari

Commissioner: Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of the Arts in Lebanon (APEAL)

Curators: Sam Bardaouil, Till Fellrath

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

Lithuania

Artist: Gintaras Didžiapetris, Elena Narbutaite, Liudvikas Buklys, Kazys Varnelis, Vytaute Žilinskaite, Morten Norbye Halvorsen, Jason Dodge, Gabriel Lester, Dexter Sinister

Commissioners: Jonas Žokaitis, Aurime Aleksandraviciute

Curator: Raimundas Malašauskas

Venue: Palasport Arsenale, Calle San Biagio 2132, Castello

 

Luxembourg

Artist: Catherine Lorent

Commissioner: Clément Minighetti

Curator: Anna Loporcaro

Venue: Ca’ del Duca, Corte del Duca Sforza, San Marco 3052

 

Macedonia

Artist: Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva

Commissioner: Halide Paloshi

Curator: Ana Frangovska

Venue: Scuola dei Laneri, Santa Croce 113/A

 

Maldives

Participants: Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky), Thierry Geoffrey (aka Colonel), Gregory Niemeyer, Stefano Cagol, Hanna Husberg, Laura McLean & Kalliopi, Tsipni-Kolaza, Khaled Ramadan, Moomin Fouad, Mohamed Ali, Sama Alshaibi, Patrizio Travagli, Achilleas Kentonis & Maria Papacaharalambous, Wooloo, Khaled Hafez in collaboration with Wael Darwesh, Ursula Biemann, Heidrun Holzfeind & Christoph Draeger, Klaus Schafler

Commissioner: Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture

Curators: CPS – Chamber of Public Secrets (Alfredo Cramerotti, Aida Eltorie, Khaled

Ramadan)

Deputy Curators: Maren Richter, Camilla Boemio

Venue: Gervasuti Foundation, Via Garibaldi

 

Mexico

Artist: Ariel Guzik

Commissioner: Gastón Ramírez Feltrín

Curator: Itala Schmelz

Venue: Ex Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Campo San Lorenzo

 

Montenegro

Artist: Irena Lagator Pejovic

Commissioner/Curator: Nataša Nikcevic

Venue: Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3078-3079/A, Ramo Malipiero Venezia – Ground Floor

 

The Netherlands

Artist: Mark Manders

Commissioner: Mondriaan Fund

Curator: Lorenzo Benedetti

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

New Zealand

Artist: Bill Culbert

Commissioner: Jenny Harper

Deputy Commissioner: Heather Galbraith

Curator: Justin Paton

Venue: Santa Maria della Pietà, Calle della Pietà, Castello

 

Nordic Pavilion (Finland, Norway)

 

Finland:

Artist: Terike Haapoja

Commissioner: Raija Koli

Curators: Marko Karo, Mika Elo, Harri Laakso

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Norway:

Artists: Edvard Munch, Lene Berg

Commissioner: Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA)

Curators: Marta Kuzma, Pablo Lafuente, Angela Vettese

Venue: Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa

 

Paraguay

Artists: Pedro Barrail, Felix Toranzos, Diana Rossi, Daniel Milessi

Commissioner: Elisa Victoria Aquino Laterza

Deputy Commissioner: Nori Vaccari Starck

Curator: Osvaldo González Real

Venue: Palazzo Carminati, Santa Croce 1882

 

Poland

Artist: Konrad Smolenski

Commissioner: Hanna Wróblewska

Curators: Agnieszka Pindera, Daniel Muzyczuk

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Portugal

Artist: Joana Vasconcelos

Commissioner: Direção-Geral das Artes/Secretário de Estado da Cultura, Governo de Portugal

Curator: Miguel Amado

Venue: Riva dei Partigiani

 

Romania

Artists: Maria Alexandra Pirici, Manuel Pelmus

Commissioner: Monica Morariu

Deputy Commissioner: Alexandru Damian

Curator: Raluca Voinea

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Artists: Anca Mihulet, Apparatus 22 (Dragos Olea, Maria Farcas,Erika Olea), Irina Botea, Nicu Ilfoveanu, Karolina Bregula, Adi Matei, Olivia Mihaltianu, Sebastian Moldovan

Commissioner: Monica Morariu

Deputy Commissioner: Alexandru Damian

Curator: Anca Mihulet

Venue: Nuova Galleria dell'Istituto Romeno di Venezia, Palazzo Correr, Campo Santa Fosca, Cannaregio 2214

 

Russia

Artist: Vadim Zakharov

Commissioner: Stella Kasaeva

Curator: Udo Kittelmann

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Serbia

Artists: Vladimir Peric, Miloš Tomic

Commissioner: Maja Ciric

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Singapore

Cancelled the participation

 

Slovenia

Artist: Jasmina Cibic

Commissioner: Blaž Peršin

Curator: Tevž Logar

Venue: Galleria A+A, San Marco 3073

 

South Africa

Contemporary South African Art and the Archive

Commissioner: Saul Molobi

Curator: Brenton Maart

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

Spain

Artist: Lara Almarcegui

Commissioner/Curator: Octavio Zaya

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Switzerland

Artist: Valentin Carron

Commissioners: Pro Helvetia - Sandi Paucic and Marianne Burki

Deputy Commissioner: Pro Helvetia - Rachele Giudici Legittimo

Curator: Giovanni Carmine

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Syrian Arab Republic

Artists: Giorgio De Chirico, Miro George, Makhowl Moffak, Al Samman Nabil, Echtai Shaffik, Giulio Durini, Dario Arcidiacono, Massimiliano Alioto, Felipe Cardena, Roberto Paolini, Concetto Pozzati, Sergio Lombardo, Camilla Ancilotto, Lucio Micheletti, Lidia Bachis, Cracking Art Group, Hannu Palosuo

Commissioner: Christian Maretti

Curator: Duccio Trombadori

Venue: Isola di San Servolo

 

Taiwan

Artists: Bernd Behr, Chia-Wei Hsu, Kateřina Šedá + BATEŽO MIKILU

Curator: Esther Lu

Organizer: Taipei Fine Arts Museum

Venue: Palazzo delle Prigioni, Castello 4209, San Marco

 

Thailand

Artists: Wasinburee Supanichvoraparch, Arin Rungjang

Commissioner: Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Ministry of Culture

Curators: Penwadee Nophaket Manont, Worathep Akkabootara

Venue: Santa Croce 556

 

Turkey

Artist: Ali Kazma

Commissioner: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts

Curator: Emre Baykal

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale

 

Tuvalu

Artist: Vincent J.F.Huang

Commissioners: Apisai Ielemia, Minister of Foreign Affair, Trade, Tourism, Environment & Labour; Tapugao Falefou, Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, Environment & Labour

Curators: An-Yi Pan, Szu Hsien Li, Shu Ping Shih

Venue: Forte Marghera, via Forte Marghera, 30

 

Ukraine

Artists: Ridnyi Mykola, Zinkovskyi Hamlet, Kadyrova Zhanna

Commissioner: Victor Sydorenko

Curators: Soloviov Oleksandr, Burlaka Victoria

Venue: Palazzo Loredan, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Campo Santo Stefano

 

United Arab Emirates

Artist: Mohammed Kazem

Commissioner: Dr. Lamees Hamdan

Curator: Reem Fadda

Venue: Pavilion at Arsenale, Sale d'Armi

 

Uruguay

Artist: Wifredo Díaz Valdéz

Commissioner: Ricardo Pascale

Curators: Carlos Capelán, Verónica Cordeiro

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

USA

Artist: Sarah Sze

Commissioners/Curators: Carey Lovelace, Holly Block

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Venezuela

Colectivo de Artistas Urbanos Venezolanos

Commissioner: Edgar Ernesto González

Curator: Juan Calzadilla

Venue: Pavilion at Giardini

 

Zimbabwe

Artists: Portia Zvavahera, Michele Mathison, Rashid Jogee, Voti Thebe, Virginia Chihota

Commissioner: Doreen Sibanda

Curator: Raphael Chikukwa

Venue: Santa Maria della Pietà, Calle della Pietà, Castello 3701

 

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Drenched in the rain 11042 MAS-CSTM Express hauled by KYN WDG-3A 13370 skipping Dapodi.

Cubierta de Popa / Cubierta de Sol

"crucero" con el transportador Benchijigua Express

 

view large on black

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HSC Benchijigua Express

 

 

is a fast ferry, operated by shipping company Fred Olsen S.A.

between the Canary Islands, Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma in the Atlantic.

It was delivered to Olsen in April 2005.

 

At 127 metres ( 417 ft ) long, the Benchijigua Express is the second-longest trimaran in the world, less than a metre shy of the Independence class littoral combat ship, which was based on Benchijigua Express's design. Her body is made of aluminum and with a special offshore coating; and is the second-largest vessel with an aluminum hull. The ship's name was previously used twice since 1999.

 

Design and construction

The Benchijigua Express was built in Henderson, Western Australia by Austal. The vessel is 126.65 metres ( 415.5 ft ) long, 30.4 metres ( 100 ft ) wide, and with a draught of 4 metres ( 13 ft ).

She can reach speeds of 42 knots ( 78 km/h; 48 mph ),

although her normal service speed is 36 knots ( 67 km/h; 41 mph ).

 

The vessel is powered by four diesel engines of MTU Series 8000 ( 20 valves ),

each with 8,200 kW at 1,150 rpm driven, housed in two engine rooms.

 

Each of the two diesels in the rear engine-room

drive one Kamewa 125 SII steerable waterjet propulsion from Rolls-Royce.

 

The overall performance of both machines at the front engine room

is transferred to a Kamewa 180 BII booster waterjet.

 

The electrical energy is generated by four MTU 12V 2000 M40 generator units.

 

Up to 1,291 passengers are distributed on two decks. Due to the short crossing time, there are no passenger cabins. For vehicle transport there are 123 car spaces and 450 metres ( 1,480 ft ) of truck lane; the latter can be converted into an additional 218 car spaces.

 

The vehicle deck can be loaded and unloaded in 30 minutes over tree lines ! ! !.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSC_Benchijigua_Express

 

www.ship-technology.com/projects/benchijigua/specs.html

 

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Independence class littoral combat ship

The Independence class is a class of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy.

 

Based on the high-speed trimaran Benchijigua Express, the Independence class was proposed by General Dynamics and Austal as a contender for USN plans to build a fleet of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone. Two ships were approved, to compete with Lockheed Martin's Freedom class design for a construction contract of up to 55 vessels.

 

As of 2010, the lead ship is active, while a second ship is under construction. Despite initial plans to only accept one our of the Independence and Freedom classes, the USN has requested that Congress order ten ships of each class.

 

Planning and construction

Planning for a class of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone began in the early 2000s. In July 2003, a proposal by General Dynamics ( partnering with Austal USA, the American subsidiary of Australian shipbuilder Austal ) was approved by the USN, with a contract for two vessels. These would then be compared to two ships built by Lockheed Martin to determine which design would be taken up by the Navy for a production run of up to 55 ships.

 

The first ship, USS Independence was laid down at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, on 19 January 2006. The planned second ship was cancelled in November 2007, but reordered in May 2009, and laid down in December of that year as USS Coronado, shortly before Independence was launched.

 

The development and construction of Independence as of June 2009 was running at 220% over-budget. The total projected cost for the ship is $704 million. The Navy had originally projected the cost at $220 million. Independence began builder's trials in July 2009, three days behind schedule because of maintenance issues. A leak in the port gas turbine saw the order of trials altered, but builder's and acceptance trials were completed by November. and although her first INSURV inspection revealed 2,080 deficiencies, these were rectified in time for the ship to be handed over to the USN in mid-December, and commissioned in mid-January 2010.

 

After much inconsistency on how testing and orders were to proceed, in November 2010, the USN asked that Congress approve ten of both the Independence and Freedom classes

 

Design

The Independence class design is based on Austal's commercial high-speed trimaran Benchijigua Express. The ships are 127.4 m ( 418 ft ) long, with a beam of 31.6 m ( 104 ft ), and a draft of 13 ft ( 3.96 m ). Their displacement is rated at 2,176 tons light, 2,784 tons full, and 608 tons deadweight.

 

The standard ship's company is 40-strong, although this can increase depending on the ship's role with mission-specifc personnel. The habitability area is located under the bridge where bunks for ships personnel are situated. The helm is controlled by joysticks instead of traditional steering wheels.

 

Although the trimaran hull increases the total surface area, it is still able to reach sustainable speeds of about 50 knots ( 93 km/h; 58 mph ), with a range of 10,000 nautical miles ( 19,000 km; 12,000 mi ).

Austal claims that the design will use a third less fuel than the competing Freedom-class, but the Congressional Budget Office found that fuel would account for 18 percent or less of the total lifetime cost of Freedom.

 

Modular mission capability

The Independence class carries a default armament for self-defense, and command and control. However unlike traditional fighting ships with fixed armament such as guns and missiles, tailored mission modules can be configured for one mission package at a time. Modules may consist of manned aircraft, unmanned vehicles, off-board sensors, or mission-manning detachments.

 

The interior volume and payload is greater than some destroyers and is sufficient to serve as a high-speed transport and maneuver platform. The mission bay is 15,200 square feet ( 1,410 m2 ), and takes up most of the deck below the hangar and flight deck. With 11,000 cubic metres ( 390,000 cu ft ) of payload volume, it was designed with enough payload and volume to carry out one mission with a separate mission module in reserve, allowing the ship to do multiple missions without having to be refitted.

 

In addition to cargo or container-sized mission modules, the bay can carry four lanes of multiple Strykers, armored Humvees, and their associated troops. An elevator allows air transport of packages the size of a 20-foot-long ( 6.1 m ) shipping container that can be moved into the mission bay while at sea. A side access ramp allows for vehicle roll-on/roll-off loading to a dock and allows the ship to transport the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.

 

Armament and sensors

The Raytheon Evolved SeaRAM missile defense system is installed on the hangar roof. The SeaRAM combines the sensors of the Phalanx 1B close-in weapon system with an 11-missile launcher for the Rolling Airframe Missile ( RAM ), creating an autonomous system.

 

The Independence class ships also has an integrated LOS Mast, Sea Giraffe 3D Radar and SeaStar Safire FLIR. Northrop Grumman has demonstrated sensor fusion of on and off-board systems in the Integrated Combat Management System ( ICMS ) used on the LCS. Side and forward surfaces are angled for reduced radar profile. In addition, H-60 series helicopters provide airlift, rescue, anti-submarine, radar picket and anti-ship capabilities with torpedoes and missiles.

 

The flight deck, 1,030 m2 ( 11,100 sq ft ), can support the operation of two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters, multiple unmanned aerial vehicles, or one CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter.

The trimaran hull will allow flight operations up to sea state 5.

 

The vessels have an Interior Communications Center that can be curtained off from the rest of bridge instead of the heavily protected Combat Information Center found on Navy warships.

 

Derivative designs

Austal has proposed a much smaller and slower trimaran, called the 'Multi-Role Vessel' or 'Multi-Role Corvette'. Though it is only half the size of their LCS design, it would still be useful for border protection and counter piracy operations. Navy leaders said that the fixed price competition offered the Austal design an equal shot, in spite of its excess size and cost and limited service.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_class_littoral_combat_...

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Taken at the Swanage Spring Gala in Dorset, April 2015

Seen in Bangor

9th August 2014

nahuli din kita! di nga lang kagandahan ang kuha, haha..

Cpt. Leland Molland of the 31st FG and his wingman just dove down on an unsuspicious pair of 109s setting the trailing Hun immediatly on fire.

Transpennine Express 185117 seen on hire to Arriva Rail North (Northern) at Gatley on 1C52 Manchester Airport to Barrow-in-Furnace

Hogsmeade Station, Universal's Islands of Adventure

Heathrow Express Class 332 lifted on the jacks at the Open Day at Heathrow Express Old Oak Common Depot.

United Express (Operated by GoJet) flight 4486 on final approach into runway 19C at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) from John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH). CRJ-550.

Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse Urban 2.

 

The Priory Queensway, Birmingham

View on black

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSC_Benchijigua_Express

 

HSC Benchijigua Express

is a fast ferry, operated by shipping company Fred Olsen S.A.

between the Canary Islands, Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma in the Atlantic.

It was delivered to Olsen in April 2005.

 

At 127 metres ( 417 ft ) long, the Benchijigua Express is the second-longest trimaran in the world, less than a metre shy of the Independence class littoral combat ship, which was based on Benchijigua Express's design. Her body is made of aluminum and with a special offshore coating; and is the second-largest vessel with an aluminum hull. The ship's name was previously used twice since 1999.

 

Design and construction

The Benchijigua Express was built in Henderson, Western Australia by Austal. The vessel is 126.65 metres ( 415.5 ft ) long, 30.4 metres ( 100 ft ) wide, and with a draught of 4 metres ( 13 ft ).

She can reach speeds of 42 knots ( 78 km/h; 48 mph ),

although her normal service speed is 36 knots ( 67 km/h; 41 mph ).

 

The vessel is powered by four diesel engines of MTU Series 8000 ( 20 valves ),

each with 8,200 kW at 1,150 rpm driven, housed in two engine rooms.

 

Each of the two diesels in the rear engine-room

drive one Kamewa 125 SII steerable waterjet propulsion from Rolls-Royce.

 

The overall performance of both machines at the front engine room

is transferred to a Kamewa 180 BII booster waterjet.

 

The electrical energy is generated by four MTU 12V 2000 M40 generator units.

 

Up to 1,291 passengers are distributed on two decks. Due to the short crossing time, there are no passenger cabins. For vehicle transport there are 123 car spaces and 450 metres ( 1,480 ft ) of truck lane; the latter can be converted into an additional 218 car spaces.

 

The vehicle deck can be loaded and unloaded in 30 minutes over tree lines ! ! !.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSC_Benchijigua_Express

 

www.ship-technology.com/projects/benchijigua/specs.html

 

______________________________________________________________________

  

Independence class littoral combat ship

The Independence class is a class of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy.

 

Based on the high-speed trimaran Benchijigua Express, the Independence class was proposed by General Dynamics and Austal as a contender for USN plans to build a fleet of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone. Two ships were approved, to compete with Lockheed Martin's Freedom class design for a construction contract of up to 55 vessels.

 

As of 2010, the lead ship is active, while a second ship is under construction. Despite initial plans to only accept one our of the Independence and Freedom classes, the USN has requested that Congress order ten ships of each class.

 

Planning and construction

Planning for a class of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone began in the early 2000s. In July 2003, a proposal by General Dynamics ( partnering with Austal USA, the American subsidiary of Australian shipbuilder Austal ) was approved by the USN, with a contract for two vessels. These would then be compared to two ships built by Lockheed Martin to determine which design would be taken up by the Navy for a production run of up to 55 ships.

 

The first ship, USS Independence was laid down at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, on 19 January 2006. The planned second ship was cancelled in November 2007, but reordered in May 2009, and laid down in December of that year as USS Coronado, shortly before Independence was launched.

 

The development and construction of Independence as of June 2009 was running at 220% over-budget. The total projected cost for the ship is $704 million. The Navy had originally projected the cost at $220 million. Independence began builder's trials in July 2009, three days behind schedule because of maintenance issues. A leak in the port gas turbine saw the order of trials altered, but builder's and acceptance trials were completed by November. and although her first INSURV inspection revealed 2,080 deficiencies, these were rectified in time for the ship to be handed over to the USN in mid-December, and commissioned in mid-January 2010.

 

After much inconsistency on how testing and orders were to proceed, in November 2010, the USN asked that Congress approve ten of both the Independence and Freedom classes

 

Design

The Independence class design is based on Austal's commercial high-speed trimaran Benchijigua Express. The ships are 127.4 m ( 418 ft ) long, with a beam of 31.6 m ( 104 ft ), and a draft of 13 ft ( 3.96 m ). Their displacement is rated at 2,176 tons light, 2,784 tons full, and 608 tons deadweight.

 

The standard ship's company is 40-strong, although this can increase depending on the ship's role with mission-specifc personnel. The habitability area is located under the bridge where bunks for ships personnel are situated. The helm is controlled by joysticks instead of traditional steering wheels.

 

Although the trimaran hull increases the total surface area, it is still able to reach sustainable speeds of about 50 knots ( 93 km/h; 58 mph ), with a range of 10,000 nautical miles ( 19,000 km; 12,000 mi ).

Austal claims that the design will use a third less fuel than the competing Freedom-class, but the Congressional Budget Office found that fuel would account for 18 percent or less of the total lifetime cost of Freedom.

 

Modular mission capability

The Independence class carries a default armament for self-defense, and command and control. However unlike traditional fighting ships with fixed armament such as guns and missiles, tailored mission modules can be configured for one mission package at a time. Modules may consist of manned aircraft, unmanned vehicles, off-board sensors, or mission-manning detachments.

 

The interior volume and payload is greater than some destroyers and is sufficient to serve as a high-speed transport and maneuver platform. The mission bay is 15,200 square feet ( 1,410 m2 ), and takes up most of the deck below the hangar and flight deck. With 11,000 cubic metres ( 390,000 cu ft ) of payload volume, it was designed with enough payload and volume to carry out one mission with a separate mission module in reserve, allowing the ship to do multiple missions without having to be refitted.

 

In addition to cargo or container-sized mission modules, the bay can carry four lanes of multiple Strykers, armored Humvees, and their associated troops. An elevator allows air transport of packages the size of a 20-foot-long ( 6.1 m ) shipping container that can be moved into the mission bay while at sea. A side access ramp allows for vehicle roll-on/roll-off loading to a dock and allows the ship to transport the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.

 

Armament and sensors

The Raytheon Evolved SeaRAM missile defense system is installed on the hangar roof. The SeaRAM combines the sensors of the Phalanx 1B close-in weapon system with an 11-missile launcher for the Rolling Airframe Missile ( RAM ), creating an autonomous system.

 

The Independence class ships also has an integrated LOS Mast, Sea Giraffe 3D Radar and SeaStar Safire FLIR. Northrop Grumman has demonstrated sensor fusion of on and off-board systems in the Integrated Combat Management System ( ICMS ) used on the LCS. Side and forward surfaces are angled for reduced radar profile. In addition, H-60 series helicopters provide airlift, rescue, anti-submarine, radar picket and anti-ship capabilities with torpedoes and missiles.

 

The flight deck, 1,030 m2 ( 11,100 sq ft ), can support the operation of two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters, multiple unmanned aerial vehicles, or one CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter.

The trimaran hull will allow flight operations up to sea state 5.

 

The vessels have an Interior Communications Center that can be curtained off from the rest of bridge instead of the heavily protected Combat Information Center found on Navy warships.

 

Derivative designs

Austal has proposed a much smaller and slower trimaran, called the 'Multi-Role Vessel' or 'Multi-Role Corvette'. Though it is only half the size of their LCS design, it would still be useful for border protection and counter piracy operations. Navy leaders said that the fixed price competition offered the Austal design an equal shot, in spite of its excess size and cost and limited service.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_class_littoral_combat_...

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