In this episode of Ship Talk, we break down one of the most unusual and technologically advanced hull designs on the ocean: the Ramform Titan-class seismic survey vessels. Built with a 70-meter-wide stern and a distinctive delta shape, these ships were engineered to perform massive subsea mapping operations in conditions where ordinary vessels cannot operate. In this video, we explore: 🚢Origins & Evolution: How a Cold War Norwegian intelligence vessel inspired the modern Ramform hull design. 🚢Radical Hull Proportions: Why a 1.5 length-to-beam ratio provides unparalleled stability and towing power. 🚢The Stern as a Machine: How 24 streamer reels deploy hundreds of thousands of sensors across 12 square kilometers of ocean. 🚢Life at Sea & Next-Gen Missions: The onboard facilities keeping crews supported for months at a time, and how these ships are shifting from oil exploration to carbon capture and storage site mapping. Contact What's Going on With Shipping via: Patreon: www.patreon.com/wgowshipping Twitter: @mercoglianos Bluesky: @mercoglianos.bsky.social Facebook: @wgowshipping Email: mercoglianosal@gmail.com Bart's X Post: https://x.com/BartGonnissen/status/2099914840949104979