Merchant Aircraft Carriers or MACs were developed during the Second World War in order to provide naval protection for merchant ships’ convoys. These naval aircraft vessels weren’t specifically built but were converted and refurbished from bulk cargo ships and oil tanker vessels.
The Sargasso Sea is one of the several mysteries of the ocean world which have intrigued humans since long. And though none of the stories regarding the mysterious sea has been substantially proved, theories of Sargasso sea shipwrecks continue to baffle people.
Marine Insight launched new FREE eBook – A Guide to Professional and Personal Well-Being of Seafarers on Ships. The free resource describes major difficulties faced by seafarers on ships and explains ways to deal with them.
Nouadhibou, a major metropolis in the poverty-ridden North-west African country of Mauritania, is considered as one of the largest ship graveyards in the world with hundreds of ships abandoned together. Find out more about Nouadhibou ship graveyard in the article inside.
As more seafarers follow the trend of quitting sea jobs every year, we try to find out what are the main reasons which force them to do so. Find out twelve main factors which are making seafarers quit their maritime careers at sea.
Sometimes prestigious ceremonies of ship and boat launching can miserably fail. Such ship launch disasters is a sad sight to watch. Mentioned herein as ten such boat and ship fail videos.
The unfortunate Titanic was neither the first one nor the last ship to hit an iceberg and sink. Several ship iceberg collisions in the past have resulted into loss of lives and property. Mentioned herein are ten such unfortunate ships.
Seafarers on ships know how to manage rest and working hours on ships irrespective of any document stating the same. Is the fuss over maintaining working hours on ships overrated?
Put into operation in the year 1962, NS Savannah is the first nuclear powered merchant vessel in the world. The nuclear ship set the foundation of the nuclear propulsion technology which is widely used in the industry today.
Shipping containers are recycled and used in a variety of ways to solve a number of problems. Mentioned herein are twenty six most innovative and famous ways in which shipping containers are presently being used around the world.
The difference between a ship and a boat is always a hot topic of discussion among people. Mentioned herein are seven main aspects which help to differentiate between a ship and a boat.
Clifford J. Rodgers was the World’s First Purpose Built Container ship in the world. Find out more about the first container ship in the world inside the article.
