IMO is leaving no stones unturned to implement stricter environmental emission norms. In the coming years, the shipping industry would be seeing a tougher side of IMO as far as marine environment is concerned.
The ship wreck of HMVS Cerberus rests in the Half Moon Bay in Melbourne and has been placed in the Australian National Heritage. HMVS Cerberus was the first Breastwork monitor warship in the world.
It is said that lightening never strikes the same object twice; well it does not have to, once is enough to destroy beyond salvation. This is much true about your home as your boat. Yes, your boat too can attract lightening and can suffer major damage. The voltage so formed can easily travel from the…
The emergency training that is offered to people who work in an offshore facility or are about to join offshore vessels is known as BOSIET (Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training). BOSIET is a very simple training program that covers all major and minor points of safe working in the offshore facility. The course duration is mainly of three days.
Cranes are equipments that are used to maneuver heavy goods and items from one place to another. Gantry cranes are a variety of heavy cranes that are generally used to put together different heavy items into one single major item. Gantry cranes are commonly seen at busy ports for loading and unloading cargo. Since gantry cranes specialize in assembling the goods required to be put together, they are a very great help in ports.
Over half-a-decade ago, Toxic waste dumped by the tanker ship Probo Koala in and around the city of Abidjan in Ivory Coast led a huge wave of toxicity throughout the city. Find out more about the toxic ship inside the article.
The Ambiorix is one-of-its kind cutter suction dredger vessel, owned and operated by the Dutch conglomerate DEME – Dredging Environmental and Marine Engineering. The vessel’s operational singularity stems from its applicability in the hardest of sub-water dredging conditions.
Umiak I is a one-of-its-kind ice breaking bulk carrier vessel. This powerful icebreaker has been designed to operate in the frozen oceanic route through the Arctic. It is said that the ship carries an engine which is biggest in Canada.
The Typhoon Class Submarines of Soviet Union are the biggest nuclear submarines ever designed and built. Equipped with ballistic projectiles, the six submarines were propelled through two nuclear reactors, generating almost 200 megawatts (MW) of power each. Find out more about these amazing submarines inside the article.
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