World’s Largest Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Power Plant To Come Up in China

World’s Largest Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Power Plant To Come Up in China

The planned construction of an OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) power plant in the Southern Chinese high seas is set to become the largest power plant in the world. The power plant is intended to be a joint venture between two business giants, US-based engineering corporation Lockheed Martin and Hong Kong-based construction consortium Reignwood.

Cargo Ship Mont-Blanc and the Halifax Explosion: World’s Largest Man-made Accidental Explosion

Cargo Ship Mont-Blanc and the Halifax Explosion: World’s Largest Man-made Accidental Explosion

A cargo ship accident that occurred between a French ship carrying explosives and a Norwegian vessel carrying provisions for wartime relieving provisions, the Halifax disaster in 1917 happened just towards the fag-end of the First World War. The Halifax explosion is regarded an unparalleled chapter in the history of maritime disasters.