As an industry the world’s shipping fleet consumes over 230 million metric tons of fuel per year, which in turn…
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Sailing through a storm can be an intense and dangerous experience. The powerful winds, towering waves, and driving rain can…
The term “monkey island” refers to a place on the ship which is located at the top most accessible height.…
With Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite communications service now available for use by vessels at sea, dozens of merchant ship operators…
Knock Nevis – Seawise Giant, which was known as the most massive ship ever built, had an extremely dramatic life.…
Knock Nevis, also known as the Seawise Giant, was a supertanker that was once the largest ship ever built. It…
The Knock Nevis, formerly known as the Seawise Giant or Jahre Viking, was scrapped primarily because it had become too…
The Esso Northumbria was a very large crude carrier (VLCC) built by the Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend, England, for…
A propulsion system onboard a ship is the mechanism or system that generates the power needed to move the vessel…
Somewhere in Gulf of Mexico. There, in the small town of Alvarado in the state of Veracruz, there is this…