Major Cities at Risk from Sea Level Rise
A majority of trade and commerce (on which a country’s economy greatly depends) is carried out by the major ports of the country. This is why …
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Survey of Large Cargo Ship Shipping Companies
A ship is huge but shipping companies are even bigger. Find out about the 5 gigantic shipping corporations across the globe and their vital statistics
Continue ReadingControlling NOx in Marine Diesel Engines
Learn about the techniques of controlling NOx emissions in modern day ships and what companies are doing to ensure that pollution to the environment …
Continue ReadingNew York City Aircraft Carrier USS Intrepid
One of the Essex Class aircraft carriers constructed during the Second World War, USS Intrepid is now a museum ship in New York City. During her …
Continue ReadingWhat are the Major Islands of Oceania?
Famous for tourism, sports, and their ports, the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean constitute Oceania.
Continue ReadingModern Electrical Propulsion system For LNG tankers
Electrical Propulsion systems are not new to the marine industry. However, the system was limited to passenger vessels and some hi-tech research …
Continue ReadingFirst Jet Aircraft to Take Off from a US Navy Aircraft Carrier
With the successful operation of the FH Phantom jet aircraft from a US aircraft carrier in 1946, jets entered center stage as the core of carrier …
Continue ReadingCauses of Marine Pollution - Cleaner Fuels May Not be the Answer
Emission from ships exhausts account for a 2-3% of all global CO2 emissions, along with quite sizeable amounts of SOx and NOx emissions. However, the …
Continue ReadingShip Design - What are the Parts of a Sailing Ship?
A sailing ship is a wind-powered vessel and this article describes the design, function, and nomenclature of the main components of a sailing ship.
Continue ReadingThe New Chinese Aircraft Carrier Shi Lang is Not a Threat
As of 2011, China is a carrier power. A long time coming, the rebuild of the old Soviet era sister to the Kuznetsov- the Varyag- into the Shi Lang …
Continue ReadingThe British-French Joint Aircraft Carrier Project
European nations have collaborated on a number of military design projects in the past fifty years, among them the Eurofighter, the MEKO series of …
Continue ReadingNew British Aircraft Carriers: The Queen Elizabeth Class
The retirement of the HMS Ark Royal in 1979 marked the end of Britain’s ability to field a full deck aircraft carrier operating conventional, …
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