Back in September 1967, a ship sailed into the Port of Baltimore. As stevedores looked out from the pier, they observed a new ship with a design unlike anything they had ever seen. This amazing vessel had containers stacked securely in protective cells. Vehicles, machinery and trailers had been driven …
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30 SEP 2017 SpaceX founder Elon Musk presented his vision for getting people to Mars within five years at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide today. The spaceship, dubbed the BFR, would carry around 100 people into outer space, but at the end of his presentation he floated the idea of using …
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The final design of is what is looking to become the world’s first autonomous and zero emission containership was released Friday in Trondheim, Norway. Norwegian fertilizer producer announced the first-of-its-kind vessel in May in partnership with maritime technology company Kongsberg. The planned fully-electric and autonomous container feeder ship, to be named YARA …
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A test of a North Korean thermonuclear weapon (or H-Bomb) over the Pacific Ocean is a horrifying proposition. Apart from the serious strategic implications, the physical blast and electromagnetic effects of such a detonation would be catastrophic. If such a test occurred without warning, planes could fall from the sky as their electronics fail. …
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30 SEP 2017 This Northern Hemisphere summer, researchers spent two months collecting samples from a submerged landmass known as Zealandia. As a result, we could gain new insight into everything from ancient life forms to climate change. Tens of millions of years ago, a landmass that’s being referred to as …
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The newly built Kea Trader, a 2,200 TEU container feeder that went aground off New Caledonia on July 12, will have to be scrapped, her owners said Friday. She was in service for six months before going aground. “Most double bottom tanks have been affected. There is water ingress in all five …
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29TH SEPT,2017 Lloyd’s Register announced Friday that it has classed its first ever personal composite submersible, the DeepFlight Super Falcon 3S. The first two Super Falcon 3S submarines will be shipped to the Maldives for the launch of tour operator DeepFlight Adventures, which will partner with luxury resorts to offer resort guests and tourists …
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The U.S. Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort is now under way from her home port of Norfolk, Virginia to Puerto Rico to assist with the Hurricane Maria relief effort. She was called up on Tuesday, six days after the storm made landfall on the island, and the Navy says that …
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) details in its 2016 Safety Board’s Safer Seas Digest the results of its investigation of major maritime accidents that have occurred in recent years. The publication was created to help mariners working at the deck plate level prevent future accidents and tragedies, and also help maritime …
Read More »South Korea shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries has announced it has signed a $800 million contract to build ten of the world’s biggest iron ore carriers for Polaris Shipping. The contract, which was signed September 25, is the biggest single order that HHI has received since 2012 when it built ten …
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