06 SEPT 2020 A new design concept is being proposed for VLCC tankers that according to the designers will reduce potential damage and operational risk by featuring a simpler structural arrangement, loading patterns, and piping arrangements. The design concept with a centerline oil-tight longitudinal bulkhead, presented by Hyundai Heavy Industries, …
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AN STUDY & RESEARCH WORK BY BANGLADESHI MARINERS IN COLLABORATION WITH FOREIGN RESEARCHERS. 10 SEPT 2020 Abstract An oil tanker is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. Even though many safety measures are being practiced on board, oil tankers are known to encounter the …
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05 SEPT 2020 After an all-day effort, the Indian Coast Guard working with teams from Sri Lanka is reporting that they have been able to bring the fire under control that has been raging for two days aboard the VLCC tanker New Diamond. Teams have also been able to board the …
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04 SEPT 2020 An initiative by former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates offers the possibility of adapting evolving nuclear technology to future commercial maritime propulsion. His research team seeks to combine an improved version of thermal storage technology pioneered by the solar thermal power industry with a 345MW liquid sodium cooled …
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03 SEPT 2020 Ship recycling in Bangladesh leaps forward with third phase of key project signed. SENSREC Phase III will focus on improving ship recycling standards in compliance with the Hong Kong Convention and enhancing capacity building for the Government of Bangladesh on legislation and knowledge management. Specific technical assistance …
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02 SEPT 2020 Scientists from Leeds and Edinburgh universities and University College London analysed satellite surveys of glaciers, mountains, and ice sheets between 1994 and 2017 to identify the impact of global warming. Their review paper was published in the journal Cryosphere Discussions. Describing the ice loss as “staggering,” the group found that …
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01 SEPT 2020 Despite all the deep-sea expeditions and samples taken from the seabed over the past 100 years, humans still know very little about the ocean’s deepest reaches. And there are good reasons to learn more. Most tsunamis start with earthquakes under or near the ocean floor. The seafloor …
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31 AUG 2020 Early COVID-19 images of swabbing from Wuhan, China, looked more like an Ebola news story – health-care workers fully encased in personal protective equipment (PPE), inserting swabs so deeply that brain injury seemed imminent. As COVID-19 (and testing) spread around the world, there were reports of “brain scraping“, “brain stabbing” or …
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29 AUG 2020 Greenpeace reported Monday that its patrol ship Esperanza has located two large methane leaks at an old offshore well site in the UK North Sea. The “gas-emitting craters” on the seabed were allegedly caused by a blowout during a drilling operation in 1990, and they are still …
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27 AUG 2020 On Thursday, Iran‘s foreign ministry said that it has seized an unidentified UAE-flagged vessel in possible retaliation for the deaths of two Iranian fishermen, who were killed by UAE coast guard forces in a recent enforcement action. According to the UAE’s state-run WAM media outlet, eight Iranian …
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