Marine News, Shipping, Training
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Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is presently underway towards Cherbourg, France after completing maintenance at Brest, France. Now the ships activities can be seen 24×7 through the web cam installed in the ship.
Here is the picture of Arctic Sunrise as seen through web cam. Click here or the image below to view the latest picture which refreshes every thirty seconds.
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Have you been on shore for long time ? Do you have the urge to go to the sea by clicking your mouse on your PC ?
Ship Simulator 2008, a thrilling simulation game is available to fulfill your wish. You have variety of vessels to choose like Patrol boats,Tug boats, Ferries, Container ship, Oil Tanker, Titanic, Sea taxi.
The interesting features of Ship Simulator 2008 are:
Click here or below to view a video clip of Ship Simulator 2008
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March 29: Today at 8 pm local time millions of people in some of the world’s major cities will be turning off the lights for one hour to convey a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.
The following cities will be participating in Earth Hour 2008:
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Bill Heritage who has been skipper of Yacht Air Apparent for the last 15 years had to abandon the ship due to mutiny by the three member crew. The 7.9 metre yacht was sailing from Auckland to Nelson and started facing rough weather and rough seas.
What happened there after ?
Now, the skipper is planning to sue the ships crew to recover the cost of the yacht. The rescue team is of the view that with good seamanship the yacht could have been saved.
Click here for some photographs of the skipper and ships crew.
Click here for some lessons on seamanship.
Was it a mutiny by the ships crew ? Readers can comment.
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Marine Bioinvasions by ballast water used in cargo ships are of great concern to marine environmentalists. Now University of Michigan has taken up a challenge of designing a ballast free ship. If this design comes through successfully, cargo ships would become partial submarines.
Ballast free ship design concept by University of Michigan utilizes constant flow of local seawater through a network of large pipes, called trunks, that runs around the ship from the bow to the stern, below the waterline.
Here are the sketches of conventional ship design and ballast free ship design.
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Pipelines are the lifeline of ships. As most of the pipelines are made of ferrous material, pipe surfaces are required to be protected against corrosion. Painting of the pipelines is necessary to protect the pipelines. Merely painting the pipe surface without surface preparation is of no use.
Surface preparation standards are laid down by institutions like Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC), National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), Swedish Standards Institution (SA), International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Pipe surface preparation
Surface preparation can be done in different ways depending on the requirement. The methods are briefly given below and these methods are not limited to pipe surfaces alone and is applicable to all ferrous structures.
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Asia Pacific Maritime (APM) 2008, a grand biennial event for the maritime community of the region is getting ready to be hosted from March 26. APM on its 10th anniversary is offering exhibition, conferences and seminars.
Where ?
Singapore Expo, Hall 3
When ?
26 - 28 March 2008
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Sound waves are used for depth measurements. The reason is:
The speed of sound in air is 344 metres/second. But interestingly the speed of sound in water is about 1500 metres/second though the speed of sound in water depends on water pressure,temperature,salinity. Electro Magnetic (EM) waves are used in Radars due to their high speed (equal to speed of light) in air. But, EM waves are not suitable for use in water as attenuation in water is very high.
Echo sounders (depth meters) are installed in ships as a navigational aid for depth measurement of the sea. Same sound waves are used in Sonar.
Portable sounders or depth meters are necessary for those who are interested in boating, fishing, scuba diving, coastal survey, and scientific work.
Here is an easy to use SM-5 Depthmate Portable Sounder from Speedtech Instruments.
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Here is Water Proof MP3 Player Dolphin
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XSR 48 from XSMG Marine is a luxury power boat with super car style. This boat was unveiled in the Dubai International Boat Show held during this month.
The interesting features of XSR 48 are
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Today is March 22. United Nations General Assembly has declared March 22 of the Year as World Water Day. This year is also the International Year of Sanitation 2008. World Water Day this year highlights the issues on the plight of 2.6 billion people (approximately 40% of world population) world wide living without proper sanitation facilities.
The message for this year is ‘ Stand up for those who can not sit down’.
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Gamucci electronic cigarette is now available for smoking seafarers.
The electronic cigarette has
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Here is the graphics of US Military presence worldwide.
Worldwide presence of US Navy is circled and shown below.
Is there any part of the world not covered by US Navy ?
What is your view ?
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Who is this ?
He is Australian Lungfish called Granddad at Chicago’s John G. Shedd Aquarium. Graddad has joined the aquarium in 1933 and has completed 75 years. Granddad is the world’s oldest living aquarium fish and age is possibly 80 plus.
Click here to read more.
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