Ballast water plays a crucial role in stabilizing ships during voyages, but it also poses a significant environmental risk by transporting invasive aquatic species across different ecosystems. The Ballast Water […]
Shipping – which transports about 90% of global trade – is, statistically, the least environmentally damaging mode of transport when its productive value is taken into consideration. For example, the […]
The International Maritime Organization – is the United Nations specialized agency with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by ships. […]
Persian Gulf, Arabic Baḥr Fāris, Persian Khalīj-e Fārs, shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and southwestern Iran. The sea has an area of about 93,000 square miles (241,000 square km). […]
What is the main purpose of the convention for preventing ship collisions at sea COLREG? The 1972 COLREG Convention was designed to update and replace the Collision Regulations of 1960 […]
Today, shipping is a modern, highly technical, professional discipline that requires a great deal of skill, knowledge and expertise from the maritime workforce. A safe, secure and clean shipping industry […]
Nautical science is a field of study that involves the theory and practical aspects of navigation, seamanship, ship stability, meteorology, and other related disciplines. It is an essential field for […]
The Persian Gulf (Persian: خلیج فارس, romanized: xalij-e fârs, lit. ‘Gulf of Fars’, pronounced [xæliːdʒe fɒːɾs]), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. It is connected to the Gulf of […]
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far […]
Maritime transport (or ocean transport) and hydraulic effluvial transport, or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people (passengers) or goods (cargo) via waterways. For centuries, mankind has used […]
