Incredible Ship Launches: How Massive Ships Enter the Water for the First Time
The moment a vessel is born Few scenes in the maritime world are as dramatic as a newly built ship entering the water for the first time. A vessel that […]
The moment a vessel is born Few scenes in the maritime world are as dramatic as a newly built ship entering the water for the first time. A vessel that […]
Canada has the longest coastline of any country on Earth—but there is no single, perfectly exact length for it or any other coast. Coastlines twist around bays, islands, fjords, estuaries […]
A missile impact creates the dramatic moment, but blast alone does not necessarily sink a ship. A vessel goes down when flooding, loss of stability, structural damage or a combination […]
After the car carrier Baltic Ace sank in the North Sea in December 2012, its wreck threatened shipping and the marine environment. This article explains how salvors removed fuel, cut […]
A ship’s lifeboat is a self-contained survival craft designed to carry people away from a vessel during an emergency. This guide explains its controls, davit-launching arrangement, release system, emergency rations […]
Few names make an ordinary patch of ocean sound as ominous as the Bermuda Triangle. For generations, books, television programmes and newspaper stories have described a place where compasses fail, […]
Some ships become famous because they win battles or cross unknown oceans. Others are remembered because they sink—and expose failures that the world can no longer ignore. A rare few […]
Bridge Resource Management (BRM) training addresses one of the most consistently identified root causes in maritime casualty investigations — not equipment failure or a single officer’s technical incompetence, but breakdowns […]
Understanding EEXI and CII in theory is one thing — actually managing an existing fleet’s compliance day to day is another. Here’s a practical breakdown of what these regulations require […]
07/21/2026 Electric foiling vessels are moving beyond the leisure market, with developers targeting passenger ferries, pilot boats and high-speed workboats where lower resistance could deliver substantial energy and operating-cost savings. […]