Roads On Auto De-Ice Mode

Where the temperature drops below zero degrees the icy roads become dangerous. The team from Koç University, Turkey has developed a road material (with a salt potassium formate mixed in a styrene-butadiene-styrene polymer) that delays...

The Operation Performance Package By ABB

The Operation Performance Package (OPAC) service agreement with China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) by ABB Turbocharging is its third and largest.  ABB now services over 300 turbochargers for CSCL, the largest number covered under...

IMO Tier III Compliance For SCR Exhaust System

Hug Engineering’s SCR Selective Catalytic Emission Reduction System has reached the stringent new IMO emissions certification for Tier III on Amels 188 yacht.  Lloyd’s Register class supervision test ensures the generator sets of the...

Russia To Kick-Start Expedition To Antarctica

The Russian Navy oceanographic research ship Admiral Vladimirsky headed for the Antarctic from Kronstadt on November 6.  The expedition, the first of its kind in 30 years, the Admiral Vladimirsky will cover over 30,000...

Best Happenings Of 2015

Few things that happened in 2015 were unforgettable and delighting. Here are the top 10 best happenings of 2015. Rescue Of 11 Researchers Reported on 18th March Vessel carrying 11 researchers and 8 crew members sank in...

A General Cargo Ship Lost In Storm

Incident : Disappearance of a vessel Date : 19th December 2015 Vessel type : General Cargo Ship People Onboard : 24 The general cargo ship is missing in the Indian Ocean since December 19th.  The last call was made at Sunda Strait...

Two Resilient Crew Members Rescued After 3 Days

Two including a captain rescued in Indonesia after three days. Two crew members of an Indonesian ferry that sank in rough seas were rescued after 3 days.  One of the two men rescued is said...

The Progression of Surface Rolling Contact Fatigue Damage of Rolling Bearings

The mechanism of surface rolling contact fatigue in rolling bearings is investigated by means of dedicated experiments and numerical simulations of the damage progression.  Rolling contact fatigue (RCF) is a typical failure mode in...

[Update] Stow-Away King Cobra Dies At Bronx Zoo

The Indian Cobra which was rescued from a container ship died at Bronx Zoo. The snake was found in a container ship which was bound for New Jersey on December 10th.  The worried crew members...

Return Trip To Mars Is Possible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.be Orbital rockets generate enough speed and power to send payloads into orbit around Earth, hence 'orbital'.  These orbits can range from hundreds to tens of thousands of miles above the surface.  These rockets go orbital...