The New Concept Of ‘Hydricity’ Uses Solar Energy To Produce Power Round-The-Clock
"Hydricity" concept, proposed by researchers, is aimed at creating a sustainable economy by not only generating electricity with solar energy but also producing and storing hydrogen from superheated water for round-the-clock power production.
Rakesh Agrawal,...
A ‘Silver Bullet’ to Prevent Water Ingress into Cargo Holds
One of the important factors predicting the seaworthiness of a vessel is the ability to resist the seawater ingress into the internal spaces. However, people still face the problem of cargo wetting and damages...
Downtrend In Vessel Valuations
The bulker market values continued their downward trend. The Baltic Dry Index reached another all-time low, since 1985.
The sale of the Pierre LD 171,900 Daeweoo ’05 blt, to Chartworld Shipping for USD 12.35 million...
How a King Cobra Travelled From Singapore to United States!
A stow-away Indian Cobra was rescued from a container ship bound for the APM Terminals at the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal in New Jersey. On December 10th, the ship was heading from Singapore to...
Tragic Night At Sea: Birkenhead Wreck
Accident type
: Wrecked
Vessel involved
: HMS Birkenhead
Location
: Gansbaai
Date
: 26th February 1852
Casualties
: 450 deaths
VESSEL INFO:
Name
: HMS Birkenhead
Built
: 1845
Class & type
: Frigate, later troopship
Tonnage
: 1400 bm
Length
: 210 ft (64 m)
Beam
: 37 ft 6 in...
Cancer Is Due To Environment Factors
Cancer is not due to bad luck but a result of environmental factors, a study suggests
Cancer is caused by one of the body's own stem cells dividing out of control. It can be caused...
125 Megawatt From Sea To Shore!
On Tuesday, the first of five contracted floating power stations was inaugurated by the president of Indonesia. The barge carrier Zeynep Sultan was converted to carry 125 megawatt plant and will enter service in...
“Pepper” on board Cruise ships
Robots are already employed in hospitality industry and ticketing. The first instance of a robot working onboard a cruise ship will be the popular Japanese robot Pepper. It is shipping out on Costa Cruises'...
New Director For Stolt-Nielsen
Stolt-Nielsen Limited has elected Rolf Habben Jansen, Chief Executive Officer of Hapag-Lloyd AG as the new director. Chairman Christer Olsson said that Habben Jansen is a valued addition to the Board of Directors of...
Did Hyundai Heavy Industries deliver “World Class Products”?
The world’s largest shipbuilding Group, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (HHI Group), today announced that it gained the “World Class Products” certification on five more products, bringing the total number of the title winning products...