World’s highest lighthouse shines in the Alps
A lighthouse isn’t what visitors expect to see on a mountain pass – and that’s exactly why it’s there. The Disentis-Sedrun tourist office, which covers the Oberalp area, wants it […]
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The E-Ship 1: a Flettner ship
The E-Ship 1 is a RoLo (roll-on lift-off) cargo ship that made its first voyage with cargo in August 2010. The ship is owned by the third-largest wind turbine manufacturer, […]
The Versabar VB 10,000
About Versabar Versabar was founded in 1981 by University of Illinois Civil Engineering Graduate Jon Khachaturian. Beginning with the reusable spreader bar, Jon has presently registered 44 foreign and domestic patents, […]
The “Staande Mast Route”
The Staande Mast Route (Mast-Up Route) is a safe through-route for sailing and motor boats with an overall height of over six metres. The route is used by both commercial […]
Schlepperballett / Tug Ballet
Since 1980, an annual tugboat ballet has been held in Hamburg harbour on the occasion of the festival commemorating the anniversary of the establishment of a port in Hamburg. On […]
The “Pagaddertoren”
The Belgian word “Pagaddertoren” refers to a small watchtower used by shipowners in the 16th century (Antwerp. Ghent, Bruges). Days before the anticpated arrival the owner would camp at the top of the tower scanning the […]
Boskalis orders cable laying vessel and acquires Indonesian cable laying contract
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has placed an order with Samsung for the construction of a power cable laying vessel. The vessel with an overall length of 100 meters and with a […]
The Front Fell Off
“It has been towed beyond the environment” The incident with the Kirki, a 210 metre long oil tanker, which caught fire in Western Australia was the subject of this famous Clarke & Dawe sketch, […]
Classifications of Crude Oil
Crude oil otherwise known as petroleum (from Greek: petra (rock) + Latin: oleum (oil)) is a composition of hydrocarbons (chemicals composed solely of hydrogen and carbon in various molecular arrangements) and other […]
IACS – International Association of Classification Societies
HistoryIACS can trace its origins back to the International Load Line Convention of 1930 and its recommendations. The Convention recommended collaboration between classification societies to secure “as much uniformity as […]
Salvage Contracts SCOPIC Clause
Article 14 of the 1989 Salvage Convention (‘Article 14’) provided that salvors (‘Contractors’) could receive Special Compensation (ie their expenses and a fair rate for tugs and equipment used in […]
Offshore Diamond Mining
The De Beers diamond recovery vessel PEACE IN AFRICA (former Dock Express 20) When most people think about diamond mining, they picture shafts extending down into the earth for a […]