Malcolm McLean – The Inventor of ISO Shipping Containers
Malcom Purcell McLean (born “Malcolm”; but late in life he changed his given name to its historic traditional Scottish spelling) (November 14, 1913 – May 25, 2001), born in Maxton, […]
Malcom Purcell McLean (born “Malcolm”; but late in life he changed his given name to its historic traditional Scottish spelling) (November 14, 1913 – May 25, 2001), born in Maxton, […]
In oceanography, a halocline is a strong, vertical salinity gradient. Because salinity (in concert with temperature) affects the density of seawater, it can play a role in its vertical stratification. […]
Yesterday, Capt. Marc Nuytemans, MD at the Belgian Shipowners’ Association, gave a passionate presentation about the history and evolution of ship registration in Belgium. We therefor decided to refresh your collective memories […]
BackgroundA reliable supply of petrol for the advancing Allied forces following the D-Day landings was of the highest priority. Planners knew that the future invasion of Europe would be the […]
In the broad expanse of the northern Pacific Ocean, there exists the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a slowly moving, clockwise spiral of currents created by a high-pressure system of air currents. […]
Bollard pull is the zero speed pulling capability of the tug. It is a measure of the usefulness of theship in a stranding scenario or in holding a large tanker […]
The 1972 Convention was designed to update and replace the Collision Regulations of 1960 which were adopted at the same time as the 1960 SOLAS Convention. One of the most […]
The StatoilHydro demonstration project Hywind is based on wind turbines with a height of around 80 metres above sea-level and a blade diameter of around 90 metres. Some advantages would […]
Work has begun to revise and update BIMCO’s two Standard International Ocean Towage Agreements – TOWCON and TOWHIRE, which were originally published in 1985. The sub-committee responsible for the task […]
This is a first post in what we hope will become a series of interviews with passionate people from the maritime industry. Our first guest is John Konrad, founder of gCaptain.com, the […]
Press reports in The Netherlands say Jan de Nul’s mega trailing suction hopper dredger Vasco da Gama dredger has been damaged by fire, and could it be four months before […]