Cargo ship

over larger distances in the sea than in the atmosphere. So it is urgent to face the noise pollution the ships are making and do something to reduce it. There are many ways to minimize the impact of ship noises on the underwater environment. Slower moving ships are quieter than faster ones. So, laws can set the speed of ships in wildlife frequented areas. It is also essential to maintain the ships as often as possible in order to keep the engines running smoothly and quietly. Also, new…

Heroism comes in many forms. From the grasp of the union juggernauts, emerges one of the last Civil war ships, The CSS Shenandoah. In John Baldwin and Ron Powers’ book, Last Flag Down, the final span of the war ship Shenandoah’s life is brought into play and the efforts of the crew to keep it alive are put to the test. When the Confederacy began slipping and falling prey to the Union’s overwhelming power, a Confederate States Navy Lieutenant Commander strives to claim this warship as his own,…

Spill Incident The timeline of this incident will be based on the ‘National Transportation Safety Board Marine Accident Report’. In the year of 1989 of March 22 (11.35pm), the Exxon Valdez arrived at the berth 5, Aleyska Marine Terminal to load a cargo of Alaska North Slope crude oil. Figure 2.1: The Exxon Valdez (Shigenake, G. 2014) The total load of 1.3 Million barrels of oil took approximately a day to complete filling up the vessel. Once accomplished, routine procedural checks were…

now days using the more advanced technology over the years up to modern day time (twenty-sixteen). However, If Christopher Columbus would have used these technologies such as a engine boat for higher speed instead of his cargo ship known as the Santa Maria and the two other ships (Pinta and Nina) that sailed at that time, a computerized navigation system for better tracking of his destination , and a clock instead of a sandglass and quadrant to tell the time of night and hour of day. With…

Passenger ships at the beginning of the century were built to transport a large number of people. Boats were the only way to cross the oceans at the time. Those with money could afford beautiful cabins aboard the ships. As the century progressed, passenger ships were used more for vacations and huge cruise ships were built. Ships are used for more than just carrying passengers. Cargo ships are still used for transporting goods across the oceans because it’s the least expensive way to get…

of a Moslean Separatist rebel group. 11/21/1977 – The Danish vessel “Lindinger ivor” was attacked by pirates on the Lagos coast. 10/23/1976 – Lebanon. The Greek vessels “Rko”, “Riri”, and “Spiro” were bombed and sank. 9/16/1976 – U.S. A Soviet cargo ship was bombed by an anti-Castro refugee group. 8/1/1976 – The Greek vessel “Tina” was sunk by three limpet mines. 8/4/1975 – U.S. A group called “Jaws” bombed the Bahamian vessel “Goldfinger II.” 10/7/1974 – Argentina. The Argentine vessel…

Republican Army guerillas blow up a British cargo vessel. 1/31/1983 – Four Korean sailors seize control of a 300 foot freighter. 12/27/1982 – Five pirates boarded a Swedish cargo vessel and stole rolls of cloth. 7/6/1982 – Crew men aboard the Coast Guard cutter “Boutwell” sabotaged the vessel to hijack a sailboat in tow containing marijuana. 12/26/1982 – The Filipino ferry “Santa Lucia” was bombed by Moro Liberation Front. 3/9/1982 – A Lebanese cargo ship was bombed at the port of Tyre. 1/2/1982…

In the 1500's, explorers traveled across the seas in large ships that carried crew members, goods, and wealth. These ships navigated the ocean by using toois like the compass, chip log, astrolabe, cross staff, and many more. With the compass, one of the explorers of the 1500's, Christopher Columbus, noticed that north on the compass was not actually true north. He used this to predict his arrival in America. A chip log was a circle of wood that was attached to a line on a reel, Knots were tied…

are reasons behind delayed response which can be overcome by improving the capacity of associated ship handling equipment. Failure associated with ship handling equipment Due to this the vessel does not have enough ship handling capacity to control the vessel position and vessel heading. This can be avoided by either minimizing common cause failures or improving the redundancy level associated with ship handling equipment. 3.6.3. Vessel initial heel angle Larger initial heel angle is one of…

From the moment of capture, African men, women, and children suffered a relentless chain of pain and abuse. Life onboard the slave ships became a constant battle for survival, as the gruesome conditions below the deck presented formidable health problems. Madeleine Burnside describes the Africans’ terrifying descent into the world: Whatever miseries they had experienced in Africa were nothing compared to the ordeal they now faced, and however ignorant they were of the exact course of the…