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Images show what appears to be a dividing line between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, with the waters on either side being different colors, but is this some kind of barrier, or are the two oceans mixing?
Marine Insight 360 · Feb 12 · 5 min read
A bulwark is the steel wall along a ship's exposed deck edge. What it does, the 1 metre Load Line height rule and how freeing ports drain trapped water.
Saqib Ahmed · Feb 10 · 5 min read
Amelia Earhart's plane has not been found, because Deep Sea Vision confirmed the sonar target it imaged on the Pacific seafloor is a natural rock formation rather than her Lockheed Electra.
Marine Insight 360 · Feb 4 · 4 min read
What ship decks are, from tank top to bridge: the main deck types, how they are numbered, and the windlasses, winches, cranes and hatches that work on them.
Saqib Ahmed · Dec 22 · 4 min read
What ballast tanks do: seawater weight that keeps an empty ship stable, trimmed and its propeller submerged, plus the treatment rules that now govern them.
Saqib Ahmed · Dec 22 · 4 min read
A port facility is required to appoint a Port Facility Security Officer (PFSO).
Marine Insight 360 · Dec 18 · 4 min read
When an oil spill occurs at sea, the oil spreads on the surface of the seawater, causing fatal effects on marine mammals, birds, coastlines, and most importantly, the ocean and environment.
Marine Insight 360 · Dec 17 · 5 min read
What a ship mast does on a modern vessel: the lights, antennas and radar it carries, the types you will see, and why the old sailing word never left the fleet.
Marine Insight 360 · Dec 16 · 4 min read
As the world continues to invest in sustainable energy solutions, offshore oil and gas rigs are essential to meeting today’s global energy needs.
Marine Insight 360 · Dec 15 · 6 min read
A cruiser stern is the type of stern that trades interior cabin space for a large open aft deck, typically eight feet long with a safety railing, and it is one of three stern choices alongside traditional and…
Marine Insight 360 · Dec 12 · 4 min read
for anchoring a ship, one of the most crucial pieces of equipment on board is the anchor windlass.
Saqib Ahmed · Dec 9 · 7 min read
The ISM Code was created in the 1980s following serious marine accidents that cost lives, damaged ships and polluted the sea.
Marine Insight 360 · Dec 8 · 4 min read
