The Bireme was a wooden hulled vessel used by the Greeks for use in both both commercial shipping and in naval warfare, from as early as approximately 350 BC. Configured with a single square rigged sail on a short mast position amidships, the craft was also rigged with two tiers of oars ...
ships are used to lay cables across thedepths of oceanfloors. They have their ownpropulsion system. Thesize of the shipdepends on the depth at which the cables are to be laid. Higher the depths,bigger is the ship. So just read further to know more about this interesting type of ship. ...
Deep sea fishing is not an easy task as it requires specialized equipments and storage facilities. Also, some of the species are found only in particular areas which are often under the influence of bad weather. Fishermen have to performarduous and dangerous tasksto get the desired type of fis...
A subclass of the Faering, the Femboring is also an open, clinked type of wooden boat with similar proportions and appearance as the Faerings. It was built with fir or pine and could be rowed or sailed as fishing boats. Some Faerings have been discovered by archaeologists and can be see...
The term Retrofit describes the refit of engines in existing ships to run on a different and more sustainable fuel types than they currently do, enabling them to become more sustainable by lowering fuel consumption and emissions of pollutants, such as Sulphur oxide. It is becoming more and more...
The largest container ship called MSC Irina, with a capacity of 24,346 TEUs, came into service in 2023 and is sailing under the Liberian Flag.Apart from Post-Panamax and ULCV, you also get small feeder ships with a capacity of between 1,000 and 2,000 TEUs, Feedermax vessels with 2,...
下列船型中,航行速度相对最快的船舶为___ Among the following types of ships, ___ have the fastest sailing speed?
When reading mythological stories, rarely does the casual reader find information about the different sources of these stories, which can range from carvings and engravings to letters, manuscripts, travel's tales, songs, and much, much more. This article briefly explores different varieties of story...
We have been studying different types of sailing ships and now we will look at an OBO. Oil-Bulk-Ore carriers are also called as combination carriers as they are designed to carry cargoes of different nature. Sometimes, these ships are also called as PROBO’s. PROBO-Product-Oil-bulk-ore ca...
At some places there might not be deep water sufficient to support all types of ships of different sizes. Hence there needs to be an artificial way to increase the depth of the seabed and this can be achieved by dredging. Dredging is a process of digging the seabed, by scraping or ...