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  • Britannia Cruise Ship Enters the Water

    • October 3, 2014
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    Britannia Cruise Ship

    Britannia Cruise ship is currently being built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, and the photo shows her moving out onto the water for the first time with her new livery. Britannia will have a total of 1,837 cabins on board with 27 of those being single cabins, in addition to conventional inside and balcony

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  • Lasers Used to Mimic Rogue Waves

    • October 2, 2014
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    Rogue Waves

    University of Auckland physicist Dr Miro Erkintalo is part of an international team investigating how lasers and optical fibres can be used to understand freakishly large waves on the ocean. Rogue waves are unusually large waves that form at sea without warning but which can have great destructive power. They were once thought to be

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  • Bridge Resource Management Explored in Navigator Magazine

    • October 1, 2014
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    Bridge Resource Management

    The latest issue of The Navigator – The Nautical Institute’s popular, free publication – tackles the important topic of excellence in bridge resource management this issue. The 12-page publication, aimed at marine navigational officers at all stages in their career, launches its seventh issue today (Wednesday), marking the start of its third year of production.

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  • Northwest Passage

    • September 3, 2014
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    The Nunavik

    Fednav, a Canadian-owned company and world leader in Arctic navigation, today announced that its vessel, the MV Nunavik sailed from Deception Bay en route to China via Canada’s Northwest Passage, with a full cargo of nickel concentrate. The Nunavik will be one of the first commercial vessels to transit the Northwest Passage completely, and the

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  • Ship Efficiency Awards 2014

    • September 2, 2014
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    Majestic Maersk

    The first ever Ship Efficiency Awards 2014, hosted by Lloyd’s Register and organized by Fathom, will recognize and celebrate the organizations and individuals within the maritime sector that excel in efficient operations, implement fresh thinking and offer proven efficiency benefits through technological innovation. The winner of the Sustainable Ship Operator of the Year award will

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  • World’s Largest Fast Crew Boat Christened At Incat

    • September 1, 2014
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    Muslim Magomayev

    The 70 metre Fast Crew Boat (FCB) was christened Muslim Magomayev at a ceremony at the Incat shipyard on Monday 15th September. This is the first vessel that Australian Shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has purpose built for the Oil and Gas industry. When sea trials are completed the boat will depart later this month to Baku,

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  • 12 Famous Myths About Merchant Navy People Have

    • July 3, 2014
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    Seafarers

    The merchant navy (merchant marine) isn’t exactly a very common or popular profession. There are many people around the world who are either not aware of this unique industry or have several misbeliefs about the same. However, owing to a larger than life depiction in popular culture, it intrigues a vast majority of people who’ve

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  • What Methods Are Used For Marine Seismic Operations At Sea?

    • July 2, 2014
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    Geophysical Surveys

    Marine seismic operation or seismographic acquisition is the method used for collecting information about the subsea surface. In marine seismic operation, the geophysicists use the same principle used by earthquake seismologists, but relatively low acoustic energy (sound waves) is generated mechanically for collecting the data. The data thus collected provides accurate information about the rock

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  • 8 Things to Consider While Doing Nautical Chart Plotting On Ships

    • July 1, 2014
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    Nautical Chart

    Chart work is the art of laying a safe course, fixing the position and reassuring that position, while steering the ship on that course. It’s an imperative job which every navigating officer should master. It is also one of the top-tier skills which decide the competency of a ship navigator. As there is no margin

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  • 10 Reasons You Must Thank Seafarers Today

    • June 2, 2014
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    Seafarers

    For the past thousands of years people from around the world have been sending goods through sea ways. From the clothes people wear to the food they eat, almost everything today is brought to them through ships. The shipping industry, also termed as the invisible industry by many, is crucial to the existence of the

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