Waterspouts are tornadoes that form over water or move from land to water. These tornadoes look similar to a land tornado. Appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud,...
A shuttle tanker is a particular type of ship that specializes in the transportation of oil from offshore oil fields to onshore refineries. They are considered...
Today we are heavily dependent on ships as our primary medium of transporting goods from one place to another. But there was a time when they...
In junior school, you might have been taught that you should not use water to douse a fire that has been caused by electricity and use...
A Clipper Ship was a merchant ship with sails built in the 1840s by American shipbuilders. With the growth of the shipping industries, the need for...
Oil Rig Roughnecks are those people who are employed to provide manual and physical labor on oil rigs and sea areas. Roughnecks exist in all professions...
One of the most critical operations on the ship is the fuel oil bunkering. Bunkering is the process of receiving oil in the ship’s tank and...
Passenger ships and cargo ships sure help us carry huge loads over wide areas. But what happens when they themselves need to be transported from one...
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gigantic collection of marine debris and waste found in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean. The main constituents...
What is a Bill of Lading? The word ‘lading’ means ‘loading’. It refers to the loading of cargo aboard a ship. Simply put, Bill of Lading...
