How are maintenance works planned on board ships?
In today’s article, I will discuss a little about how the maintenance works are planned on board! Due to the harsh conditions that ships suffer every single day due to…
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In today’s article, I will discuss a little about how the maintenance works are planned on board! Due to the harsh conditions that ships suffer every single day due to…
Continue readingOn today’s article I will talk about my short visit to a Green peace ship.
Continue readingIn this first article on ship lenghts, I will begin by referring to the plans and reference lines of the ship. I will also distinguish the total length (LOA) and…
Continue readingToday’s article is about ship bows. The bow is the foremost part of the ship, being the extension of the keel. Each ship has its bow according to the functions…
Continue readingThis article is all about making known the nomenclature of the ship or to review the basic terminology of the ship. The ship’s nomenclatures were created so that the typical…
Continue readingEverything started with me going to another training day at sea, at November 13th 2016, which was made possible by a mutual help agreement between my university, ENIDH (Portuguese Nautical…
Continue readingSince my first ever sea voyage was in this sail ship, I decided to research more deeply about It’s history. ???? Santa Maria Manuela (SMM) was built in 1937 by…
Continue readingThis post is a little different from what I usually post about. I decided to write it since people that are not involved with the merchant navy often ask me…
Continue readingI always wondered what would be the use of that bump (bulbous bow) that is seen in the bow of some ships, but I never took the initiative to go…
Continue readingThis week, on Monday (july 3rd 2017), me and about 40 colleagues from my school ENIDH, we paid a visit to the ship Empire State VI, of the SUNY maritime…
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