Inclining Experiment is discussed in this article which is used to determine the metacentric height of a ship. Metacentric height or GM, is crucial and critical for a ship stability. If the GM of the ship is more, than ship become stiff. This makes ships to roll but come back to original place very fast. […]
As news coming from various sources, a container ship named as BARBARA with IMO number 9437050 have 10 seafarers tested positive for covid-19. It is also known that none of them had any symptoms related to the virus. After the tests came, they tested positive for this deadly virus. As a precaution, ship has been […]
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a merchant ship due to dropping anchor at an allocation which is not permitted by them. Both Captain and Chief Engineer of Vessel MT Marquessa have been detained and amount of $23,000 (RM 100,000) imposed as fine to the vessel or 2 years Jail term after conviction to […]
