Ballast water is water that is taken on board a ship to maintain its stability and balance. It is usually discharged at the destination port, where it can introduce invasive species and pathogens that can harm the local marine ecosystem. To prevent this, ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) are used to disinfect and filter the […]
HMAS Canberra is the first of two Canberra-classes landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships formulated for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). LHD is nothing but a multipurpose invasion ship which is capable of operating helicopters and has a well designed deck. Construction of the ship started in Spain in 2008, with a framework launched by Navantia […]
The commanding officer of ‘Philippines Sea’ cruiser was fired from US Navy. Guided Missile Cruiser was taking fuel at Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, and happened to have 4000 gallons of diesel fuel oil spill into the Virginia River. Incident happened on 7th of May .Coast Guard and other related authorities were able to contain the […]
