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World’s Biggest Engine - Most Powerful Engine – Emma Maersk’s $170 Million Investment - and World’s Largest Ship94

World’s Biggest Engine - Most Powerful Engine – Emma Maersk’s $170 Million Investment - and World’s Largest Ship

An engine is a machine that burns fuel to produce motion. An engine converts fuel energy into useful mechanical motion. There are many types of engines but the biggest engines are used in the shipping industry. The world’s biggest engine is...

20 comments    engine economies of scale
Ancient Ships That Used To Rule The Sea91

Ancient Ships That Used To Rule The Sea

Logs and rafts, the very earliest means of water travel, were not really boats. The first true boat was the canoe, and the earliest kind of canoe was the dugout that the Stone Age man hollowed from a single log and propelled by paddles. Next, a lighter-weight canoe was developed -- a wooden framework covered with hide, bark, or a watertight woven material. This was followed by a boat whose covering was thin slabs of wood tied or stitched together, or fastened to an inner frame by wooden pegs

21 comments    phoenicians ship builders
Royal Navy Frigate HMS St. Albans (F83)91

 videoRoyal Navy Frigate HMS St. Albans (F83)

Read a little about Royal Navy frigate HMS ST Albans (F83), and watch a video of her as her helicopter takes off. A Duke class Type 23 frigate, HMS St Albans is highly armed with both conventional and stealth missiles, and is ready for war at a moment's notice.

6 comments    royal navy warship hms st albans
Cruise Ship Jobs Increase in Canada and Worldwide 88

Cruise Ship Jobs Increase in Canada and Worldwide

Canada contains natural beauty and wide open spaces on land and on water all over the nation. Commerical fishing and trucking have been examined in Canada and at ses in Cable TV series such as Ice Road...

11 comments    travel hubtrail-americas
Why the Titanic and the Concordia Sank87

Why the Titanic and the Concordia Sank

The Titanic sank in April 1912 and the Italian Contra Concordia almost exactly 100 years later (January 2012)...at almost the same time of night. But that's not all they have in common.

62 comments    titanic contra concordia
Where Did the Titanic Sink82

Where Did the Titanic Sink

It's a commonly known fact that the Titanic sunk as a result of a collision with an iceberg, but what you might not know is where it sank. Where did it sink in relation to her last port of call? What was her last port of call? Where was the Titanic...

10 comments    cruise titanic ship
Trends In International Shipping81

Trends In International Shipping

Recent trends in Maritime industry that are likely to shape the future of International shipping.

1 comment    2011 2010 climate change
List of Danish Ports or Seaports in Denmark81

List of Danish Ports or Seaports in Denmark

Seaports are the central repository for ships and cargo at the point of entry and exit from the water. There are many seaports in Denmark for dropping and receiving cargo and ships. You can expect to find cargo handlers and equipment at the many...

2 comments    travel water boat
A SAILOR’S LIFE ON THE WORLD’S LARGEST SHIP - CHAPTER ONE (THE SIGN ON)84

A SAILOR’S LIFE ON THE WORLD’S LARGEST SHIP - CHAPTER ONE (THE SIGN ON)

It’s better not to say it, but I think I would agree to the fact that my last post on a sailors life was blown down like a deck of cards. Without giving it a thought I posted it on hubpages, just to realize later how bad it was both in relation to...

6 comments    life travel fun
How To Build A Pontoon Boat79

How To Build A Pontoon Boat

Vehicle is one of the indispensable possessions that many people dire much to have. Whether it is a land vehicle or a water vehicle, many just can’t help but to stretch out the earnings and save more just to own one. One testimony to this is the...

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