Close your eyes and imagine a different world. A scenario without the possibility of maritime shipping. Maybe, a lack of sufficient volcanic clouds raining for years or comets not arriving on the planet Earth hindered the creation of the blue planet. Or perhaps nature was on our side yet our civilization could not make it…
Everyone knows that ships float and planes fly. Is it always true though? Is it possible to build a ship also capable of flying? Let’s find out. Lifting Force and Foiling If you think that the class of vessels that will be discussed in the article have airplane wings and fly at cruising speed,…
The effect of the International Maritime Organization is everywhere. On the media, on booklets, on maritime education and in nearly all regulations. But why United Nations gave birth to such a specialized agency for regulating shipping? Here is the story. Foundation of IMO It has long been accepted that adopting international rules that are…
You might label planet earth as massive or small. Depending on your scale it could be an insignificant particle in enormous outer space or a huge planet with obscurity. Ships helped the discovery of unknown lands and connected civilisations. However, before icebreakers, icy water which covers approximately %7 of Earth’s surface and more than %10…
They were huge, almost the size of a tiny house, stern and artless. One is placed in a research lab at UCLA and the other is at Standford University. Their first message was ‘LOGIN’ however, even it was complex enough for other to receive. ARPANET or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network was the first…
Have you ever felt the sense of fiction coexist inside you with your common feelings? Dramas that can not erase from your head or funny lines which laugh inside you throughout the day. When the popular series “1899” hit the streaming lines for the first time, it was the beginning of another reality start somewhere…
The vast majority of shipping is made by ships. Ocean shipping lanes are hosting numerous ships every day, travelling from one to another. According to the International Chamber of Shipping, more than 50.000 merchant ships are out in the ocean. Even though maritime shipping is the most common way for goods to transport, it takes…
The wawing flag of Jolly Roger with its distinctive, famous look consists of skulls and crossbones, atrocious sailors having tyrannic eyes and wooden ships holding terror for everyone. The image of piracy might seem old, almost like a distant memory. However, in reality, piracy in the maritime is an ongoing problem. Even though the numbers…
Seafarers or sailors. They are the people who are employed to work on vessels. Devoted to their duty and always on courage. As George William Curtis says, It is not the ship so much as the skilful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage. But who are the ones who make it sail or navigate actually?…
The traces of shipping are everywhere. Thanks to shipping, from clothing to technological devices, every kind of product can arrive at your doorstep after being produced in oversea territories, stored in container boxes and passed through oceans. Every year, 179 million TEUs(Twenty-foot equivalent unit) are moved around the globe by more than 6000 container ships.…