In an important milestone in the build of the Antarctic Supply Research Vessel (ASRV) Nuyina for the Australian government’s Antarctic Division, Damen Marine Components (DMC) has completed the supply ...

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Reversing into a tight space is easy in a car, but on a conventional ship it can feel almost impossible. This explains how propeller flow, rudder placement, and transverse thrust limit control in ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Pittsburgh steamboat owner and builder James Rees developed a way to reduce the amount of force needed to steer ...

How is steering downwind different from steering upwind? It takes more latent ability to steer a boat well on reaches and, especially, on runs. You’ll see a greater number of good helmsmen upwind than ...

Added title on cover: New system of steering gear and rudder strains recorded by it." "Read at the Twenty-seventh Session of the Institution of Naval Architects, April 16th, 1886." Extracted from ...

A steering control system component failure on a multi-purpose carrier resulted in a collision with a bulk carrier in the Houston Ship Channel, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a newly ...