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Mitsubishi Develops System to ‘Right the Ship’

By On February 8, 2012

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today announced a new system that improves the stability of damaged ships, reducing the risk of capsizing.  The newly patented system, called the “Righting Moment [...]

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Bridge Designs – 5 Most Ambitious of Today

By On June 23, 2010

History is littered with bridges designed to do the impossible. One example, Euroroute (pictured above), would literally take drivers through the White Cliffs of Dover to an island five miles [...]

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Deep Flight Super Falcon – Ocean Depth Submersible for Super Rich

By On March 11, 2009

If you were lucky enough to be the owner of a multi-million dollar luxury superyacht, what kind of toys would you want to have on it to show off to [...]

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Spotting Bridges 101 – A Basic Guide To Bridge Design

By On January 24, 2009

Frequently passing under bridges for a living and over them in the family sedan we, like most mariners, have a fascination with bridge design. In fact one of the most [...]

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Floating Cranes

By On December 12, 2008

oobject.com brings us this story on 10 of the world largest floating cranes. 10 enormous floating cranes Aside from their spectacular size, what makes floating cranes unusual and interesting objects [...]

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Bayonne Bridge Is No Easy (or cheap) Fix

By On October 28, 2008

The Port of New York and New Jersey have recently announced that the raising or replacing of the Bayonne Bridge could be upwards of $2B.  The bridge, which stands 151 [...]

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A Tunnel For Ships?

By On October 15, 2008

MarineBuzz points us to Norway’s plan to build a One Nautical Mile long tunnel for ships. Reuters tells us: Norway has drawn up plans to build the world’s first shipping [...]

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Mobile Offshore Base: Theory or Reality

By On October 9, 2008

A Mobile Offshore Base (MOB), in theory, is a number of independently propelled semisubmersible modules that can be easily deployed to areas in need of military assistance. It’s primary functions [...]

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Wärtsilä Ship Design Unit Receives Major Orders

By On September 23, 2008

We don’t generally post press releases on the blog here, but we have been so fascinated by some of Wärtsilä’s previous work that we thought this is worth a post. [...]

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Zubr Class – World’s Largest Military Hovercraft

By On September 23, 2008

Gizmodo points us towards the Russian navy’s Zubr Class hovercraft.  Now this is not a new design.  There have been three in service with the Russian Navy since 1988, with [...]

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Incredible Engineering: The Maeslant Barrier

By On September 19, 2008

The Maeslant Storm Surge Barrier is one of the largest moving structures on the planet.  The barrier, completed in May of 1997, was the final stage of the Delta Works, [...]

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