Archive for July, 2011
Getting Used to Sustainable System Design – the Case of Ship and Ocean
Getting used to sustainable system design – the case of ship and ocean 2
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6.2 Policies and procedures build-up – collision preventions and control -Although ships may spend 90 – 98 percent of their operational lives underway at sea speed in deep water, it is during the mandatory beginning and end of every voyage when the risk of collisions, and groundings are highest. Ensuring the ability to maintain complete and positive control of a ship’s movement during these segments of a voyage is absolutely vital if that risk of navigation safety and protection of the marine environment is to be reduced. According to INTERTANKO’s 1996 Port and putting bigger and bigger ships (and more of them) into the same old channel:
Tags: imo resolution, marpol 73 78, numerical simulation, operational lives, simulation technology
Renewable energy sources and their applications
Research into renewable energy has been getting a lot of attention recently due to the confluence of a few factors. One is the unmistakable rise in global temperatures brought about man’s activities, mainly through the burning of fossil fuels. Second is the pollution caused that is harming both environment and human health. Last, a significant factor is economics and politics. No longer is the world willing to be beholden to a few states holding the key to most of the world’s reserves of oil. The ever-increasing price of oil makes the economic feasibility of renewables work.
There are a few types of renewable sources of energy that are under the process of development and commercialization.
Tags: burning of fossil fuels, economic feasibility, renewable energy sources, renewable sources of energy, tidal technologies