News articles tagged with 'ship'
Improved method developed to locate ships in storms
— 1 Mar 2011 18:57 | TechnologyThere are already systems that detect ships at sea, but a group of engineers from the UAH, led by the researcher Raul Vicen, has introduced a new development, involving 'the use of…
Poorly cleaned public cruise ship restrooms may predict norovirus outbreaks
— 3 Nov 2009 10:47 | HealthA team of researchers from Boston University School (BUSM), Carney Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance and Tufts University School of Medicine, have found that widespread poor compliance…
Baltic Sea ports overlook cruise ship waste
— 16 Jul 2009 02:41 | EnvironmentLarge amounts of sewage from cruise ships likely are being dumped into the Baltic Sea because major ports in the region have failed to upgrade their facilities to dispose of the waste…
Clean fuels could reduce deaths from ship smokestacks by 40,000 annually
— 9 Jul 2009 14:39 | EnvironmentRising levels of smokestack emissions from ocean-going ships will cause an estimated 87,000 deaths worldwide each year by 2012 - almost one-third higher than previously believed, according…
Non-toxic hull coating resists barnacles, may save ship owners millions
— 29 May 2009 17:34 | EnvironmentNorth Carolina State University engineers have created a non-toxic 'wrinkled' coating for use on ship hulls that resisted buildup of troublesome barnacles during 18 months of seawater…
Cruise liners' pledge to keep sewage out of fragile Baltic Sea - WWF
— 19 May 2009 15:53 | EnvironmentMajor cruise ships will stop dumping sewage in the Baltic Sea if ports will put in place facilities allowing to remove waste, ECC, a cruise-liner organisation announced today…
Maritime archaeologist at helm of modern journey to ancient Egyptian land
— 5 Mar 2009 19:00 | TechnologyAncient Egyptians may be best known for building pyramids, but internationally renowned maritime archaeologist Cheryl Ward wants the world to know that they were pretty good sailors,…
Study shows maritime shipping makes hefty contribution to air pollution
— 1 Mar 2009 14:20 | EnvironmentCommercial ships emit almost half as much particulate pollutants into the air globally as the total amount released by the world's cars, according to a new study led by the National…
Ships to slow down for endangered whales
— 9 Dec 2008 12:26 | EnvironmentJust as the first North Atlantic right whales are spotted making their seasonal migration from New England waters to their calving grounds off Florida and Georgia, these critically…
From mothballs to mobilisation: Taking the salt out of sea water
— 9 Oct 2008 11:08 | EnvironmentThe United Nations estimates that 1.1 billion people across the globe lack access to sustainable, clean drinking water and that 1.6 million children will die each year because of that…