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How to Tell Time With Stars?

 

Did you know that you can tell time at night without a watch or a clock? All you need to do is to step out, look up at the sky, and locate the Big Dipper and the North Star.

Use the Big Dipper to find the North Star.

And then, with just a little bit of imagination and math you can do what explorers, adventurers, and astronomers have been doing for centuries—tell time using the stars!

Northern Hemisphere Stars

Before you begin learning how to tell time using the Big Dipper and the North Star, keep in mind that because these are mostly Northern Hemisphere stars. Those residing in mid-Northern Hemisphere latitudes—40 degrees North and above—are best positioned

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GUIDELINES FOR ANCHOR HANDLING WINCHES

MSC.1/Circ.1662 - Guidelines for Anchor Handling Winches

The Maritime Safety Committee, at its 107th session (31 May to 9 June 2023), having considered a proposal by the Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment, at its eighth session, with a view to ensuring a uniform approach towards the application of SOLAS regulation II-1/3-13, adopted by resolution MSC.532(107), approved Guidelines for anchor handling winches, as set out in the annex.

2 Member States are invited to use the annexed Guidelines when applying SOLAS regulation II-1/3-13 and to bring them to the attention of ship designers, shipyards, shipowners, equipment manufacturers and other organizations and parties concerned.

 

ANNEX

GUIDELINES FOR ANCHOR HANDLING WINCHES

1 Application These Guidelines support the application of SOLAS regulation II-1/3-13 for anchor handling winches, associated equipment and loose gear used in association with anchor handling winches.

2 Definitions For the purpose of these Guidelines, the following definitions apply:

 

 

 

Resolución de 22 de mayo de 2024, de la Dirección General de la Marina Mercante, por la que se aprueba como buque escuela al Galeón Andalucía de la Fundación Nao Victoria.

 

 

 

Resolución de 22 de mayo de 2024, de la Dirección General de la Marina Mercante, por la que se aprueba como buque escuela al Galeón Andalucía de la Fundación Nao Victoria.

Publicado en:
«BOE» núm. 146, de 17 de junio de 2024, páginas 70422 a 70424 (3 págs.)
Sección:
III. Otras disposiciones
Departamento:
Ministerio de Transportes y Movilidad Sostenible
Referencia:
BOE-A-2024-12268

TEXTO ORIGINAL

Efectuada la solicitud de aprobación como buque escuela para el Galeón Andalucía por la Fundación Nao Victoria a los efectos de validar los periodos de embarco válidos para la obtención de los títulos profesionales, vista la documentación aportada, el buque y el informe del Área de Formación Marítima de la Dirección General de la Marina Mercante, y de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el

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OPTIMIZATION METHODS IN MARITIME TRANSPORT AND LOGISTIC

Józef Lisowski

Gdynia Maritime University

 

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the article is to present the goal of optimization of transport and logistics processes, followed by literature review in the field of optimization methods. The optimization methods were categorized and the most commonly used methods were listed. The tasks of static and dynamic optimization were formulated. An example of the single-criterion static and dynamic optimization and multi-criteria game optimization are given.

 

                                https://sciendo.com/downloadpdf/journals/pomr/25/4/article-p30.pdf

Development begins on South Korea's first liquefied hydrogen carrier

 

 

 

 

 

BAIRD maritime

 
 
Rendering of the LH2 carrier Hydro Ocean KPusan National University
 
Published on: 
09 Jan 2025, 2:45 amThe government of South Korea recently launched a new commercial technology development project with the objective of designing and building the country's first liquefied hydrogen (LH2) carrier.

The launch of the Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier Commercialisation Technology Development Project comes following the conclusion of a planning meeting held last December at the Hydrogen Ship Technology Centre (HSTC) of Pusan National University.

 
 Earlier in October 2024, the HSTC emerged as the winning bidder for the implementation of the project, which is sponsored by the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. As a result, the centre will lead the construction of LH2 carrier, tentatively named Hydro

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