A new robot for inspecting ballast water tanks on board ships is being developed. The robot is able to move independently along rails built into the tanks. At the moment, people still carry out such ...
In order to maintain a consistent buoyancy as their cargo loads change, ocean-going ships pump seawater in and out of their ballast tanks. Needless to say, that salty water isn't exactly the ...
Researchers are investigating a radical new design for cargo ships that would eliminate ballast tanks, the water-filled compartments that enable non-native creatures to sneak into the Great Lakes from ...
EADaily, October 8th, 2025. Western countries are developing their alternative Northern Sea Route. It goes around the USA and ...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—Oceangoing ships would have to flush their ballast tanks with salt water before entering the St. Lawrence Seaway under proposed rules designed to stem the flood of foreign species ...
The proper lining of ballast tanks is essential and critical to ship safety. Not too many decades ago, ships traveling the North Atlantic routes were experiencing terrible losses from outright sinking ...
Through a lot of expensive and dangerous trial-and-error over multiple centuries — sometimes resulting in shipwrecks you still can explore today — humans have ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – After decades of delay, government officials are ...
The U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian regulators say they inspected the ballast tanks of all 466 saltwater ships that entered the Great Lakes in 2016, a measure that has been credited with reducing new ...
A Turkish-flagged general cargo ship hit a mine on Thursday in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania and sustained minor damage but the crew was safe, maritime and security sources said.British ...