USS Anchorage LPD 17 Trials Ballast System
The dark waters of the Gulf of Mexico were quickly covered in frothy firefighting foam as they flooded into the well deck of this 25,000-ton ship. Although the vessel’s rolls were gentle in the heat of a summer evening, the water — looking for all the world like a giant bubble bath — sloshed dramatically back and forth, splashing almost to the full three-deck height of the space. Watching intently were members of the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey…
Chevron's UK Offshore Rosebank Project Update
Chevron Corporation announce that its U.K. subsidiary has entered front-end engineering and design (FEED) on the Rosebank oil and gas project in the West of Shetland region.
Port of Oakland Gets Government Building Grant
The Port of Oakland is one of 47 projects nationwide to win a TIGER (Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery) infrastructure grant. The Port of Oakland…
Rolls-Royce Unveils Lego Jet Engine
The engine, which is one of the most complex Lego structures ever built, is a half size replica of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 which powers the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The one of a kind Lego structure shows the complex inner workings of a jet engine and took four people eight weeks to complete. Including 152,455 Lego bricks, the engine weighs 307 kg and is over 2 meters long and 1.5 meters wide.
Admiralty ECDIS Training Sessions
A second draw, to award a further 50 ECDIS training courses, will take place in September 2012. Mariners can enter via the campaign website or the Admiralty Facebook page.
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