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What is metallurgy? Let’s start with a definition. What exactly is meant by the term metallurgy? At its simplest, metallurgy is the study of the exploitation of metals. Metallurgy is an ancient

With global trade still carried overwhelmingly by sea, shipbuilding remains an industry intrinsically linked to global commerce. Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, shipbuilding companies

Few maritime passages have revolutionised the world quite like the Suez Canal. Nestled in the heart of Egypt, and straddling the natural divide between Asia and Africa, this artificial sea‐level

The Panama Canal is an artificial waterway that stretches 51-miles across Panama, connecting the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. Cutting across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama, it

MARPOL, short for Marine Pollution, is the leading international convention governing the prevention of pollution from ships.  It is the most comprehensive framework ever established to protect

Superyacht fires: how common are they? You’d think that superyachts, given that they are prestigious vessels worth millions of dollars, seldom experience fires or explosions, yet even a cursory

Speak to anyone with even a passing involvement or interest in the maritime industry, and the words ‘SS Edmund Fitzgerald’ will immediately conjure up memories of an incident which has gone down in

Like other nations across the world, the U.S. is embarking on an energy transition - away from carbon-based energy sources to renewable energy sources such as offshore wind. However, a century old