A major step forward in tanker operation safety was taken as ABS announced technical guidance for inert gas systems for ballast tanks. Compliance to the guidelines leads to the class notation ...

A tow-sports boat used in a cold climate needs its water-ballast system winterized. Residual water can freeze and damage other system components, including the pumps and plastic fittings. This applies ...

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 ...

Through a lot of expensive and dangerous trial-and-error over multiple centuries -- sometimes resulting in shipwrecks you still can explore today-- humans have pretty ...

Stena Bulk, the owner of the Stena Immaculate oil tanker, said it is working closely with the manager of the vessel Crowley and U.K. agencies following the last week’s allision with incident the ...

There is more than one way to skin a cat, and in wakeboarding, there are two ways to fill a sack—a ballast sack to be exact. Many boats are built with integrated ballast tanks or sacks and permanently ...

Boat owners transporting watercraft with ballast tanks or bladders will undergo additional cleaning at watercraft inspection stations this summer to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species. The ...

On May 15, 1969, the USS Guitarro (SSN-665), a Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine still under final construction at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, sank at its mooring after two separate ...

A Coast Guard inspector last November found significant wear in a ballast tank in the stern area of the Alaska Ranger, but repairs were not scheduled to be made until after the winter fishing season, ...