NOAA RELEASES NEW ONLINE VIEWS OF EARTH'S OCEAN FLOOR
by wade on April 19, 2012
NOAA has made sea floor maps and other data on the world’s coasts, continental shelves and deep ocean available for easy viewing online. Anyone with Internet access can now explore undersea features and obtain detailed depictions of the sea floor and coasts, including deep canyons, ripples, landslides and likely fish habitat.
The new online data viewer compiles sea floor data from the near shore to the deep blue, including the latest high-resolution bathymetric (sea bottom) data collected by NOAA's Office of Coast Survey primarily to support nautical charting. Read more.
VESSELS OF THE FUTURE DESIGNED BY GRADUATING MUN STUDENTS: Part 2
by wade on April 16, 2012
ROV Support Vessel Designed for the Brazilian Offshore By Andrew Safer: Because it’s too deep for divers, the 2,000- to 3,000-metre depths in the pre-salt Brazilian offshore require that ROVs perform inspections, maintenance and light construction, says Robert Moulton, a 23-year-old Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering undergraduate at Memorial University. This is what inspired him and three team members to develop a design for an ROV Support Vessel (ROVSV) for their final project before they graduate. Read more.
VESSELS OF THE FUTURE DESIGNED BY GRADUATING MUN STUDENTS: PART 1
by wade on April 12, 2012
By Andrew Safer: Twenty undergraduates in Memorial University’s Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering (ONAE) program presented their five final-project vessel designs to a capacity crowd on Mar. 27, 2012. Read more.
HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY FOR MANUFACTURING GROWTH AND JOBS
by wade on February 23, 2012
The new Atlantic Shipbuilding Action Plan presents a historic opportunity for manufacturing growth and job creation in communities throughout Atlantic Canada according to Jayson Myers, President & CEO of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters.
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UNDERSTANDING eLEARNING IN MARITIME JOB TRAINING AND FAMILIARIZATION - PART 5
by wade on February 16, 2012
This is the fifth and final installment of a series of articles intended to cover eLearning in the maritime industry - what it is, what are its strengths and what are its limitations. Part 1 of this series introduced eLearning, talking about what it is, and why it is important that anyone involved in maritime training should do their utmost to understand its strengths and limitations. Part 2 of the series discussed what research has shown us about the strengths of eLearning. Read more.
