Its thickness is never less than that of the adjoining bottom plating. Strakes of bottom plating to the bilges have their greatest thickness over 40 per cent of the ship's length amidships, where the ...
Last week, Penang Port Commission (PPC) chairman Datuk Yeoh Soon Hin had given his assurance that there would be no oil spills despite the ferry taking in water in its bilges. The ferry was towed ...
Hunched over handlebars in the pod behind, sweat dripping into the bilges, a "power sailor" is pedaling furiously to pump the oil needed for the hydraulics used to trim the wing-like sails.
Last week, Penang Port Commission (PPC) chairman Datuk Yeoh Soon Hin assured there would be no oil spill, despite the ferry taking in water in its bilges. Reports indicated the ferry was towed to ...