enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Automatic identification system - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/.../Automatic_identification_system

   The automatic identification system (AIS) is an automatic tracking system that uses transceivers on ships and is used by vessel traffic services (VTS). When satellites are used to receive AIS signatures, the term Satellite-AIS (S-AIS) is used. AIS information supplements marine radar, which continues to be the primary method of collision ...

3. Floating production storage and offloading - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_production...

   A floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit is a floating vessel used by the offshore oil and gas industry for the production and processing of hydrocarbons, and for the storage of oil. An FPSO vessel is designed to receive hydrocarbons produced by itself or from nearby platforms or subsea template, process them, and store oil ...

4. FSO Safer - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Safer

   362 m (1,188 ft) Beam. 70 m (230 ft) Speed. 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) FSO Safer (pronounced "saffer" / ˈsæfər /) [1] is a floating oil storage and offloading vessel that is moored in the Red Sea north of the Yemeni city of Al Hudaydah. Prior to being emptied, the ship held more than 1.14 million barrels of oil. Its structure has been left ...

5. Boaty McBoatface - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface

   Boaty McBoatface[2][7] (informally known as Boaty) [1][6] is the British lead boat in a fleet of three robotic lithium battery –powered autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) of the Autosub Long Range (ALR) class. [1][5] Launched in 2017 and carried on board the polar scientific research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough, she is a focal point ...

6. Outboard motor - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outboard_motor

   Outboard motor. An outboard motor is a propulsion system for boats, consisting of a self-contained unit that includes engine, gearbox and propeller or jet drive, designed to be affixed to the outside of the transom. They are the most common motorised method of propelling small watercraft. As well as providing propulsion, outboards provide ...

7. Evaporator (marine) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporator_(marine)

   Evaporator (marine) This steam evaporator aboard HMS Belfast distilled up to six tons of fresh water per hour for the boiler and for drinking. An evaporator, distiller or distilling apparatus is a piece of ship's equipment used to produce fresh drinking water from sea water by distillation.