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What's a sacrificial anode, sagging sampson-post or scum valve?
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Combined diesel-electric and diesel-mechanical (CODED) propulsion
A novel propulsion and machinery concept developed by Wärtsilä Corporation. The concept features a diesel-mechanical part driving a conventional propeller and a diesel-electric power plant powering one or more electric pods.
LNG tanker BRITISH EMERALD
Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, the BRITISH EMERALD is the LNG tanker with dual-fuel diesel-electric propulsion. At 155,000 cubic metres she is one of the largest LNG carriers to date.
Archimedes’ principle and ship equilibrium
A body immersed in fluid is subject to an upwards force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.