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    the sea always would be something I admired from a very young age. Once I was old enough and aware of what a marine engineering degree entailed and meeting marine engineers my father worked, I knew that this path was a perfect one for me to follow. They all loved engineering , new challenges and working on the sea. I credit these experiences in really leading me to pursue a degree in marine engineering, as I knew it would lead to a job that I would love for the rest of my life. Throughout my

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    and that it will make it home safe. Those people that work in the ships are called Marine Engineers they are the ones that make sure the ships will make it home. One very important marine engineer was Robert Fulton he was the person who created the steam boat and first to try and put an engine on a boat. Even though we have been making bigger and better ships we still look back at the older ships and how the Marine Engineering began and how our ships have changed. Boats were made before 4000 BC but

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    in the ships are called Marine Engineers they are the ones that make sure the ships will make it home. Even though we have been making bigger and better ships we still look back at the older ships and how the Marine Engineering program began. In 1878, congress allowed naval officers to go to colleges and teach about ships and what all you need to know to become a Marine Engineer. Then many people started to learn about them and become one. During World War II, the Marine Engineers

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    The majority of movement of materials and goods across continents is through container ships, however, in some cases, planes are used to transport goods. Trucks and trains move materials and goods and within a country or a continent. In some cases, ships sail in rivers, as is the case in parts of Canada. The shares of freight transport as the percentage of the total tone-km by road, inland waterways, and railways in the EU are 75.9%, 6.7%, and 18.4% respectively (EUROSTAT, 2016). In the USA, trucks

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    manufacturing, repairing and shipping. 2.1.2 Major products The company offers core products of offshore support vessels (OSV) for offshore oil and gas (O&G) industry and marine transportation vessels for shipping industry. 2.1.3 Customers COCO serves both domestic and global customers range from shipping agents, commodities providers, marine traders, and offshore oil and gas (O&G) business. Suppliers and markets The company's suppliers are mainly on supplying engine parts, raw materials of steel and

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    Short Topic 1 – Harley Marine Services Harley Marine Services is a full service maritime company. Being “committed to improving the communities in which we live, Harley Marine Services will exceed customers’ expectations, protecting the environment and maintaining a fair standard of living for our employees” is the mission statement of Harley Marine Services (“Harley Marine Services, Inc.”). It was founded in 1987 by Harley Franco as the Olympic Tug & Barge, Inc. Over time the company became established

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    Meli Marine Case Study

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    Meli Marine Case Study Strategy Analysis Significant Factors For Attractiveness of The Industry • Global commerce trade is primarly dependent on trans-ocean shipping; roughly 90% of general cargo is shipped via container Based on the container shipping value chain, there are several segments to expand and integrate the business and enter the market. This would provide benefit of business diversification hence decreasing risks According to the volume of growth of shipping lanes (Exhibit 6), every

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    saturation, a form of calcium carbonate that many marine species also rely on to build their protective shells. It is anticipated that a high volume of species relying on carbonate ions to form outer layers and exoskeletons will be negatively affected by the changing chemistry of seawater. Even a slight drop in pH levels will mean higher concentrations of hydrogen ions will be available to bond with carbonate ions, forming more bicarbonate than normal. Marine calcifying species are this put at a higher

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    Fuel Cell Essay

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    One of the important issues to ensure the safety of a ship in the case of a gas leak is the condition of air flow inside the fuel cell stack package. Poor air flow increases the risk of fire or explosion by accumulating leaked gas in one place. Against this backdrop, the installation place for a ventilating fan and its capacity should be properly decided to make the air flow smooth inside the package, and an alarm unit and gas detector should be installed at the proper place to detect gas leak. In

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    the major contributors to these issues this can be then simplified as these contributors are the human population. For example, when look at target 14.3 which deals with the eminent of fossil fuels, fossil fuels are cause by production run by humans. Allowing humans to have control over how many fossil fuels they want to eminent on a daily basis. Another example of a target that can be measurable is 14.4 as it deals with the issue of over fishing and the use of fish stocks. This target is measurable

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