Another very short training animation. This one is dedicated to the processes occurring in the distillation column. The animation is quite self-explanatory and understandable even to the newcomers to the world of engineering. All components of the distillation column have been presented and their operation demonstrated.

Spend a couple of minutes with this video and get some knowledge of the working principle of the distillation column, this knowledge will definitely be beneficial for the marine engineers since this is a key process affecting the quality of the fuel oils that are, in turn, critically important for the safe and efficient operation of the engines installed on board their vessels.

Introduction; Abbreviations; Historical and present perspective; Table of treaties & other international instruments; Table of cases; The settlement procedure under UNCLOS - General obligations and preliminary means of dispute settlement; Limitations on/optional exceptions to applicability of various compulsory procedures entailing binding decisions - Choice of procedure and provisional measures; Deep seabed mining, including alternative mining regime; Conclusion.

The oceans cover approximately 5/7 of the surface of our planet; they are playing a vitally important role in supporting human life on earth. Needless to say that they are considered the most important natural resource. Each country of the world has some strategic, social and political interests there and these interests shall be treated as a sort of manifest in numerous maritime activities, for example marine transportation of cargoes, fishing, naval missions, exploration and production of the minerals and hydrocarbons, scientific researches etc...

An excellent training video produced by Wartsila. Well, in fact, this is not a video but animation showing the main working principle of any diesel engine. The size of the video is so small that it can easily be saved on any hand-held device to be readily available at any time.

The explanations are supplementing the animation. Recommended to all people willing to understand the basic principle of diesel engine operation but not willing to spend too much of their time on it - just one minute spent on watching this animation and you will have a general idea of the engine operation!

Nowadays, most of the vessels sailing the world's oceans are propelled by diesel engines. These engines provide maximum possible effect on a real minimum fuel oil consumption, of course provided they are given good technical care and kept well maintained.

The engineers may easily note that at the moment they are checking the current temperatures of the exhaust gases and cooling water. To make a more detailed further study of this marine diesel engine, let us leave the engineer with his instruments by the engine, and put sight glasses on the marine diesel engine from its top to bottom.

This will first of all reveal the moveable parts of the engine, namely pistons and piston rods, crossheads and crankshaft, connecting rod and many others... This video was prepared by B&W specialists and contains very useful technical information for all people dealing with the marine diesel engines.

The "Diesel Engine Governors" is a short educational video film which was produced many years ago by the USSB, standing for the United States Submarine Base in New London under the technical direction of The Engineering Department of Submarine School.

Though it is quite aged, the film will still be quite useful for people willing to understand the fundamentals of the diesel machinery. It is not an obsolete film, it is classics and it will be appreciated not only by the professional marine engineers but also by all people interested in diesel engines.

The basic principles of the diesel engine governor operation are explained very clearly and will be understandable even to the non-technical people.

In the recent decades, newly established requirements and numerous intergovernmental regulations relating to the ship technology for reduced pollution as well as environmental impact have become very strict; the response to the demand of greening of the maritime transport has been recognized as one of the most importanе factors concerning global warming and climatic change.

It means that there is a huge demand for the environmentally friendly technical solutions that would offer significant reduction of the exhaust gases. In addition, the increased competition in maritime technologies requires more economical ships. As a result, minimization of vessel resistance/drag has turned into a central issue.

From the other side, the superior swimming and maneuvering capabilities of aquatic animals has motivated research on fish-like propulsion for many years in the past. The book is covering all recent major developments in the marine transportation and exploitation of the ocean resources, bringing together a great selection of documents that reflect the fundamental areas of the research in the fields of ship machinery, design and hydrodynamics, marine structures, safety, reliability, ship construction yard technology, and others.

Delivery of the cargo by the carriers is considered an integral part in the contract commonly made for the marine transportation of the goods. The title of the present publication is self-explanatory.

The book opens with the chapter describing the legal systems on goods delivery including the international regimes and relevant Chinese legislations, while the second chapter is dedicated to the legal meanings of the cargo delivery covering the contractual meanings, delivery/responsibility period, as well as the comparison of cargo delivery under the sales contract and contract of carriage including distinctions and interrelations.

The rest of the chapters address the delivery identification, carrier's obligations and liabilities on delivery, remedies for the carries in case the consignee has failed to take the delivery etc. Numerous real life case studies are also included together with the terminology explained, and appendices with some of the Chinese official documents, namely Maritime Code and Contract Law of PRC.

This is a second release of this authoritative publication. The authors have managed to retain all features of their best-selling original book. The volume explains the challenges of the offshore oil and gas exploration in a very understandable manner which has already made it so popular among the non-professionals in the industry and even non-technical people.

This new edition of the guide contains several completely new chapters covering the service vehicles, geophysics, offshore rigs and other important aspects not covered in the first edition. In addition to that, the scientific and engineering schemes included in the volume are now much more detailed. There are numerous informative case studies providing real-life practical examples.

The book has already been named one of the best introductory publications specifically aimed at non-technical persons enabling them to duly understand all petroleum processes and deep water petroleum, in particular. Not too overwhelm, the book is still enough details to provide a full picture of the subject.

In short, it gives you all required information and even more in a very easy-to-follow manner, clear, precise and remarkably thorough. A must-have one for all people with the interest in the offshore oil exploration.