Staying stable in a storm: hard on the outside, comfortable on the inside, Edda Fram comes under SASI's spotlight
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The Edda Fram is the world's first offshore supply vessel equipped with an anti-roll propulsion system. The vessel's diesel electric Voith Schneider propellers save 20% of its fuel consumption. The ship has 15 single and four double cabins that have satellite TV, entertainment centers, and internet links.
Publication Name: Safety at Sea International
Subject: Transportation industry
ISSN: 0142-0666
Year: 2008
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Welcome back to the future
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Safety at Sea International correspondents went aboard the newly-built Stena Traveller to observe changes in watch-keeping practices over 40 years. Watch-keepers today confront the same problems as their predecessors, but have more advanced technology at their disposal.
Publication Name: Safety at Sea International
Subject: Transportation industry
ISSN: 0142-0666
Year: 2007
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Glacier injures cruisers
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Seventeen British tourists were injured when ice fell on the Russian vessel Aleksey Maryshev while it was traveling near a glacier in Spitsbergen, 600 km off the North Pole. The falling ice also created a wave that shook the research vessel-turned-cruise ship.
Publication Name: Safety at Sea International
Subject: Transportation industry
ISSN: 0142-0666
Year: 2007
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