What Are These And Why Are They Important?

Just when you think you have the hang of the intricate lingo at the heart of the maritime industry, along comes something like the ‘dolos’ and the ‘tetrapod’. If you only have a passing knowledge of the shipping trade, you’d be forgiven for thinking that these terms describe particularly strange sea creatures, but in fact, it refers to rather complex concrete engineering structures that are designed to protect coastal spaces from erosion by reinforcing seawalls and breakwaters around harbours, etc.

Inflatable Boats: All You Need To Know

At Link Ship Chandlers, we believe in the value of getting to grips with the basics of any industry before attempting to master it, which is why we will be sharing a range of Shipping 101 info guides here over the course of the next few months. Today we start with inflatable boats, how they work, a few of the most prevalent types and what they are used for.

Ship Design: 5 Incredible Facts

Man has been fascinated by the notion of crossing the ocean since the dawn of time. It was the first frontier our ancestors had to brave in order to explore beyond the shores of their own continents. As such, shipping design is a discipline that has developed in close accordance with major events throughout the ages. Here are a few amazing facts about historic ship design that will give you a new appreciation for the modern vessels that traverse our oceans today:

Ship Engine

At Link Ship Chandlers, we love going behind the scenes to find out more about the inner workings of the impressive ships we supply in the course of providing chandling services from South African ports. In this blog and the two to follow we will be looking at the cruise ship engine from a few different angles. We’ll start by discussing the engine room and defining a few important terms.

The Ins-And-Outs Of Cruise Ship Hygiene – Part II

In a previous blog, we took a look at some of the hygiene processes followed aboard the mega-ships that tour our oceans. Today we’ll be taking a look at the legislation behind it all. The following content is based on the Guide to Ship Sanitation by the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information), which forms a part of the United States National Library of Medicine, a branch of the National Institutes of Health.

The Ins-And-Outs Of Cruise Ship Hygiene

At Link Ship Chandlers we like to give our readers the answers to those burning ship-related questions. One of the questions that crop up frequently with regard to mega cruise liners is how they manage to keep their ships you know, sanitary, while they’re out to see with all those thousands of passengers on board. Surely they can’t just open a hatch and dump a whole lot of waste in the sea?