Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific in 1947 on a wooden boat. Credit: Bjørn Fjørtoft / CC BY 4.0 In 1947, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl set out on an ambitious journey to challenge the accepted ...
It was not the first ghost boat to be discovered by fishermen, with more and more desperate migrants cramming onto rickety wooden boats that often fall apart or are blown across the Atlantic ...
A spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Board of Canada provided more details about the incident, telling The Squamish Chief that the boat crash occurred at 7:47 p.m., Dec. 18. A tug ...
On Wednesday, such a failure likely occurred, leading to the collision. Neelkamal is an old-fashioned V-shaped wooden boat prone to capsizing if it takes on water, though it will not sink.
At the Gateway of India, traditional wooden boats are still in use, whereas in other cities, speedboats, water taxis and catamarans dominate the scene. Around 80 wooden boats operate on routes to ...
A global data company is trialling the use of wooden buoys constructed by Tasmania's Wooden Boat Centre in a bid to reduce oceanic pollution while maintaining durability in harsh conditions.
The student union called on the Federal government to expedite the means of facing out wooden boats and replacing them with modern ones. He also noted that the Federal government through the ...
Young electric water taxi service E-lixr is pivoting its previous business strategy to become the US’s first operator of all-electric vessels. It now seeks to support new and existing marine ...
In this endeavor, wood emerges as a key ally. American architect Brian Mac grew up near Detroit. He graduated from the Architecture School at the University of Detroit in 1988 and for the next ...