The “Teymur Ahmadov” dry cargo vessel, owned by ASCO – a company under AZCON Holding – has undergone comprehensive repairs, ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 20.​ The "Nasimi" tanker, owned by Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO), which operates under the ...

British officers and crew members set out in search of the Northwest Passage on HMS "Erebus" and HMS "Terror." None returned ...

Wet and shivering, I rose from the outrigger of a Polynesian voyaging canoe. We’d been at sea all afternoon and most of the night. I’d hoped to get a little rest, but rain, wind and an ab ...

For millennia, Pacific voyagers have relied on techniques such as these to reach thousands of islands, strewn throughout our planet’s largest ocean. They did so without Western instruments. Instead, ...

Cruise missiles are a core piece of military machinery in the modern world, but they're older than you may think. This was ...

Over the years, the industry has entered into a new era defined by rapid integration of advanced technologies and digitalisation. These changes are evidently reshaping maritime operations, especially ...

Do garlic, onions and tallow affect the accuracy of a magnetic compass? May seeks to unravel the mystery which was believed to have adversely affected ship handling since at least Antiquity. Quoting ...

Although the need for compass correction had been identified in wooden ships, the increasing use of iron in the construction of ships made the need for correction essential. This paper traces the ...

On ships, compasses have often been built into a binnacle, a mounting post near the ship's helm. They did require some calibration, though, just as iPhone compasses do today. The introduction of ...