A cruise ship looks like it should topple over, but something invisible keeps pulling it back upright. This video breaks down ...

A floating platform lifting thousands of tons sounds like it should tip over instantly, yet these crane barges do it routinely in open water. Here's the clever combination of hull geometry, ...

Survitec introduces a lifejacket range that has a minimum 150 Newton buoyancy. The re-engineering of its existing Premier lifejacket range to increase buoyancy and comfort follows a growing trend ...

Explaining how a boat like La Salle's La Belle sinks is not all that difficult: The space within the boat fills up with water, either through the hull or over the boat's sides, causing the boat to ...

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