Liquified natural gas will increasingly be used for long-haul truck, train and ship propulsion.
Part of the ship's propulsion system failed on Monday, meaning it was forced to sail at speeds 10% lower than usual.
But the fire knocked out the ship's propulsion system and left the vessel slowly drifting in the Gulf until a second tug boat arrived Tuesday.
But the fire knocked out the ship's propulsion system and left the vessel slowly drifting in the Gulf until a second tugboat arrived Tuesday, joining one that had come earlier.
In 2010, the IMO adopted rules that require any large cruise ship built after July 1 of that year to have a separate, redundant system able to maintain the ship's propulsion, steering and so forth in case one engine is disabled by fire.
It will also have a life-of-ship nuclear core for its propulsion system designed to last 40 years, which means no mid-life refueling will be required.
Each of the department heads is an expert in one of the major ship departmental functions: Ship Operations, Intelligence, Propulsion, Engineering, Combat Systems, Supply, Air Operations, Aircraft Maintenance, Safety, Training, Navigation, Religious Ministries and Medical.
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The same ship encountered a problem in January with its propulsion system, according to a notice posted on the website of Carnival senior cruise director John Heald.
While the ship will not travel at warp speed, with an ion propulsion engine powered by a 1.5GW nuclear reactor, it can travel at a constant acceleration so that the ship can easily get to key points of interest in our solar system.
The fire is at least the second problem for the ship since late January, when it had an issue with its propulsion system, according to a notice posted to Carnival senior cruise director John Heald's website.
The fire still left the ship with 3, 143 passengers and 1, 086 crew members without propulsion, drifting about 140 miles off the Mexican coast, the cruise line said.
The fire still left the ship with 3, 143 passengers and 1, 086 crew members without propulsion, drifting about 140 miles off the Mexican coast, the cruise line said in a statement.
Searching a little deeper, the most recent report shows a propulsion issue from a Jan. 28 incident involving a short in a connection box of one of the ship's generators.
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