After drifting for four frustrating months up the continent’s southeastern coast, from Mozambique to Mombasa, facing the hostility of local rulers and Arab and African merchants, the Portuguese captain had finally found a navigator who could take him to India.
ON THE AFTERNOON OF 22 APRIL 1498, a few kilometres off the shore of the East African port of Malindi, (See Map) Captain-Major Vasco da Gama was a happy man. There is also extensive archival material on the Indian Ocean trade in Greek, Roman, and Southeast Asian sources. Contrary to European portrayals that Indians knew only coastal navigation, deep-sea shipping had existed in India as Indian ships had been sailing to islands such as the Andamans, Lakshdweep and Maldives around 2,000 years ago. Kautilya describes the times that are good and bad for seafaring. Some of Europe's acclaimed “discoveries” in navigation were in fact appropriations of a well-established thriving trade system in the Indian Ocean. ► Vasco da Gama, At the start of this period, Vasco da Gama, lacking knowledge of celestial navigation, could not navigate the Indian Ocean, and needed an Indian pilot to guide him across the sea from Melindi in Africa, to Calicut in India. When Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovered Europe-to-India sea route, he had a Gujarati by his side to show him the way. ► Since long we have been taught that Vasco-da-gama discovered sea route to India, but facts and research says ancient Indian pioneered in sea navigation as well. If you are interested in our SCR system, please, contact us.Few people know that an Indian Merchant cum naval pilot, named Kanji Malam, was hired by Vasco da Gama to captain his ships and take him to India. It is required a strong shipowner view and interpretation of the environmental impacts and needs to make the cruising industry cleaner. From this project, one can say, that there other alternatives to scrapping, in particular for singular vessels with a special clientele, therefore making cruising a sustainable industry. The M/S “Vasco da Gama” is back into service, for her inaugural cruise with a departure on the 14 th July from Kiel, as one of the greenest cruise vessels in the world. The vessel’s future is bright, as any brand-new vessel, as it is complying well with TIER III limits, therefore allowing the vessel to visit the most touristic destinations, like the Heritage Fjords of Norway. This project would not be possible if it wasn’t the fearless and environmental conscience of the “Vasco da Gama” shipowner (Mr Mário Ferreira). This is approved for Baltic Sea operation, therefore compliant with MEPC.227(65) including section 4.2 nitrogen and phosphorus removal standard.īack in 2006, TecnoVeritas initiated the research on the exhaust gas emissions control systems, developing until now, 13 projects of SCR Selective Catalytic Reactors (using its own technology based on V 2O 5 and TiO 2 deposition on metal and ceramic supports, this time as partnered with H+H of Germany, who delivered the housings and urea dosing systems in a record time) and Emulsified fuels. BOEM allows the real-time monitoring of all ship operational parameters, including engine emissions.Ī new sewage treatment plant with a capacity of 650 m 3/day, was also installed. Operation performance, through digitalization, was also deployed by TecnoVeritas, connecting the vessel to shore through the BOEM cloud platform. Ship Performance & Business Assurance – BOEM.On Board Fuel & Lube Oil Laboratory – Fuel Lab.Energy Efficiency & Performance Monitoring – VEEO.
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