Did Ming shipbuilders succeed in constructing ships 40 percent longer and 65 percent wider than any known wooden vessel? Further discoveries by maritime archeologists may hold the answer.

talks about the shipping industry in the UAE in detail — starting from the process of bringing the wood, to how to build ships, their types and names of famous ship makers – and is supported ...

opened at the shipyard of traditional wooden shipbuilding on the Moseev Island in Arkhangelsk. The main exhibits are the Solombala boat, which is being built at the shipyard, and a boat built in ...

THOSE who thought that the day of the wooden ship was over were doubtless surprised at the extent of the demand for that kind of vessel in the great shipbuilding revival that began in 1917.