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With cyclone Hamish bearing down on the Queensland coast, a ship with many containers of chemical (ammonium nitrate) on board set sail - and somewhere of the southern coast of Queensland disaster stru

Steaming distance is the shortest distance between two ports,which a ship traverses while sailing from one port to another.It need not be along a straight line as ,due to various physical and political constraints,it may not be always be desirable to sail along a straight route.

Today we woke to the news of the Cutty Sark on fire. This beautiful 19th Century sailing ship was a major tourist attraction, located in a stunning setting in Greenwich, London. Apparently, it was the last remaining tea clipper.

Cruise Ships are like floating cities. They play a major role in the tourism industry and take millions of passengers to various parts of the world all year round. There are hundreds of ships in operation and vary from small ships carrying a small number of passengers to larger ones taking thousands of people.