Using a chronometer to aid navigation simply saved lives and ships — the insurance industry, exercise of self-interest, and common sense did the rest in making the device a universal tool of maritime trade.

His mother chose to keep him out of the maritime industry of the family and pressured him to become a doctor, a promise that Amundsen kept until his mother died when he was aged 21, whereupon he quit university for a life at sea.

* Starting in this year and ending in 1275, the Muslim Shougeng Pu serves as the Commissioner of Merchant Shipping for the Song Dynasty Chinese seaport at Quanzhou due to his effort on defeating pirates, according to a monograph on the Chinese shipping industry and maritime economy in dynasties of Tang and Sung written by Jitsuzo Kuwabara ( 桑原騭藏, 1870-1931 ).

As noted earlier, the main role of the Lord Mayor is to represent, support and promote the financial, maritime and other business services industry in the UK.

As Bermuda's primary industry became maritime, following the 1684 removal of the impediments placed by the Somers Isles Company, most Bermudian slaves worked in shipbuilding and seafaring, or, in the case of the most unfortunate, in raking salt in the Turks Islands.

As ships became larger, increasingly were built from metal, and with the advent of steam, and with the vastly reduced opportunities Bermudians found for commerce due to US independence and the greater control exerted over their economies by developing territories, Bermuda's shipbuilding industry and maritime trades were slowly strangled.

Due historically to a third of Bermuda's manpower being at sea at any one time, and to many of those seamen ultimately settling elsewhere, especially as the Bermudian maritime industry began to suffer, Bermuda was noted for having a high number of aging spinsters well into the 20th century.

Typical customers include maritime, aviation, government, the petroleum industry, scientists, and frequent world travelers.

The industry declined in the 19th-century and today the hamlet is given over to tourism, with a small maritime museum, and a modern yachting marina.

The economy of Charente-Maritime is based on three major sectors: tourism, maritime industry, and manufacturing.

Together with the thriving fishing industry of that era, it gave the Island of Orleans a maritime character.

Because of Essex County's rich history, which includes 17th century colonial history, maritime history spanning its existence, and leadership in the expansions of the textile industry in the 19th century, the entire county has been designated the Essex National Heritage Area by the National Park Service.

The maritime industry is focused on the north-east coast of the island at the port of Paloukia ( Παλούκια ), where ferries to mainland Greece are based, and in the dockyards of Ampelakia and the north side of the Kynosoura ( Greek: Κυνοσούρα = " dog tail ") peninsula.

There he started a plantation to grow trees, which he made into masts, charcoal, and other products for the maritime industry in New Orleans.

Traditional mechanical industry has developed into advanced technical industry directed towards the process, maritime, and offshore industry.

During the Sung period ( 960 – 1279 AD ), the establishment of China's first official standing navy in 1132 AD and the enormous increase in maritime trade abroad ( from Heian Japan to Fatimid Egypt ) allowed the shipbuilding industry in provinces like Fujian to thrive as never before.

In general, the purpose of a water vehicle identifies its utility with a maritime industry sub-sector.

At graduation they have two options, a job in the maritime industry ashore or sailing aboard commercial vessels plus a naval reserve commission, or an active-duty commission in the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard as an ensign or second lieutenant.

As Massachusetts has long maintained a great maritime tradition from the early colonial fishermen to its importance in the whaling industry in the nineteenth century, songs of the sea have been prominent in the state's musical heritage.

The pier and maritime facilities were developed by the Congested Districts Board, and the arrival of rail transport in 1891 allowed for the transport of fish throughout the country, and a canning and curing industry developed.

Although the Shipwrights ' Company is no longer a trade association solely for the shipbuilding industry, its links with maritime, shipping and global trade remain as strong as ever.

* Coast Guard-the maritime element of the defence force, and is divided into four units:

In 1870 he was appointed a member of the commission for drawing up a maritime and commercial code, and the navigation law of 1882 is mainly his work.

Historically, the star was frequently used in celestial navigation in the maritime trade, because it is listed as one of the 57 navigational stars.

The most saline water is vertically stratified in the water column to the north, creating a barrier to the exchange of oxygen and nutrients, and fostering completely separate maritime environments.

The peninsular borough's maritime heritage is acknowledged in several ways. The City Island Historical Society and Nautical Museum occupies a former public school designed by the New York City school system's turn-of-the-last-century master architect C. B. J. Snyder.

The narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard, so there is a day beacon near the old village site.

The atoll has long been a maritime hazard and is the site of numerous shipwrecks.

In any given year, the duration of each season is determined largely by the positions of two great air masses — a maritime mass over the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest and a much drier continental mass.

In addition, the maritime boundary Cambodia has with Vietnam is undefined.

Parts of Cambodia's border with Thailand are indefinite, and the maritime boundary with Thailand is not clearly defined.

Of the operating maritime ports in Cameroon, Douala is the busiest and most important.

Delimitation of international boundaries in the vicinity of Lake Chad, the lack of which led to border incidents in the past, is complete and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria ; dispute with Nigeria over land and maritime boundaries around the Bakasi Peninsula and Lake Chad is currently before the ICJ, as is a dispute with Equatorial Guinea over the exclusive maritime economic zone.

Cameroon has a dispute with Equatorial Guinea over the exclusive maritime economic zone, which is currently before the ICJ.

The word maritime is an adjective that simply means " of the sea ", thus any land associated with the sea can be considered a maritime state or province ( e. g. All the provinces of Canada except Alberta and Saskatchewan border water ).

In modern international maritime signal flags, the quarantine flag is yellow and black.

The country is a tropical, maritime nation.

As with the rest of the British Isles and South West England, the area experiences a maritime climate with warm summers and mild winters-this is particularly pronounced due to its position near the coast-extremes range from a record low of just in January 1987 up to a record high of during June 1976.

The Ma ' ans chose for their abode the Chouf District in south-western Lebanon ( southern Mount Lebanon Governorate ), overlooking the maritime plain between Beirut and Sidon, and made their headquarters in Baaqlin, which is still a leading Druze village.

The school's Department of Political Science similarly operates the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, which is primarily concerned with the fields of Canadian and American foreign, security and defence policy-including maritime security policy.

Windsport activity may be regulated in some countries by aviation / maritime authorities if they are likely to interfere with other activities.

Under Charles III, the Principality of Monaco increased its diplomatic activities ; for example, in 1864, Charles III concluded a Treaty of Friendship with the Bey of Tunis, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, which also regulated trade and maritime issues.