The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has launched three new Port Approach Guides with the support of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). Singapore is a major maritime hub for international and domestic ship owners and managers…
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COSCO Warns of Loss for Year in Rough Market
China COSCO Holdings , owner of the world's fourth-largest container shipping fleet by capacity, warned of a loss for the year on Friday as it failed to capitalise on a market recovery in the third quarter. Slowing global trade had saddled the sector with a glut of container ships…
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European space lander left crater on surface of Mars in crash-landing
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Images taken by a NASA Mars orbiter indicate that Europe's ill-fated Mars lander left a small crater on the Red Planet's surface, backing up scientists' theory that the craft hit the ground at high speed.
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Scientists identify fossilized dinosaur brain tissue for first time
LONDON (Reuters) - British and Australian scientists have identified an unassuming brown pebble, found more than a decade ago by a fossil hunter in southern England, as the first known example of fossilized dinosaur brain tissue.
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New 3D printed microscope lets kids ‘play’ microbiology
PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Playing classic video games like Pac-Man with living single-celled microbes thinner than a human hair is now possible thanks to an interactive microscope developed by bioengineers at Stanford University.
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How To Discover Individuals Utilizing The Iphone
There are quite a number of social networks, immediate messaging and chat solutions that are available on the web. Some of these are accessible from our phones as mobile phone programs. If you have an Apple iphone read about some of the ways you can use it to locate people. Beyond all of this a…
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Navig8 Tankers Add New Vessel
Navig8 Chemical Tankers Inc. an international shipping company focused on the transportation of chemicals, today announced that it has taken delivery of the Navig8 Stellar, a 25,000 DWT stainless steel chemical tanker from Kitanihon Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
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SA Ports Gears for Cruise Season
South Africa’s ports are ramping up for another busy cruise season with at least14 luxury cruise lines and 20 vessels of varying sizesset to ferry international and domestic tourists across the country’s port cities. The 2016/17 South African…
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Funding for Jee’s Excalibur system
Technologies which harness tidal energy (i.e. tidal energy convertors or TECs) are in the advanced stages of development. Single TECs have been tested in UK waters for some time but only recently has a fully commercial, grid-connected array been instal...
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Reliance Inaugurates World’s First Ethane Carriers
In a ceremony held in Geoje (South Korea), Indian's largest private sector company Reliance Industries Limited (Reliance) inaugurated its very first two VLEC (Very Large Ethane Carrier), in the presence of the shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) an...
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