A microscopic examination of fossils from China has revealed that the fur-like body covering of pterosaurs, the remarkable flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs, was actually made up of rudimentary feathers.
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Israeli spacecraft gets final element before 2019 moon launch
Israeli engineers on Monday added the final element to a spacecraft destined for the moon - a digital time capsule - and said they aimed to land the craft early next year, somewhere between the landing sites of Apollo 15 and 17.
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Hurtigruten expands to Alaska
Hurtigruten is to expand Alaska sailings in 2020 by deploying new hybrid-powered MS Roald Amundsen in the region.The Norwegian expedition cruise specialist, who claims to be the world’s greenest and most extensive expedition cruise program…
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IWAI Readies for the Biggest Congregation on Earth
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has been working hard towards facilitating safe passenger movements for Kumbh-Mela, crowned by UNESCO as an 'intangible cultural heritage of humanity', the biggest congregation on earth.Kumbh-Mela is sched...
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Tanzania: Captain Sentenced to 20 for Possession of Shark Fins
The captain of the Malaysian-flagged fishing vessel Buah Naga 1 Captain Han Ming Chuan, a Taiwanese national, has pleaded guilty to the charge of Unlawful Possession of Shark Fins in a plea agreement with Tanzanian Prosecutors.The vessel was…
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Qatar’s Milaha to Upgrade Shipyard in Mesaieed
Qatar Navigation (Milaha), maritime and logistics company in the Middle East, has selected Royal Haskoning DHV to develop plans to upgrade its Shipyard facilities in preparation for further growth in current markets and expansion into new areas…
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Safe at Sea Appoints Henrik Hartman as New CEO
Safe at Sea AB, which manufactures and sells a unique rescue boat, the RescueRunner, has appointed Henrik Hartman as new CEO for the company.Henrik has his background within the military and has served as an officer for several years. He has…
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Qatar to Invest USD 20 bln in US Energy Sector
Peninsular Arab country Qatar has said that it plans to invest more than $20 billion in the US energy sector over the next five years.According to a report in Reuters, minister of state for energy affairs of the energy-rich Qatar Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi…
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India’s Sagarmala Completes 89 Projects
Sagarmala Programme, an initiative of Government of India to enhance the performance of logistics sector in India, saw the completion of 89 projects, while 443 projects worth USD 5.9 bln are under various stages of implementation and development.Sagarm...
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Robert Allan to Design Turkey’s TOR Group Tugs
Canada's oldest privately owned marine engineering services Robert Allan Ltd announced that it has signed a contract with the Turkey based TOR Group of Companies (TOR), for the design of a series of new RAstar 3300 tugs."These three tugs will be the fi...
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