News tagged with cargo ships

Russian cargo vessel takes off for space station

The Russian cargo ship Progress M-14M was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Thursday, bringing water and fuel to the International Space Station, the mission control centre said.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New oil leak as wreck's stern sinks off N.Zealand

Fresh oil leaking from the wrecked cargo ship Rena off the New Zealand coast is expected to reach shore overnight, salvage officials announced on Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stricken New Zealand cargo ship breaks up

A cargo ship that caused New Zealand's worst maritime pollution disaster when it ran aground three months ago broke in two in a storm on Sunday, raising fears of a fresh environmental crisis.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Malaysia seizes million-dollar ivory shipment

Malaysia has seized elephant tusks and ivory handicrafts worth an estimated four million ringgit ($1.3 million) en route from Kenya to Cambodia, a customs official said Tuesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Financing battle emerges at climate change talks

(AP) -- International climate negotiators were at odds Tuesday on how to raise billions of dollars to help poor countries cope with global warming. A major shipping group is willing to help, endorsing a proposal for a carbon ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coasts' best protection from bioinvaders falling short

Invasive species have hitchhiked to the U.S. on cargo ships for centuries, but the method U.S. regulators most rely on to keep them out is not equally effective across coasts. Ecologists from the Smithsonian Environmental ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Boeing leasing shuttle hangar to build new capsule (Update)

Boeing is taking over one of NASA's old space shuttle hangars to build a new capsule that the company hopes will lift astronauts to orbit in four or five years.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Russian cargo ship launched to space station

A Russian cargo ship was launched successfully to the International Space Station on Sunday, clearing the way for the next manned mission and easing concerns about the station's future after a previous failed launch.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Oil slick ship ran aground as captain 'cut corner'

The vessel at the centre of New Zealand's worst maritime pollution disaster ran aground because the captain was taking a short cut, the New Zealand government alleged Saturday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4

New computer program promises to save the whales

Researchers at the University of Montreal have developed a computer programme that enables regulators to evaluate the ecological and economic tradeoffs between marine mammal conservation, whale watching and ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

NZ oil spill may hurt marine ecosystems, experts say

Experts have warned of damage to marine ecosystems after the cargo ship Rena struck a New Zealand reef and leaked around 50 tons of oil into the Bay of Plenty.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Russia launches first Soyuz rocket since August crash

A Russian Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite on Sunday, the defence ministry said, in the first launch since a freighter carried by the flagship vehicle crashed into Earth in August.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chemical-munching mussels contaminating Great Lakes

Zebra mussels from the Caspian Sea, introduced to North America by accident, are becoming a veritable plague releasing toxic chemicals into the Great Lakes, Canadian biologists say.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 6

China to launch space station's first module

China said Tuesday it will launch its Tiangong-1 space module later this month, marking its first step towards building a Chinese space station.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 7

Russia postpones next manned launch to ISS

Russia on Friday said the next manned launch taking astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) would take place two days later than previously announced, on November 14.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1