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Seaway's 50th anniversary soiled by invasive species
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Fifty years ago Friday, President Dwight Eisenhower and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II walked down a red carpet, climbed aboard a "floating palace" of a yacht named Britannia and ceremoniously sailed through the St. Lambert ...
New hull coatings for Navy ships cut fuel use, protect environment (w/Video)
Jun 04, 2009 |
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New hull coatings being developed by the Office of Naval Research are showing promise in reducing the build-up of marine crustaceans - namely barnacles - on ships' hulls, optimizing vessel performance and dramatically reducing ...
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Clean fuels could reduce deaths from ship smokestacks by 40,000 annually
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Rising levels of smokestack emissions from oceangoing ships will cause an estimated 87,000 deaths worldwide each year by 2012 -- almost one-third higher than previously believed, according to the second major ...
ESA map reveals European shipping routes like never before
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 22, 2009 |
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A synoptic view of European shipping routes can be seen for the first time thanks to a new map created using seven years of radar data from ESA's Envisat satellite.
Great Lakes invasive species studied
May 23, 2006 |
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The longstanding problem of various invasive species entering the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence Seaway is now gaining attention from scientists.
Low lake levels hurt Michigan economy
Aug 28, 2006 |
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Lower water levels in Lakes Michigan and Huron are hurting Michigan marinas, tourism and the shipping industry, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Christmas Web sales spike after snowstorm
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Stores in the snow-battered East Coast may have been sparse this weekend, but shoppers kept spending online. Retailers spurred sales with new discounts and shipping offers to make sure gifts arrive ...
GTRI Develops New Technologies to Secure Cargo Containers
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) demonstrated two cargo container security systems at a recent event sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
SanDisk Ships Flash Memory Cards With 64 Gigabit X4 NAND Technology
Oct 16, 2009 |
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SanDisk announced it has begun production shipments of flash memory cards based on the company's advanced X4 flash memory technology. This innovative new technology holds four bits of data in each memory cell, ...
Plan would ban U.S. commercial fishing in Arctic Ocean
Feb 06, 2009 |
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Federal fishery regulators Thursday approved an unprecedented plan to ban U.S. commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean.
U.S., Canada near agreement to control pollutants from ships
Sep 07, 2009 |
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The five-story-tall engines on oceangoing vessels burn some of the dirtiest oil -- bottom-of-the-barrel bunker -- and churn out a substantial amount of the air pollution in American port cities, coastal communities along ...
Motorola Now Shipping APX Multi-band Two-Way Radios
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Motorola is now shipping APX 7000 two-way radios, enabling instant multi-agency interoperability for mission critical first responders. The industry’s first Project 25 (P25) multi-band (700/800 MHz and VHF) ...
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