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Wärtsilä to provide propulsion for Chinese ocean rescue vessels

2013-09-19 01:00:00| Ship Technology

China-based Communication Import & Export Corporation (CIEC) has selected Finland-based Wärtsilä to provide the main propulsion system for its four new ocean rescue vessels, which are being built at the CSSC Guangzhou Huang-Pu Shipbuilding shipyard i

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Colorado floods rescue efforts threatened by new wave of rain

2013-09-15 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: From the Rocky Mountain foothills to the plains of northeastern Colorado, the search for people stranded by severe flooding grew more difficult on Sunday, with a new wave of rain threatening to hamper airlifts from flooded areas that are still out of reach. Numerous pockets of individuals remain cut off from help, even with more than 1,750 people and 300 pets already rescued from communities and homes swamped by rivers and streams overflowing after unrelenting rain last week, officials said. Twenty...

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