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ABS selected to class worlds first CNG vessel
2014-07-30 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Indonesia-based Pelayaran Bahtera Adhiguna has selected American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) to class its compressed natural gas (CNG) vessel, which is claimed to be the first of its kind in the world.
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9 of the world's most beautiful piers
2014-07-29 00:43:59| Biotech - Topix.net
Italy's Rotonda a Mare was built in 1923 but closed in 2005 for renovations. It reopened a year later, with a beautiful sea-themed mosaic by Enzo Cucchi adorning the entrance.
Viscosity Measurement And The World's Insatiable Demand For Oil
2014-07-28 19:20:05| oilandgasonline Downloads
Three recent fiery derailments of trains transporting crude oil from the Bakken Shale formation in North Dakota have attracted the attention of the federal government as well as the petroleum industry. The U.S. Department of Transportation in February 2014 issued an emergency order requiring companies to test and accurately classify Bakken oil before shipping it by rail. The American Petroleum Institute plans to develop guidelines for testing the viscosity, corrosion, and vapor pressure of crude oil to ensure it is loaded only into railcars equipped with the appropriate safety features. By Tara S. Hundley
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Smart aid for the world's poor
2014-07-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: n September next year, the United Nations plans to choose a list of development goals for the world to meet by the year 2030. What aspirations should it set for this global campaign to improve the lot of the poor, and how should it choose them? In answering that question, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his advisers are confronted with a task that they often avoid: setting priorities. It is no good saying that we would like peace and prosperity to reach every corner of the world. And it is...
Study finds less plastic waste in the world's oceans than expected
2014-07-26 17:43:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines
How much plastic debris is floating in the worlds oceans? Maybe a lot less than was anticipated.
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