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Upgraded HMS Sutherland sails for sea trials
2015-03-30 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The UK Royal Navy's Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland has set sail for sea trials, after the completion of upgrade and substantial maintenance programme at Babcock's Devonport Royal Dockyard.
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Solar sails set course for a new journey into renewable energy
2015-03-22 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It was as the moon hit the sails of his yacht in the Atlantic Ocean that the thought struck Perry Carroll. Youve got a sail and you have got some sun, you must be able to find a way to put those solar sails on that fabric, he said. Little over a decade later and that idea which first hit Carroll during a 635mile race between Rhode Island and Bermuda has developed into a business aiming to generate solar energy from awnings over car parks and on the tops of buildings where conventional...
Marinejobs Sails On
2015-03-13 15:45:00| Ship Technology
Rob Everall, Managing Director of Marinejobs.co.nz Ltd, has just chalked up his eighth year at the helm of the marine recruitment business, based in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Oil Sails From Russia to Asia Faster on Smaller Ships: Freight
2015-02-27 16:09:49| Grocery - Topix.net
With supertankers booked solid carrying cheap crude, smaller vessels are taking advantage of the opportunity by hauling record volumes of Russian oil to Asia. Aframax ships that ply the route between the Russian port of Kozmino and North Asia in three days, compared with journeys of a month for supertankers from the Middle East, are carrying the most ever East Siberian Pacific Ocean Pipeline oil to China, South Korea and Japan.
Oil Sails From Russia to Asia Faster on Smaller Ships: Freight
2015-02-27 14:55:02| Food - Topix.net
With supertankers booked solid carrying cheap crude, smaller vessels are taking advantage of the opportunity by hauling record volumes of Russian oil to Asia. Aframax ships that ply the route between the Russian port of Kozmino and North Asia in three days, compared with journeys of a month for supertankers from the Middle East, are carrying the most ever East Siberian Pacific Ocean Pipeline oil to China, South Korea and Japan.