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How climate change might ruin your kids’ Christmas

Taipei Times 09 Dec 2023
Lower rainfall is a shipping portent as droughts lower canal water and prices rise from alternative routes ... The 64.37km Panama Canal relies on these water sources to operate a system of locks that allow ships to transit between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans ... After the drought made the canal shallower, ships now have to lighten their loads.
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Podcast: Action, attention and ‘rethinking the system’ for shipping at COP28

Tradewinds 09 Dec 2023
Shipping stakeholders are out in force at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, with some seeing more attention ... Action, attention and rethinking the system sought for shipping.
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Chinese-built SPM system delivers oil successfully at Bangladesh's Chattogram port

People Daily 09 Dec 2023
The SPM system project was completed by builders from the China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau (CPP) ... Md Sharif Hasnat, project manager of the Bangladeshi side, said the project provides a modern unloading system for crude oil and related products shipped to Bangladesh, which is of great significance to the country and its oil and energy industries.
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South Korea plunging deeper into sub export markets

Asiatimes 09 Dec 2023
The report notes that Dr Won-Ho Joo, chief operating officer of HD HHI’s Naval & Special Ship Business Unit, made the announcement ... OR ... Bitzinger notes that the class is heavily armed with traditional torpedo tubes and a six-silo vertical launch system (VLS) for anti-ship, cruise and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) ... Like this..
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The world’s largest nuclear-powered container ship is underway in China

SAFETY4SEA 08 Dec 2023
The Jiangnan Shipyard has been actively exploring ship types for container shipments and solutions in propulsion systems, and taking advantage of clean nuclear energy, used a fourth-generation molten salt reactor technology that is ...
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Homegrown unmanned helicopter boosts China's maritime management

China Daily 08 Dec 2023
Two AR-500 unmanned helicopters were recently included in the system of maritime-management equipment for Shandong maritime authorities, greatly boosting dynamic control of water traffic and emergency response to ship accidents, said the AVIC, China's leading aircraft manufacturer.
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Concerns grow that EU ETS will hurt Med ports

Seatrade Maritime News 08 Dec 2023
Greek Shipping and Island Policy Minister Christos Stylianides said it is a matter of high priority to align EU legislation on Emissions Trading System (ETS) in shipping with international standards adopted by the IMO but that this must be done fairly ... Challenges still lie ahead with EU ETS for shipping.
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Viewpoint: Financing opportunities go beyond COP, it’s time to look at international shipping

Tradewinds 08 Dec 2023
But the thing that shipping also needs to pay attention to is the discussion on climate finance ... But no matter how much is pledged to climate funds in Dubai, the broader international financing system is still failing climate-vulnerable countries and the shipping industry can and should play its part in solving the problem.
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Crossword: How an old genius held off a Roman siege

Gulf News 08 Dec 2023
For instance, Archimedes improved the design of the city’s catapults – these machines were able to target Roman ships that were further away, with much better accuracy ... It didn’t just have stones that battered the enemy fleet, but also a huge metal claw that could be dropped via a pulley system to crash into the ship’s deck.
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A shadow-fleet oil tanker that falsified its location and carried Venezuelan crude got stuck near Singapore

Business Insider 08 Dec 2023
Both companies said the ship was "spoofing," or making it show up on digital tracking systems near West Africa when in reality it was off the shores of Venezuela. A spokesperson for the Indonesia navy told Bloomberg the 23-year-old ship, the Liberty, was under investigation.
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BIMCO adopts new ETS clauses

SAFETY4SEA 08 Dec 2023
On 1 January 2024, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) will be extended to cover CO2 emissions from ships of 5,000 GT and above calling EU ports, regardless of flag. Ships engaged in voyages between two EU ports, and voyages between the EU and a third country, will be covered by the EU ETS.
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Ukrainians Showed the Destruction of a Pantsir S-1 System – How Much Does it Cost?

Technology Org 08 Dec 2023
The defenders of Ukraine shared a video of the destruction of a Russian air defence system Pantsir S-1. It is a very important target for Ukrainians to destroy, because these systems can intercept Ukrainian cruise missiles, helicopters, planes and drones ... Although the Pantsir missile system was designed in 1990, it entered service in 2008.
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U.S. and UAE-backed initiative announces $9 billion more for agricultural innovation projects

The Associated Press 08 Dec 2023
Food systems — all the processes involved in making, shipping and disposing of food — account for about a third of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
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Paris MoU: Residual COVID-19 issues to Ballast Water Management

SAFETY4SEA 08 Dec 2023
... of the installation of the ballast water management system due to delays of dry-docking caused by disruption from COVID-19 ... Also, there should be evidence that the ship has a plan to complete the BWM system installation with the required tests and to comply with BWM convention.
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US ‘paperless visa’ system: What you need to know

Gulf News 08 Dec 2023
PAPERLESS VISA SYSTEM. The United States is set to implement a paperless visa system, following a successful trial ... She emphasised that although the application process would remain the same, the shift to a paperless system eliminates the need for physical visa to be shipped to overseas posts, streamlining the overall process.
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