News tagged with container ships
Power storage buffers fluctuating solar power
Siemens has developed an energy-storage system that can act as a buffer in electrical power grids. The aim is to provide a buffer against short-term fluctuations in output from renewable energy sources. Such ...
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May 11, 2012 |
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Expansion of the Panama Canal has knock-on effect for the environment
Expansion of one of the world's most important shipping routes brings with it a unique opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint of the marine industry, experts claim.
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Stricken New Zealand cargo ship breaks up
A cargo ship that caused New Zealand's worst maritime pollution disaster when it ran aground three months ago broke in two in a storm on Sunday, raising fears of a fresh environmental crisis.
Jan 08, 2012 |
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Sunlight and bunker oil a fatal combination for Pacific herring
The 2007 Cosco Busan disaster, which spilled 54,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, had an unexpectedly lethal impact on embryonic fish, devastating a commercially and ecologically important species for nearly ...
Dec 26, 2011 |
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Most oil emptied from stricken New Zealand ship
Salvage crews have pumped almost all the oil from a container ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef and caused the country's worst maritime pollution disaster, authorities said Monday.
Nov 14, 2011 |
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New break up fears for stricken N. Z. ship
Officers from a ship stuck on a New Zealand reef faced fresh charges Wednesday as fears were raised the vessel was close to breaking up and could spill more oil, worsening the environmental disaster.
Nov 02, 2011 |
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More oil spills from stricken New Zealand ship
Fresh oil leaked from a container ship stuck on a New Zealand reef Tuesday, as bad weather halted both salvage work on the vessel and a massive pollution clean up on the coast.
Oct 18, 2011 |
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New Zealand counts wildlife cost from oil spill
In a wildlife rescue centre on New Zealand's Bay of Plenty, volunteers grimly bag the oil-soaked bodies of dead birds, victims of the country's biggest sea pollution disaster.
Oct 16, 2011 |
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Salvage crew lands on 'creaking' N.Z. oil slick ship
A salvage crew on Thursday made a daring landing on a crippled container ship leaking oil off New Zealand, as the vessel's owners apologised for the country's worst sea pollution crisis.
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Oil-slick ship at risk of breaking up: NZealand PM
Fears grew Wednesday that a ship stuck on a New Zealand reef may break up and release a new tide of oil, as its captain was charged over the nation's worst maritime pollution disaster.
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Fresh oil spills in N.Z's worst sea pollution disaster
New Zealand on Tuesday declared its worst maritime pollution disaster, as oil gushed into a pristine bay from a stranded container ship which was being pounded in heavy seas.
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Oil slick hits N.Z. coast as storm threatens ship
Oil from a stranded container ship began washing up on the shore of New Zealand's Bay of Plenty Monday, as salvage crews battened down the crippled vessel in the face of a looming storm.
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Dead birds found in N. Zealand oil slick
The first dead birds have been found in oil that leaked from a container ship stranded off New Zealand, authorities said Thursday.
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Oil spill as container ship hits N. Zealand reef
A large container ship ran aground on a reef off New Zealand's North Island Wednesday, releasing a "light sheen of oil" but not posing a major environmental hazard, the country's maritime authority said.
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Berkeley lab-led team works on storing CO2 underground to extract electricity
About a year from now, two nondescript shipping containers will be installed in a field in Cranfield, Mississippi. They’ll house turbines designed to generate electricity in a way that’s never been ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 09, 2011 |
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