Yemen War Puts Sea Trade Routes at Risk
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With Middle East giants Saudi Arabia and Iran squaring up on opposing sides in the Yemen war, the dangers to vital oil tanker and goods voyages are growing daily.
Millions of barrels of oil pass through the Bab el-Mandeb and Strait of Hormuz everyday to Europe, the United States and Asia - waterways which pass along the coasts of Yemen and Iran respectively. Insurance costs for shippers are likely to jump.
Last week Iran released Marshall-Islands container ship Maersk Tigrisand its crew which were seized in the Strait of Hormuz. This prompted the United States to send vessels to temporarily accompany U.S. flagged ships through the strait. Iranian patrol boats had shadowed a separate container ship earlier last
Costa Concordia's Million Dollar Recycling Plan
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Concordia arrival from Ship recycling on Vimeo.
The wreck of the Costa Concordia has arrived at its final destination and is ready for final dismantling, a job expected to take over a year and cost EUR 100 million ($114 million).
The wreck was towed to Molo ex Superbacino where it will be recycled by the Ship Recycling Consortium – a group formed by Saipem (51 percent) and San Giorgio del Porto (49 percent). These two companies joined forces in September 2012 with the aim of providing green ship dismantling services.
Around 50,000 tons of steel and 2,000 tons of copper are expected to be recovered from the vessel. Prior to arrival at Molo ex Superbacino over 5,700 tons of furniture
España podría aportar un barco y un avión a una posible operación militar de la Unión Europea
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España podría aportar un barco y un avión a una posible operación militar de la Unión Europea contra las mafias que trafican con inmigrantes en el Mediterráneo, según han informado fuentes diplomáticas.
España ha sido uno de los diez países que ya ha avanzado su disposición a participar en la nueva operación si se materializa junto con Francia, Reino Unido e Italia, país que ha ofrecido asumir el mando de la misión y poner el cuartel general, así como Polonia y Eslovenia, entre otros, según han avanzado fuentes diplomáticas y europeas.
"Cabe esperar que España contribuya con un barco y un avión al margen de la contribución para FRONTEX", han explicado las fuentes
World's First Fuel Cell Drone Unveiled
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Singaporean company Horizon Energy Systems (HES) unveiled HYCOPTER in Atlanta (AUVSI 2015) last week. HYCOPTER is the world's first hydrogen fuel cell powered multi-rotor UAV, and is being readied for a record flight endurance of four hours, or around eight to 10 times the average flight duration of equivalent systems today.
Unlike any other rotorcraft, HYCOPTER makes use of its frame structure to store energy in the form of hydrogen instead of air, eliminating energy storage weight. In the case of this platform, the equivalent energy of 3kg (6.6 pounds) of lithium batteries is stored as 120g (0.26 pounds) of hydrogen. With less lift power required, HYCOPTER's ultra-light fuel cell turns 120g gas stored inside its structural frame
12 000 Marineros contra Noruega
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Trabajadores españoles enrolados en la flota mercante del país nórdico hasta 1994 reclaman el cobro de sus pensiones de jubilación
Jesús Sérvulo González Madrid 10 MAY 2015 - 18:49 CEST
Miembros de la asociación Long Hope se manifiestan en Santiago de Compostela en abril de 2015. / efe
Noticia guardada correctamente en tus marcadores de EL PAÍS
Se ha producido un error al guardar la noticia: ya existía en la carpeta de destino
En 1971 Alberto Paz abandonó la casa familiar para embarcarse en un barco mercantede 14.000 toneladas con bandera noruega. El buque había hecho escala en el puerto de Bilbao y cubría las rutas de los Grandes Lagos de Estados Unidos. En esa travesía inició este gallego, que entonces tenía 17 años y