Corrupción en la Armada involucra a implicados en otro caso de 2010
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Oficiales señalados ahora habían declarado por las compras truchas
La denuncia que el comandante en jefe de la Armada, Ricardo Giambruno, presentó esta semana a la Justicia de Crimen Organizado para que se indaguen irregularidades en el Servicio de Hacienda y Contabilidad (Secon) de la fuerza, involucra a funcionarios que habían estado implicados en las maniobras de 2010 por las que terminaron procesados el excomandante Juan Fernández Maggio y otros tres oficiales. Uno de ellos fue indagado por la Justicia pero por
UPDATE 2-Ship backlog in Houston Ship Channel falling -Pilots
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* Number of ships waiting to move in or out down 30 to 57
* Coast Guard stretches shipping cutoff to midnight from 6 p.m.; to resume at daylight (Adds details on shipping and cleanup of oil)
HOUSTON, March 26 (Reuters) - The backlog of ships waiting to sail in or out of the Houston Ship Channel fell on Wednesday as crews cleaned a fuel oil spill in Galveston Bay, the head of the Houston Pilots said.
The U.S. Coast Guard also reduced the so-called daylight restriction, allowing ships to sail until midnight CDT (0500 GMT) before movement stops until Wednesday morning, which is expected to further reduce the backlog, Houston Pilots Capt. Clint Winegar said.
Shell to GE Lured by Gas-Fueled Ships on Record Supply
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), General Electric Co. (GE) and a company co-founded by T. Boone Pickens are planning investments in natural-gas-powered shipping as record U.S. output spurs the merchant fleet to use a new fuel.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., which Pickens helped start, will begin construction next year on the country’s first fuel station for cargo ships running on liquefied natural gas in Jacksonville, Florida. Shell said in March it’s planning LNG plants for the Great Lakes and Gulf Coast. GE, evaluating five locations, says the U.S. will need 50 to 100 small-scale plants for ships, trains, mining and trucks by 2025, each costing $50 million to $150 million.
Rolls-Royce Drone Ships Challenge $375 Billion Industry: Freight
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Rolls-Royce Drone Ships Challenge $375 Billion Industry: Freight
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Drone ships would be safer, cheaper and less polluting for the $375 billion shipping industry that carries 90 percent of world trade, Rolls-Royce says. Close
In an age of aerial drones and driver-less cars, Rolls-Royce (RR/) Holdings Plc is designing unmanned cargo ships.
Rolls-Royce’s Blue Ocean development team has set up a virtual-reality prototype at its office in Alesund, Norway, that simulates 360-degree views from a vessel’s bridge. Eventually, the