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Autonomous car ferry!

Autonomous car ferry!

Gepostet von | 24 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Mitsubishi unveils successful test Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced that it has conducted the first test of an autonomously navigating large car ferry. The demonstration of the project took place this week off the coast of Shinmoji in Kitakyushu City, Japan, in support of MEGURI 2040, a project sponsored by the Nippon Foundation to develop fully autonomous vessels. According to MHI, the test demonstrated the world's first fully autonomous navigation system on board a 222-metre-long ferry with autonomous docking and casting off, turning manoeuvres and speeds of up to 26 knots. The other new...

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USA destroyer passes Paracel Islands

USA destroyer passes Paracel Islands

Gepostet von | 24 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

USA again contradicts China's claim On 20 January, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Benfold passed the Paracel Islands. With this routine, the Americans are questioning Beijing's far-reaching maritime claims. China again claimed to have sovereignty over most of the South China Sea. It said it had the right to enclose the waters around four Chinese-occupied archipelagos with straight baselines, extending the reach of its territorial waters far beyond the 12-mile limit of UNCLOS. The new "Four Sha" claim is a departure from China's previous line of argument. For years, China has been relying on a 1947 claim drawn up by the Republic of China...

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Current: Critical submarine cable infrastructure

Current: Critical submarine cable infrastructure

Gepostet von | 21 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

What happens if an undersea cable is interrupted? Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the federal and state governments will once again adopt new quarantine rules. This also has an impact on personnel in critical infrastructure. If you look at the list published today by RND, you will find all the buildings, facilities and organisations that are important to our lives. The federal and state governments have defined nine sectors. People concerned about maritime security will find maritime and inland shipping as well as logistics under transport and traffic, but does Berlin have an eye on what can happen at sea? How do you protect this critical underwater cable infrastructure? In March, the Royal Navy...

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Ecuador fights back

Ecuador fights back

Gepostet von | 21 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Expansion of the Galapagos Islands Marine Protected Area As Alexandra Valencia (Reuters) reports, Ecuador on 14 January created a new marine protected area around its pristine Galapagos Islands, whose rich biodiversity inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, to extend protection for endangered migratory species. The expansion of the protected area by 60,000 square kilometres is the first step in a plan that Ecuador agreed with its immediate neighbours Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama at the UN climate summit in Glasgow last year to create a shared corridor through which species threatened by climate change and industrial fishing can migrate. The existing Galapagos Marine Protected Area, one of the largest...

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