Month: September 2019

First Ever ABB Electric Propulsion To Be Installed On-Board Oldendorf Carriers

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ABB enters new market segment with order to install Azipod® electric propulsion on board two dry bulk carriers from Germany’s largest bulk carrier company Oldendorff Carriers.

Two self-unloading dry cargo transshipment units will be the first bulk carriers in the industry to feature ABB’s Azipod® electric propulsion. Both vessels, due for delivery to Oldendorff Carriers in 2021 from the Chengxi Shipyard in China, will be equipped with a complete power and propulsion solution from ABB.

Each 21,500...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/first-ever-abb-electric-propulsion-to-be-installed-on-board-oldendorf-carriers/

Royal Navy can safeguard shipping in Gulf, says UK minister

UK minister of the state for the Middle East Andrew Murrison has said that he was confident the Royal Navy could protect commercial vessels in the Gulf region and particularly when transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking to local press on a visit to Abu Dhabi last week Mr Murrison, who is also a...

https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/royal-navy-can-safeguard-shipping-in-gulf-says-uk-minister/

Commonwealth LNG Files for FERC Certificate Aiming 2024 Launch

  • Project joins crowded field of second-wave US developers.
  • Proposal calls for six-train, 8.4 million mt/year terminal in Cameron Parish.

Privately held Commonwealth LNG filed with US regulators on Tuesday its formal application for a permit to build an 8.4 million mt/year export terminal and affiliated feedgas pipeline interconnect in Cameron Parish, reports The Advocate.

Permit to build LNG facility

Houston-based Commonwealth LNG has filed a formal application with the Federal Energy Regulatory...

http://mfame.guru/commonwealth-lng-files-for-ferc-certificate-aiming-2024-launch/

[Watch] The Happiest Animal of the World Who Is Always Ready for a Selfie

On Rottnest Island, off the coast of western Australia, a peculiar marsupial has captivated the hearts of Instagram users worldwide—and supported a booming tourism economy, reports The Atlantic.

Camera loving Quokka

The Quokka, a close cousin of the kangaroo, rocketed to internet fame when tourists began taking selfies with the animal, which is unafraid of humans and appears to smile for pictures.

“They are like living teddy bears,” filmmaker David Freid, who made a short documentary about the...

http://mfame.guru/watch-the-happiest-animal-of-the-world-who-is-always-ready-for-a-selfie/

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