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OFFSHORE SHIP DESIGN FEATURE
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photo below:
Montrose,
21/02/2012 4:15pm
OSD
seals ten new PSV orders
Offshore Ship Designers has sealed
ten new design contracts for large diesel-electric Platform Supply
Vessels for two major offshore operators building at three shipyards in
Brazil, Japan and... Read more ››
Montrose,
07/02/2012 10:11pm
North
Star Shipping orders two IMT-982 Offshore Support Vessels
North Star Shipping, a division
of global shipping and energy services firm The Craig Group, has been
awarded a major new contract with Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd. Under... Read more ››
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CLOSE PROTECTION
Suzie Wong
About the Author:
An actress and a martial arts
expert, Suzie is well placed to understand close protection both from a
client’s point of view and as an instructor of unarmed combat &
executive protection techniques.
Suzie,
working closely with the United States Embassy in London, Royal Air Force
(RAF) Search & Rescue (SAR) (22 Squadron) and various senior
politicians has also spent the last 7 years promoting Safety &
Security at Sea: highlighting the positive roles of U.S & Allied Armed
Forces on operations interacting with local communities around the world:
counter-piracy, disaster relief plus search & rescue operations.
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Coming to a
theatre  near you
CHINA
IN YOUR
HAND
A
special report on international cooperation between China and NATO in
tackling global terrorism & piracy on the high seas plus coverage of the
country’s emergency response to natural disasters at home and abroad.
To
be published March 2012
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DIIA
Hotel of the Month
CROWNE PLAZA GLASGOW
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CLYDE BUILT
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Green energy
Chilean business
looks to aquatic plants for renewable fuels
Faced
with dwindling fossil fuel reserves and rising demand from emerging powers in
Asia and Latin America, the hunt is on in earnest for a renewable fuel source, and a Chilean company may well be
at the forefront of a green energy future.
The
beauty of the technology that the AIQ investment group
has acquired from U.S. business Petroalgae is its simplicity: collect
aquatic plants, place them in a bioreactive pool, wait for a day and dry
them out.
“We
don’t need a species that grows in a specific habitat. We only need to look
for an environment where we can place bioreactive
pools to produce the microorganism on a large scale, and a machine to
dehydrate the aquatic plants,” Vice-President of Petroalgae Latin America,
Jorge Abukhalil, told EFE.
The
technology converts the same aquatic plants that turn fresh water green into a
bottomless oil well.
“We
have calculated that with 1,235 acres of production, you can produce
between 100,000 and 150,000 barrels of crude oil annually,” Abukhalil said.
And
as opposed to the environmental headaches caused by fossil fuels, the
microorganisms produced in the production of algae-based fuels actually consume carbon dioxide - somewhere around 250 and 300
tons per acre cultivated.
An
additional bonus is that, aside from being used to fuel vehicles, the
dehydrated algae also contains all the nutrients for high-quality feed
stock for pigs, birds and fish, which will help the company turn a profit
as it establishes itself in the Chilean market.
AIQ
already has a trial plant on the outskirts of Santiago, and the company hopes to begin
large-scale production by the end of the year.
“Right
now we are looking for an area of 1,235 acres where we can construct the
pools,” said Andrés de Carcer, the Chilean investor responsible for the project.
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Don’t
Drown in Hampshire UK
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Video:
Humanitarian Aid Montenegrin Disaster Relief Report
Maximum Download time: 3mins. Length
4.43mins:
Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe’s
12th Combat Aviation Brigade arrive in Podgorica, Montenegro to conduct a
resupply mission to deliver goods to Montenegrins stranded by severe
weather in Northern Montenegro Feb. 19. The Soldiers were greeted by the
Montenegrin Minister of Defense Boro Vucinic and the U.S. Ambassador Sue
K. Brown. The Soldiers are here as part of a U.S. task force to provide
humanitarian assistance at request of the government of Montenegro
coordinating with the National Emergency Operations Center and the
Montenegrin Ministry of Defense to provide relief and to save lives,
homes and infrastructure in response to heavy snowfall.
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COUNTER
PIRACY
There’s a good chance, in
the future, that the protection and security of ships, yachts, marinas
and ports, as well as owners, guests, cargo & crew, will only be
achieved by a simple process of design, training and support from the
private sector. The simple truth is - you can no longer expect that Royal
Navy (RN) warship to suddenly appear over the horizon and rush to your
rescue.
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Up The River
Without a Paddle
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Security’s
Gone
to the Dogs
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