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Hankuk Carbon, Dymag partner to mass manufacture carbon composite wheels for automotive

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The company provides specialist material solutions for many composite applications, including Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) storage tanks for marine bulk carriers and composite material for EV battery cases as well as high-quality prepregs for aerospace, marine and automotive markets.

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Wärtsilä and MAN Diesel & Turbo enter next phase of HERCULES research project on marine engines

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The overall vision of the program is to achieve sustainable and safe energy production from marine engines. Phase III of the HERCULES programme, HERCULES-C , aims at integrating several successful technologies in order to reduce emissions and optimize the efficiency and long-term reliability of marine engines.

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Fraser Institute: pipelines 2.5x safer than rail for oil transportation; tankers have safest record

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Transporting oil by pipelines is more than twice as safe as using rail, and marine tankers are safer still with a markedly improved safety record over the past 40 years, according to a new study released by the Fraser Institute, a Canadian policy think-tank. The study updates previous research that finds pipelines are 2.5

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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If we look at the fine print, GM actually introduced a sort-of-a-hybrid vehicle as a 2004 model , though the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid/GMC Sierra Hybrid didn't have regenerative braking. In fact, fuel prices went insane right around the time that review was written.

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US EPA Proposes New Emissions Rules for Category 3 Marine Diesel Engines, Tighter Fuel Sulfur Restrictions; Harmonization with International Standards

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As the next steps in a strategy to cut harmful emissions from ocean-going vessels, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new engine emissions and fuel standards for large marine diesel engines on US-flagged ships that would harmonize with international standards. Earlier post.)

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Marine Scientists Issue Monaco Declaration Calling for Immediate Action to Reduce Ocean Acidification

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Red areas are those where waters are under-saturated in aragonite and so hostile to shell formation by marine organisms, with darker color indicating greater under-saturation. James Orr, Marine Environment Laboratories (MEL-IAEA) and chairman of the symposium. Source: ACECRC. Click to enlarge. Surface ocean pH has already dropped by 0.1

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Ford Produces 100,000th Hybrid

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Ford began sales the Ford Escape hybrid in 2004, followed by the Mariner Hybrid in 2005. Through February 2009, cumulative sales of the two are 88,306 units&mash;78,380 Escape Hybrids and 9,926 Mariner Hybrids.

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