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SpaceX drone ship to ride transport vessel through the Panama Canal

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After a quick jaunt from Port Canaveral to the Bahamas, SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) has been loaded onto the deck of a much larger semi-submersible transport vessel. Stay tuned for updates on drone ship OCISLY’s Panama Canal transit aboard Mighty Servant 1.

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SpaceX drone ship sails through Panama Canal on the way to California

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For the third time ever, one of SpaceX’s “autonomous spaceport drone ships” has successfully transited the Panama Canal on its way to a new home port. OCISLY droneship has cleared the Panama Canal and is heading to a new home at the Port of Long Beach, CA. por toda la información! Aprendí mucho!

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SpaceX outfits drone ship for Panama Canal transit after 45th booster recovery

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Minutes later, SpaceX began loading unusual hardware onto the drone ship and it soon became clear that preparations were underway to transport OCISLY from Florida to California. The post SpaceX outfits drone ship for Panama Canal transit after 45th booster recovery appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Bogotá orders 379 electric buses from BYD

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BYD will provide the Colombian capital of Bogotá with a fleet of 379 pure electric buses, in a deal awarded by the capital’s TransMilenio SA mass transport authority. This order also sees BYD again smashing the record for the largest electric bus order in the Americas, following its delivery of 183 buses to Chile during August 2019.

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SpaceX drone ship heads to the Bahamas for its ride to California

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Formerly stationed in California, drone ship Just Read The Instructions (JRTI) was transported from Port of Los Angeles to Port Canaveral, inspected, and substantially upgraded between August 2019 and May 2020. Mighty Servant 1 is a massive submersible heavy-lift ship. — Eric Ralph (@13ericralph31) June 10, 2021.

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Maersk sets net zero CO2 emission target by 2050

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Maersk is putting its efforts towards solving problems specific to maritime transport, as it calls for different solutions than automotive, rail and aviation. In comparison, a container vessel carrying thousands of TEU sailing from Panama to Rotterdam makes around 8,800 km.

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ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

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The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. First, it contains very little sulfur.

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