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Google parent Alphabet invents fish recognition system

Alphabet, parent company to Google, invests in underwater cameras that can track every fish in huge farms. MOUNTAINVIEW, CA – Alphabet, parent company to Google, announced yesterday that it’s next moonshot is called Tidal, a new project that aims to protect the ocean and preserve its ability to support life and help feed humanity, sustainably. By automatically logging […]

9 Japanese Companies Establish ‘Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group’, Paving Paths To A Decarbonized Society

Japanese nine companies (Note 1) have started the Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group (hereinafter referred to as “WG”) formed within Japan’s Carbon Capture & Reuse (CCR) Study Group (Note 2), and held its first meeting. Participating members are EX Research Institute Ltd., Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Japan Marine United Corporation, JFE Steel Corporation, JGC Corporation, Mitsui […]

Modularisation – Establishing New Ship Building Mindsets, Changing The Way Ships Are Ordered

In the TrAM project 14 project partners work together to develop a zero-emission fast going passenger vessel through advanced modular production. “Trying to change the industry’s perception of modular and more standardized vessels has been the biggest challenge,” say modular experts Tobias Seidenberg and Christoph Jürgenhake of the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design IEM. […]

Research institute breeds new colors in captive shrimps

Taipei, April 17 (CNA) Taiwan has succeeded in breeding two new color variants in captive harlequin shrimps, a species of saltwater crustacean found in coral reefs in the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, the Fisheries Research Institute (FRI) said Friday. Wild harlequin shrimps that live in waters in the East Pacific typically have deep pinkish-purple […]

Technology in Maritime: Eight Emerging Trends That You Need to Know for 2020

From autonomous shipping to big data and analytics, here are eight maritime technologies you need to know for 2020 and beyond The landscape of maritime is shifting with the rising tides of technology. The trends that are emerging are doing so out of necessity. Advances in shipbuilding, propulsion, smart shipping, advanced materials, big data and […]

Taiwan-Japan Fisheries Committee suspended over COVID-19 concerns

CNA file photo Taipei, March 24 (CNA) The Taiwan-Japan Fisheries Committee, which serves as the two countries’ main platform for resolving issues related to fishing rights, will not meet this year due to the health risk posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday. In a press release, MOFA said […]

Syaman Rapongan – Taiwan’s Ocean Literature Writer

Syaman Rapongan About the writer Syaman Rapongan, born in 1957, whose Chinese name is Nu-Lai Shih, is from the indigenous Tao tribe of Orchid Island of Taiwan. He graduated from the French department of Tamkang University, and then received his Master’s degree from Institute of Anthropology of National Tsing Hua University. He is both a […]

Technology in Maritime: Eight Emerging Trends That You Need to Know for 2020

From autonomous shipping to big data and analytics, here are eight maritime technologies you need to know for 2020 and beyond The landscape of maritime is shifting with the rising tides of technology. The trends that are emerging are doing so out of necessity. Advances in shipbuilding, propulsion, smart shipping, advanced materials, big data and […]

One-fifth of Earth’s ocean floor is now mapped

By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent Image copyright: NIPPON FOUNDATION-GEBCO SEABED 2030 PROJECTImage caption: The black is where we still need modern measurements at a reasonable resolution We’ve just become a little less ignorant about Planet Earth. The initiative that seeks to galvanise the creation of a full map of the ocean floor says one-fifth of this task […]