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20 Apr 2023

Seaspan Names Two New LNG Containerships in Korea

(Photo: ZIM)

Two of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueled containerships were named and commissioned during a ceremony at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea.The newly built ZIM Mount Everest and ZIM Mount Blanc are the second and third 15,000 TEU LNG-Powered vessels in a series of 10 vessels being built for Seaspan Corporation for long term charters to Israeli carrier ZIM, Both vessels will join ZIM Sammy Ofer, delivered in February 2023, as the first LNG containerships to call the U.S. East Coast.The Neo-Panamax vessels are 366-meters long with a 51-meter beam.

05 Feb 2021

VIDEO: Across the Ocean & Up the Mountain with Erden Eruc

Photo Courtesy Erden Eruc

Erden Eruc is a man on a ‘human-powered’ mission, a mission which Elliott Bay Design Group recently assisted with donated design services as he plans for the next leg of his “Six Summits Project.” Next up: a solo row across the Pacific Ocean, a bike ride to Tibet and climbing Mt. Everest.A Seattle resident, Erden Eruc’s solo circumnavigation by human power quest, which started as a quiet obsession in the late 1990s, became a life mission following the death of Göran Kropp, who died while rock climbing with Eruc in September of 2002.

20 Jan 2015

ABB, Solar Impulse Join Forces for Round-the-world Flight

ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, is proud to accompany Solar Impulse and its crew on the plane’s flight around the world powered only by energy from the sun. Solar Impulse, based in Switzerland, announced today it will begin its historic flight between late February and early March in Abu Dhabi. In 2014, ABB and Solar Impulse formed an innovation and technology alliance to advance a shared vision of reducing resource consumption and increasing the use of renewable energy. “Solar Impulse will inspire a new generation to embrace innovation and technology to solve the planet’s biggest challenges,” said ABB Chief Executive Officer Ulrich Spiesshofer. Three ABB engineers have joined the Solar Impulse team where they are contributing expertise and passion.

13 Aug 2014

Married Couple Set Mid-Pacific Rowing Speed Record

Meredith Loring and Sami Inkinen, a married couple based out of the San Francisco Bay Area, began their unsupported rowing expedition on June 18, 2014, out of Monterey Harbor, rowing more than 60 miles a day to cover their 2,800-mile Pacific crossing to Honolulu in 45 days and four hours. While they set the new pair’s speed record for a Mid-Pacific crossing, the couple’s expedition was largely an effort to bring attention to the dangers of sugar and to help decrease raising levels of childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Inkinen, who is also the co-founder of the online real estate company Trulia, and Loring are both formidable athletes, with Inkinen an age-group triathlon world champion and Loring the winner of her category in the Mount Everest marathon in June.

01 Nov 2013

Russia Fails to Lift Arctic 30 Piracy Charges

Prosecuting authorities in Russia were under fire today after it was revealed that they have failed to lift charges of piracy against the Arctic 30, despite pledging to do so. Russia’s powerful Investigative Committee announced last week that the piracy charges – which carry a 15-year jail sentence – would be replaced with charges of hooliganism. But when the thirty detainees were brought before the Committee over the course of this week, the piracy charge was not withdrawn. Instead each of them was simply served with the additional charge of hooliganism. They now stand accused of both offences, which carry a maximum sentence of 15 and 7 years, respectively.