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BBC News
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The world's first commercial cargo ship partially powered by a giant kite is setting sail from Germany to Venezuela.
The designers of the MS Beluga Skysails say the computer-controlled kite, measuring 160sq m (1,722sq ft), could cut fuel consumption by..
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BBC News
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An Australian patrol ship tasked with monitoring Japan's whaling fleet has departed from the western city of Perth for waters off Antarctica.
The Oceanic Viking, a customs vessel, left Stirling Naval Base on Tuesday night on a 20-day surveillance missi..
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CNN
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A shipwreck off the North Carolina coast believed to be that of notorious pirate Blackbeard could be fully excavated in three years, officials working on the project said.
"That's really our target," Steve Claggett, the state archaeologist, said Friday..
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Live Science
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A ship from the 8th century discovered off Dor Beach in the Mediterranean is thought to be the only vessel from that era ever found in the region...
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BBC News
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The US space agency is investing $170m (�340m) in Orbital Sciences Corporation to help the firm develop a commercial resupply ship for the space station.
The Cygnus spacecraft would take food, water, air, fuel and equipment to the orbiting platform...
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BBC News
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Greenpeace conservation activists say they have disrupted the Japanese whale hunt near Antarctica's coast by chasing a factory ship out of the whaling zone.
Crew from protest ship Esperanza said they were maintaining the chase as the whalers cannot hun..
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BBC News
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Australia will send a patrol ship and aircraft to monitor Japan's whaling fleet off Antarctica, the government in Canberra has said.
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said the vessels would collect evidence to assess whether legal action could be taken ag..
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CNN
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An unmanned Russian cargo ship carrying over 2.5 tons of supplies, equipment and gifts blasted off Thursday for the international space station.
The Progress M-61, mounted atop a Soyuz-U booster rocket, lifted off as scheduled at 9:34 p.m. from the Bai..
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BBC News
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The Jules Verne cargo ship has been packed up ready for despatch to the European spaceport in French Guiana.
The vehicle - the biggest, most complex spacecraft ever built in Europe - will launch in January with up to 7.5 tonnes of supplies for the spac..
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USA Today
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Even now, 55 years to the week after it became the fastest vessel ever to cross the Atlantic, the rusty old ship seems to strain at its lines.
The SS United States was the world's sleekest, safest ocean liner, a symbol of American supremacy, and — od..
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BBC News
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A Viking ship has set sail for Dublin from the Danish port of Roskilde, in an attempt to recreate the voyages undertaken by early Norsemen.
The 30m (98.5ft) long replica, called Sea Stallion, is said to be the world's largest reconstructed Viking vesse..
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CNN
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Deep-sea explorers said Friday they have mined what could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history, bringing home 17 tons of colonial-era silver and gold coins from an undisclosed site in the Atlantic Ocean. Estimated value: $500 million.
A jet cha..
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BBC News
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Japan's main whaling ship has arrived back in port after an Antarctic hunt hit by setbacks including a fatal fire.
Despite being forced to end the hunting season early, the crew still killed 508 whales out of a target of 860.
The annual hunt always..
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