The world's bulk transport has reached immense proportions: in 2005, 1.7 billion metric tons of coal, iron ore, grain, bauxite, and phosphate was transported by ship. Today, the world's bulk carrier fleet includes 6,225 ships of over 10,000 DWT, and represent 40% of ...
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and ships. 1960s: Most coal was used for generating electricity. (Today, more than 90% of coal is used for electricity ... In 1980, the Iran-Iraq War began, and many Persian Gulf countries reduced output as well. By 1981, OPEC production was about one-fourth ...
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PLA dispatches vessels to "observe" US maneuvers Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com September 5, 2013 China has reportedly sent warships to the coast of Syria to "observe" the actions of US and Russian ships as tensions build in preparation for a potential ...
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USS Coral Sea (CV/CVB/CVA-43), a Midway-class aircraft carrier, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of the Coral Sea. ...
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as a terror weapon and to sink enemy ships. Contact mines need to be touched by the target before they detonate, ... During the Cold War a test was conducted with naval mine fitted with tactical nuclear warheads for the "Baker" shot of . This weapon ...
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East Mining Company terminal ships 1 million t of coal in May Monday 18 June 2018 12:30 The production record has been attributed to an investment programme for engineering re-equipment of the port ...
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The Iran-Iraq Tanker War The Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88 dragged on for eight bloody years, and dragged down both of the combatants. ... Iran struck back with air and naval attacks against Iraqi ships and oil sites and, more importantly, laid naval mines in the ...
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The ships are generally designed to transport troops into a war zone by sea, primarily using landing craft, although invariably they also have the capability to operate transport, ...
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Chinese coal traders wary of being burnt by escalating trade war Business Times Online 22:51 21-Jun-18 ... Old coal mines transformed into holiday lake resort KCTV 5 News, Kansas 20:01 19-Jun-18 Oklahoma Becomes First State In US To Regulate Coal Ash ...
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great upsurge in socialist construction overcoming all difficulties through the great Chollima upswing after the war. ... that China is trying to control coal imports to aid the country's efforts to reduce overcapacity at domestic mines. The head of China's ...
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Germany had to cede the coal mines in the Saar-area to France. Germany had to cede an area that included Moresnet, Eupen, Malmédy and St. Vith to Belgium. ...
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The naval mine has been a mainstay of modern warfare. The North Sea Mine Barrage, a large minefield laid by the U.S. Navy and Royal Navy between Scotland and Norway during World War I inhibited the movement of the German U-boat fleet. Mines released by U ...
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Bethlehem Steel, for example, grew big during the war by selling armaments to Europe and ships to the U.S. Navy. Nevertheless, ... Hogan, William T. Economic History of the Iron and Steel Industry in the United States. 5 vols. Lexington, Mass.: DC. Heath ...
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Some Liberty ships were lost after the war to naval mines that were inadequately cleared. ... A Liberty ship, converted to a hospital ship, is the eponymous subject and setting of Alistair MacLean's mystery thriller San Andreas (1984) The prologue to this novel ...
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How Dangerous is North Korea's Navy? Dave Majumdar April 19, 2017 Tweet Share Share In the event of a war with on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea's naval forces might prove to be nuisance to allied forces if they are operating close to shore, but the threat ...
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World War. Coal was such an important source of power and energy at this time that the government took control of the mines in 1916. To prevent strikes at a time of ...
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By 1909, a half century after Edwin Drake drilled the U.S.'s first oil well, the Navy had converted from sails and coal to "black oil," powering their ships with unrefined crude oil. ...
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The prime energy source at the time was coal. As the Industrial Revolution began to speed up, the need for coal grew because it provided power for the factory engines, steam powered ships and steam locomotives. ...
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Origins of Q-Ships in World War I There is nothing new or secret about the general principle of Q-ship operations. When the U-boats [German submarines] were at their worst in World War I, the British Admiralty approved and authorized the conversion of merchant ...
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So it wouldn`t be advisable to USA wage war on China. USA would draw out some kind of victory, but very costly one. ... Who would win a war between the US and Iran? Who would win in a war between India and China? Why? If every state of the USA declared ...
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The Wall Street Journal recently had an analysis of the military challenges in what would be an asymmetrical war, with big ships challenged by swarms of speedboats carrying anti-ship cruise missiles. ...
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it was decided to build 75 km to the southwest of Isfahan to be closer to the Čādormalu coal mines, ... The Case of the Steel Industry in Iran," in F. Analoui, ed., Effective Human Resource Development: A Challenge for Developing Countries Report on the ...
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