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British scientists say they have created a sensor capable of measuring localized ultrasonic cavitations in research that will help hospitals remain hygienic. Cavitations occur when bubbles implode in a liquid when a high frequency sound wave is applied. The researchers said their sensor, the first of its kind, will help hospitals ensure that their instruments are properly disinfected before they are used on patients. Cavitation is used throughout the United Kingdom's National Health Service...
New sensor ensures our hospitals are hygienic by listening to collapsing bubblesThe National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed the first sensor capable of measuring localized ultrasonic cavitation "“ the implosion of bubbles in a liquid when a high frequency sound wave is applied. The sensor will help hospitals ensure that their instruments are properly disinfected before they are used on patients. The device recently won the annual Outstanding Ultrasonics Product award from the...
WASHINGTON, April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consultores De Navegacion, a Spanish company that operates the M/T Nautilus, an ocean-going chemical tanker ship, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston and has agreed to pay a fine of $2.5 million for criminal violations related to the overboard discharge of oil-contaminated bilge waste on the high seas, the Justice Department announced. The company pleaded guilty to conspiracy, falsification of records, false statements,...
WASHINGTON, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Carmelo Oria, a Spanish citizen, who was the Chief Engineer on the Cyprus-flagged M/T Nautilus, pleaded guilty today to using falsified records that concealed improper discharges of oil-contaminated bilge water from the M/T Nautilus, the Justice Department announced. The government's investigation began in March 2008, when inspectors from the U.S. Coast Guard conducted an examination of the M/T Nautilus, following the ship's arrival in St....
NEW YORK, March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Maritime Corporation (NYSE: GMR) announced today that the Company's Chairman, Peter C. Georgiopoulos, is scheduled to present at the J.P. Morgan Aviation & Transportation Conference in New York on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. ET. The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed at http://metameetings.com/webcasts/jpmorgan/aviation09/directlink/?ticker=GMR. In addition, the accompanying slide...
NEW YORK, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE: GNK) today announced that the Company's Chief Financial Officer, John C. Wobensmith, is scheduled to present at the J.P. Morgan Aviation & Transportation Conference in New York on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. ET. The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed at http://metameetings.com/webcasts/jpmorgan/aviation09/directlink?ticker=GNK. In addition, the...
NEW YORK, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE: GNK) today announced that the Company's Chief Financial Officer, John C. Wobensmith, is scheduled to present at the DnB NOR Markets 2009 Offshore & Shipping Management Access Conference in Oslo, Norway on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. local time (9:30 a.m. ET). The accompanying slide presentation will be available in the Investor Relations section of Genco Shipping's website at...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CVAT) is proud to announce that its first trial testing prior to its commercial installation of the Bioforce 9000 Reactor Skid in Moberly, Missouri by Process Concepts is proceeding on schedule without obstacles. Process Concepts, a design/build company in Pevely, Mo., has been involved with the Missouri plant project from the beginning. Process Concepts has experience building...
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE: GNK) today confirmed that the Genco Cavalier, a 2007-built Supramax vessel, is the only ship in the Company's 32-vessel operating fleet that was on charter to Samsun Logix Corporation, which the Company understands has filed for the equivalent of bankruptcy protection in South Korea. Charter hire for the Genco Cavalier has been received up until January 30, 2009. The charter for the Genco Cavalier...
What was once a proud symbol of the French navy is now the biggest ship-recycling project ever undertaken in Europe.The asbestos-contaminated French aircraft carrier Clemenceau will be broken up at a "ghost fleet" shipyard in northeastern England.The ship is now known simply as "Hull Q790." It was guided Sunday by five tugboats into its docking position at a shipbreaking yard in the port of Hartlepool.The rotting ship's name was still visible when it arrived at the yard,...
