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Global bunker fuel costs could rise by up to US$60 billion annually from 2020 when the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 0.5 wt per cent sulphur cap for bunker fuels kicks in, a Wood Mackenzie study claims Fuel oil, which is high in sulphur content, has traditionally been used by the shipping industry as bunker fuel. Continue →
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The Kaikoura earthquake and lower bulk milk volumes have impacted KiwiRail’s half yearly result but Chief Executive Peter Reidy says the State-Owned Enterprise has still achieved its commitment to government with an underlying operating surplus of $23 million “KiwiRail’s performance in the first four months of this period showed our strategies of simplifying our business, standardising our assets and investing in our people were moving us in the right direction,” he explains. Continue →
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The first major demolition project in the programme to restore the Main North Line linking Picton and Christchurch is about to get underway Bridge 90, near Hundalee in North Canterbury, will be taken down and replaced with a temporary bridge. Continue →
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  The NZ Transport Agency says ramp signals are just one tool to optimise traffic flow and ensure the safe and smooth running of the entire Auckland motorway network Ramp signals similar to those already operating where State Highway 20 joins State Highway 1 will help regulate traffic flow on both ramps leading in the Waterview Tunnel and the east-bound ramp out of the tunnel. Continue →
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  Scaffolding has been put in place on the most severely damaged bridge on the Christchurch-Greymouth line between Cass and Springfield as work to reopen the line gathers pace “Work is progressing well and we are working hard to achieve the early April re-opening date,” says KiwiRail Group General Manager Network Services Todd Moyle. Continue →
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                    Researchers from Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed an advanced algorithm for automated vehicles operating alongside manually-driven vehicles Thought it’s certain that self-driving vehicles are here to stay, the transition from a handful of autonomous and connected cars today to a true smart system by 2030 remains uncertain. Continue →
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The NZ Transport Agency has welcomed the decision to refer the applications for the Northern Corridor Improvements project to a Board of Inquiry, saying it is an exciting milestone for improving Auckland’s transport connections The Minister for the Environment has agreed with an Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) recommendation that the project is nationally significant and a Board of Inquiry is the best process to consider the applications. Continue →
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