Suezmax Tanker Wins First Ammonia-Ready Stamp of Approval From ABS
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Tuesday January 19, 2021 The ABS ammonia-ready label means the ships is designed to be converted to run on ammonia in future. File Image / Pixabay A Suezmax tanker currently under construction has won the world s first ammonia-ready designation from a classification society.
ABS has given the label to a Suezmax under construction at a
New Times Shipbuilding yard for
Avin International. The ship will be conventionally fuelled upon delivery. Compliance with the ABS Ammonia Ready Level 1 requirements means the ships is designed to be converted to run on ammonia in the future, ABS said in a statement on its website Tuesday.
General Motors Self-Driving Car Subsidiary Origin Teams Up With Microsoft 19 Jan 2021, 16:08 UTC ·
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At the present moment, Apple is looking for automotive engineers for Project Titan, the self-driving car that Tim Cook isn’t willing to confirm or deny. Expected to be announced in March 2021 as a collaboration with Hyundai, the autonomous vehicle from Cupertino already has a rival. 5 photos
Enter General Motors and Cruise, which have “entered a long-term relationship with Microsoft to accelerate the commercialization of self-driving vehicles.” The biggest of the Big Three in Detroit and the Redmond-based technology company will share “software and hardware, cloud computing capabilities, manufacturing know-how, and partner ecosystem.”
Microsoft has invested into GM-owned autonomous vehicle company Cruise and will work with the automaker to commercialize its self-driving vehicle technology.
The latest partnership focuses on accelerating the commercialization of self-driving vehicles. It also sees Microsoft become Cruise's and General Motor's preferred cloud provider.