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Article: Evergreen Ships First to Assist in International Project to Measure and Monitor Greenhouse Gases Over Oceans.
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- Global Warming Focus
- Article date:
- July 20, 2009
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As part of its goal to retain a leadership role in ensuring a sustainable maritime industry, an Evergreen Marine Corp. container ship set sail Saturday as part of an ambitious project to measure and monitor the distribution of greenhouse gases in the Pacific Ocean. The EVER ULTRA is the first commercial marine vessel equipped to measure marine hydrocarbon and halocarbon emissions and is part of an international Pacific Greenhouse Gases Measurement (PGGM) project.
Taiwanese scientists at National Central University with the cooperation of Evergreen Marine Corp., the National Science Council (NSC), the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) and the ...